1888.] E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rliynchota. 17 



d. Basal angles of the scutellum without an impression or with 

 a small somewhat rounded and somewhat obsolete one : sixth ventral 

 segment in $ anteriorly rounded : entire second joint of the antennas 

 extending beyond the apex of the head : body oval or broadly oval ; 

 anterior lateral margins of the pronotum entire : third joint of rostrum 

 longer than the fourth : furrow of the orifices moderate or somewhat 

 short, abruptly abbreviated, not continued in a wrinkle or ridge. 



This group includes the divisions Odiaria, T ropy cor yjpharia, Gap- 

 pcearia, Carpocoraria, Diploxiaria^ Eysarcoriaria, and Agonosceliaria. 



Div. Odiaeia, Stal. 

 En. Hem. v, p. 55, (1876). 



This division includes the genera having the characters given in 

 a. to d. above. 



G-enus Paramecus, Fieber. 



Ehynchotographia, p. 34 (1851). 



Body elongate, somewhat convex : head elongate, almost equally 

 broad throughout, convex beneath ; the juga somewhat longer than the 

 tylus, rounded on the sides, almost right-angled inwards : antennae one- 

 half the length of the body, joints almost of equal thickness, the third 

 shortest ; the second joint a little shorter than either of the two last : 

 the jugular plates very low, as long as the basal joint of the rostrum, 

 and shorter than the head : rostrum rather stout, reaching beyond the 

 intermediate coxae ; second joint longest ; third incrassate, half the length 

 of the second; fourth cylindrical, black: prostethium short, not so long 

 as the meso- or meta-stethium which are of equal length : pronotum 

 hexagonal, convex between the humeral angles which are prominent and 

 furnished with a small tooth : scutellum two-thirds the length of the 

 dorsum, the last fourth of the length abruptly narrowed, pointed : 

 hemelytra longer than the scutellum, pointed at the end ; membrane 

 reaching beyond the apex of the abdomen, with five furcate veins : 

 tarsi robust, basal joint stouter, and as long as the two following taken 

 together. 



156. Paramecus ruficornis, Fieber. 



Paramecus ruficornis, Ficb., Rhyncli., p. 35 (1851): Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 71 

 (187G). 



Ochreous-yellow, punctured black ; elongate : pronotum anteriorly 



with two black points : scutellum with a slightly punctured, pale, median 



streak, and more slightly punctured patch ; border line on pronotum 



and marginal spot, yellowish ; two black points anteriorly : antennce, 



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