26 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhynchota. [No. 1, 



Genus Tolumnia, Stal. 

 Ofvers. K. V.-A. Forh. p. 515 (1867) : En. Hem. v, p. 57, 75 (1876). 



Margins of pronotum anteriorly, and anterior lateral margins, cal- 

 lous or elevated ; head distinctly narrowed forwards, rounded at apex, 

 lateral margins somewhat acute, very slightly sinuated behind the 

 middle, tylus somewhat longer than the juga; bucculae continued 

 through, moderately elevated ; ocelli scarcely thrice as distant from 

 each other as from the eyes ; rostrum somewhat produced behind the 

 last coxae, first joint scarcely extending beyond or only equal to the 

 bucculee, second joint scarcely or but little longer than the third : 

 anterior margin of the pronotum slightly truncate behind the eyes, 

 lateral angles very slightly prominulous, somewhat straight : apical 

 margin of corium very slightly sinuate near the apical angle which is 

 somewhat rounded at the extreme edge : mesostethium distinctly cari- 

 nate : extremity of angles of abdominal segments acutely prominu- 

 lous: first tibiae sometimes dilated {Stdl). 



164. Tolumnia latipes, Dallas. 



Pentatoma latipes, Dallas, List Hem i, p. 238 (1857) : Walker, Cat. Het. ii, p. 

 298(1876). 



Dalpada ohtusicollis, Ellenr., Nat. Tijdsskr. Ned. Ind. xxiv, p. 143, f. 10 (1862). 



Tolumnia latipes, Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 75, (1876) j Distant, A. M. N. H. (5 s.) 

 ill, p. 45 (1879). 



(5* , ? . Ovate, above dark brown, thickly punctured, irrorated with 

 yellow spots : pronotum with the lateral margins yellowish white : 

 scutellum with a large yellowish white spot in each basal angle, and 

 the apex of the same colour: membrane brownish, semi-transparent: 

 margins of the abdomen banded with black and yellowish- white, the 

 middle of each segment being white : body beneath pale yellow, shin- 

 ing, finely and sparingly punctured : abdomen with a small brown ov 

 black spot on the apical segment : pectus with a row of three spots on 

 each side : legs whitish, the apices of the femora the tibiae and the tarsi, 

 black; the anterior tibiae are considerably dilated on the outside to- 

 wards the apex : rostrum reaching the base of the abdomen, whitish, 

 with the tip black : antennae with the basal joint black ; the two follow- 

 ing pale brown ; 4 and 5 joints black with their bases whitish, (Dallas), 



Long, c?, 8f— 9 : ? , lOJ— 11 mill. 



Reported from Sumatra, Siam, Tenasserim, Burma, Assam. The 

 Indian Museum has specimens from Sikkim (mihi), Assam (Nao-a 

 Hills, Harmatti). 



