1888.] E. T. Atkinson— iS^yf 65 on Indian Rhyncliota. 11 



domen beneath shining black : sternum dull opaque black. The head is 

 prominent, rounded in front, and not perceptibly sinaated in front of 

 the eyes : the ocelli are situate wide apart, rather nearer to the eyes 

 than to each other: and the tibise are sulcated above (Dist.). Long, 5 ; 

 greatest breadth, 5 mill. 



Reported from Sikkim (mihi), where it is rather common. 



Div. SciocORAEiA, Stal. 



En. Hem. v, p. 49 (1876) : Sciocorides, pt. Am. & Serv., Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem. 

 p. 118 (1846) ; Sciocorid(e, pt., Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 130 (1851). 



Head clypeated, not, or only rarely, a little narrower than the base 

 of the scutellum, foliaceously dilated, amplified before the collum, intra- 

 ocular part broader than the collum : ocelli remote from the small 

 eyes ; antenniferous tubercles remote from the sides of the head, not 

 distinguishable from above ; first joint of the antennee not reaching the 

 apex of the head : scutellum gradually, or somewhat so, narrowed, from 

 the base ; its sides not, or only very slightly, sinuated : entire lateral 

 margins of the body flattened, laminated {Stdl.) 



Genus SciocORis, Fallen. 



Hem. Suec. p. 20 (1829) : Dallas, pt., List. Hem. i, p. 131 (.1851) : Fieb. Eur, 

 Hem. p. 355 (1861) ; Stal, Hem. Afric. i, p. 79, 120 (186i) ; Of vers. K. V. A. Forh. 

 xxix, 3, p. 35 (1872) ; En. Hem. v, p. 49, 50 (1876). 



Body oval, depressed, beneath slightly convex : head longish, 

 flattened, foliaceous, juga longer than the tyliis, and anteriorly conti- 

 guous : ocelli small : rostrum reaching somewhat the last pair of coxes, 

 first joint not extending beyond the bucculae posteriorly, second about 

 equal to the two apical taken together : pronotum anteriorly broadly 

 sinuated, lateral margins flattened: scutellum narrowed hindwards, 

 sides not, or only very slightly, sinuated ; frena short : veins of membrane 

 simple : pro- and meso-stethium furrowed : feet moderate : first joint of 

 last tarsi a little shorter than the two apical joints taken together (Stdl), 



150. SciocORis LATERALIS, Fieber. 



Sciocoris lateralis, Fieber, Rhynch. p. 21(1851); Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 178 

 (1867) ; Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 51 (1876). 



Oval, grey, thickly punctured brown : pronotum and scutellum 

 with scattered callous spots : head semioval, flat, sides anteriorly almost 

 angular, with a carved transverse impression : rostrum yellowish, ter- 

 minal joint black : antenna brownish-yellow, third joint brown above, 

 fourth yellowish at the base, above browa like the entire fifth joint : 

 pronotum 2| times broader than long ; emargiiiation broad, shallow, 

 curved; the disc equally gradually convex hindward ; on the slightly 



