22 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on hidian Rhyncliota. [No. 1, 



rostrum reacliing second ventral segment, second joint very long, rest 

 nearly equal, last semewhat smalleT*, robust : venter very convex, ventral 

 furrow short, not conspicuous ; feet slender (Ellenr.). 



160. Capp^a taprobanensis, Dallas. 



Pentatoma taprolanensis, Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 244 (1851) ; Walker, Cat. Hera. 



ii, p. 299 (1867). 



Cappcea multilinea, Ellenr. Nat. Tijdskr. Ned. Ind. xxiv, p. 147, f. 17 (1862). 



Gappooa taprolanensis, Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 74(1876); Distant, A, M. N. H, 

 (5 s.) iii, p. 45 (1879). 



2 . Ovate, broad, flat : bead ratber long, rounded at tbe apex, 

 black, with tbe lateral margins and tbree longitudinal lines testaceous : 

 the black portions thickly and finely punctured, the pale lines impunc- 

 tate : ocelli minute, yellow : pronotum testaceous, covered with fine 

 black punctures, which leave only narrow lines of the pale colour 

 visible : of the dark patches there are two small ones in the middle of 

 the anterior margin, a larger ocellated spot in each anterior angle, two 

 laro-er spots occupying the whole middle of the disc, and having a very 

 distinct longitudinal median line, and two rather smaller on each side 

 of these • there is also a narrow line of black punctures within each 

 lateral margin : scutellum thickly punctured with black, especially at 

 the base, with a pale impunctate line running down the middle from 

 base to apex, and a curved line on each side of this running from the 

 base to the middle of the median line, at which point the three lines 

 are united : heraelytra testaceous, clouded with black punctures, with 

 no distinct pale lines ; membrane brownish, somewhat opaque, covered 

 with brown spots: margins of the abdomen testaceous, with a large 

 bifid black spot at the junction of each segment, both above and beneath : 

 body beneath testaceous : abdomen smooth and shining, with a few fine 

 punctures on the sides ; the stigmata and two spots on each side of each 

 segment, forming two longitudinal rows of spots on each side of the 

 abdomen, black ; the space between each pair of black spots is orange : 

 pectus finely and irregularly punctured, with numerous black spots on 

 each side: legs pale testaceous; femora thickly covered with black 

 points ; tibiae covered with fine black points ; tarsi nearly black : ros- 

 trum long, reaching the base of the third ventral segment; basal joint 

 and the blse of the second, testaceous ; 2 and 3 joints brownish ; fourth 

 black : antennae with the basal joint, testaceous, spotted with black ; 2 

 and 3 joints brown, (Dallas). Long, 11— Hi mill. 



Reported from Java, Sumatra, Ceylon, Assam. The Indian Museum 

 has specimens from Ceylon, Malabar, Assam (Sibsagar), Conoor (mihi). 



