4 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhynchota. [Ko. 1, 



minal margins broadly punctured with green, sparingly on abdomen and 

 more densely on prostetbium ; legs luteous, tbickly spotted with brown ; 

 tarsi luteous, apical joint pitchy (Distant). Long d', M, breadth of 

 angles of pronotum, 6J mill : long ? , 15-16 ; breadth of angles of pro- 

 notum, 7^ mill. 



Reported from Murree (Punjab). 

 Add:— 



JDalpada apicifera, Walker, Cat. i, p. 222 (1867) from Hong-Kong : 

 much resembles D. oculata, but the posterior angles of the pronotum 

 are not globose. Long, 16 j mill. 



Balpada nodifera, Walker, 1. c. from Hong-Kong : posterior angles 

 of the pronotum are more globose than those of D. oculata^ and the first 

 tibiae are less dilated. Long, 14| mill. 



Dalpada consohrina, Walker, 1. c, p. 225, from Siam, distinguish- 

 able from V. clavata by its larger size and the markings above and 

 beneath. Long, 16f mill. 



Dalpada hrevis, Walker, 1. c. p. 226, from Hong-Kong : broader than 

 B. tecta. Long, 13^ mill. 



Dalpada cinctipes, Walker, 1. c. p. 229, from N. China : angles of 

 pronotum much less rounded than in D. oculata and the scutellum 

 narrower near the tip. Long, 16| mill. 



Genus Apodiphus, Spinola. 



Ess. p. 295 (1837) : Dallas, List Hem. p. 190 (1851) : includes Apodiphya, Am. 

 & Serv., Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem. p. 108 (1843) : Fieber, Eur. Hem. p. 837 (1861;. 



Elongate : head with the juga extending well beyond the tylus 

 and not uniting in front of it : rostrum arising at a little distance from 

 the labrum and always before the antennae, the third joint somewhat 

 longer than the second, fourth only half of second : antennge long, 

 second joint twice as long as the first, third one-fourth the length of 

 second, and fourth as long as second : lateral margins of head and abdo- 

 men unarmed : pronotum hexagonal ; middle of the sides sinuate ; ante- 

 rior half serrate, humeral angles prominent : scutellum long, narrowed 

 behind the middle towards the apex which is obtuse : mesostethium 

 carinate. 



142. Apodiphus amtgdali, Germar. 



Halys amygdali, Germar, Eeise Dalni. p. 284, t. 9, f. 4 (1817). 



Halys hellenica, Lefeb., Mag. Zool. p. 24, t. 24 (1830) : Herr. Schaff. Wanz. Ins. 

 V, p. 67, t. 166, f . 512 (1839), and vii, p. 59 (1844) : Kolenati, Mel. Ent. iv, p. 43 

 (1846). 



Halys exsculpta, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii, p. 362 (1835). 



