46 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhyncliota. [No. 1, 



i-ostrum inserted in front of the antenniferous tubercles, reaching the 

 base of the abdomen, basal joint reaching the base of the head, second 

 joint longest, as long as 3-4 together, 3-4 joints about equal : lateral 

 angles of pronotum produced into strong, acute spines, directed forwards 

 and upwards : scutellum triangular, not extending beyond the middle of 

 the abdomen : membrane with longitudinal veins : abdomen with a 

 weak longitudinal furrow, apex produced and pointed ( 5 ), vulvar 

 plates narrow and acute : legs moderate : tarsi 3-jointed, basal joint 

 longest (Dallas). 



193. Gtnenica marginella, Dallas. 



Gynenica marginella, Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 181, t. 6, f . 4 (1851) ; Walker, Cat. 

 Het. i, p. 217 (1867) : Stal, En. Hem., v, p. 83 (1876). 



Above brown, thickly and finely punctured black, more strongly 

 on the scutellum : head with a median, longitudinal, fulvous line : 

 thorax with a transverse yellow band before the middle, and the lateral 

 spines black : lateral margins of scutellum yellow, impunctate, with a 

 line of coarse, black, punctures close to the margin, apex yellow, finely 

 punctured black : outer margin of corium yellow, coarsely punctured 

 black ; membrane transparent : margin of the abdomen fulvous, tinged 

 with green ; pectus fulvous, tinged with green and thickly and finely 

 punctured : legs fulvous, apex of each tibi93 and the tarsi, black : ros- 

 trum testaceous, apex black : antennae ferruginous (Dallas). Long, 

 13| mill. 



Locality unknown : Africa (?). 



194. Gynenica affinis. Distant. 



Gynenica affinis, Dist., Ent. Mon. Mag. xvi, p. 202 (1880). 



Above brown, thickly and coarsely punctured : head thickly punc- 

 tured black, with a median, fulvous longitudinal line, broadest at the 

 base ; tylus reaching apex of the head, a little shorter than the juga ; 

 antennse fuscous, basal joint not reaching apex of the head, second 

 slightly shorter than the third, fourth longest, 6 and 3 subequal : pos- 

 terior half of pronotum thickly punctured black, anterior portion ful- 

 vous, lateral angles produced into strong, acute, black spines, slightly 

 directed forwards : scutellum fulvous, sparingly covered with black 

 punctures, except at the base, where there is a large median, black, 

 coarsely punctured spot : corium concolorous with posterior part of the 

 pronotum, very thickly punctured black ; membrane fuscous : body 

 beneath luteous, thickly and finely punctured, slightly tinged with 

 green : legs fulvous : rostrum greenish, apex blacks Allied to preceding. 



