1888.] E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rbynchota. 9 



slightly prominent and rounded at the base ; deflexed towards the head : 

 scutellum a little longer than broad, extending slightly beyond the 

 base of the membrane, gradually narrowed for two-thirds its length 

 from the base, whence it extends almost straight to the apex, Avliich is 

 narrowed and rounded : membrane with longitudinal veins : abdomen 

 dilated, projecting a little on each side, convex below ; abdomen, legs, 

 and sternum unarmed (Distant). 



The 4-jointed antennas, length of the juga, and general shape of the 

 body ally this genus to Atelocera and Memmia. 



147. — OEsTOPiS TERRA, Distant. 



(Estopis terra, Distant, A. M. N. H. (5 s.) iii, p. 49 (1879). 



Brownish luteous ; corium with a reddish hue, thickly and some- 

 what regularly covered with darker punctures : head very thickly 

 punctured and somewhat darker in hue : antennae luteous ; apical joint 

 black, luteous at the base : pronotum with the punctures thicker and 

 darker along the lateral and near the anterior margins : scutellum 

 somewhat rugulose, and darker at the base : membrane pale f ascous : 

 abdomen above pitchy ; abdominal margin broad and distinct : sternum 

 concolorous with upperside of body ; underside of abdomen rather 

 darker, with a faint median longitudinal black line : legs luteous, 

 femora thickly speckled with black (Distant). Long, 17; breadth of 

 angles of pronotum, 8 mill. 



Reported from Khasiya hills, 4500—6000 feet, (Assam), 



Genus Belopis, Distant. 

 A. M. N. H. (5 s.) iii, p. 50 (1879). 



Broad, ovate : head triangular, juga longer than the tylus, and 

 meeting beyond it, but divided at the apex : antennae 5-jointed : pronotum 

 rather more than twice broader than long ; the lateral angles prominent, 

 subacute, the lateral margins denticulated ; deflexed towards the head : 

 scutellum with the length equal to the breadth at the base, gradually 

 narrowed for two-thirds the length, and then extending nearly straio*hfc 

 to the apex, which is narrowed and rounded : membrane with lono-i- 

 tudinal veins : abdomen dilated above, projecting a little on each side ; 

 convex below : sternum and abdomen unarmed ; tibige moderately 

 sulcated (Distant). 



148. — Belopis unicolor. Distant. 

 Belopis unicolor, Distant, A, M. N. H. (5 s.) iii, p. 50 (1879). 

 Ochraceous, thickly and finely punctured ; punctures somewhat 

 darker on frontal half of pronotum and head : antennae reddish ; second 



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