60 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rliynchota. [No. 1, 



slightly sinuate, nearly parallel, apex pointed : tylus prorainnlous be- 

 fore the juga which are not, or only very slightly, convergent, anteriorly 

 and posteriorly equally distant, or somewhat so : antennoe inserted a 

 little before the eyes, about half as long as the body, slender, S-jointed ; 

 basal joint short and stout, not reaching nearly the apex of the head ; 

 the second joint about twice the length of the first ; the third and the 

 fourth nearly equal in length, longer than the second ; the fifth a little 

 shorter than the second : rostrum long, slender, reaching behind the 

 last coxae, inserted rather in front of the middle of the head ; the basal 

 joint short, not reaching the base of the head ; second longest ; third 

 longer than the fourth which is longer than the first : the anterior 

 margin and the anterior-lateral margins of the pronotum elevated or 

 refliexed, smooth, callous : scutellum elongate, much narrowed at the 

 apex ; frena extended to a distance beyond the middle of the scutellum : 

 coriaceous portion of the hemelytra longer than the membrane which 

 has nine longitudinal veins : venter slightly furrowed ; the furrow from 

 the orifices gradually amplified : feet rather long ; basal and apical 

 joints of the tarsi about equal (Dallas). 



197. Act^us tessellatus, Dallas. 



Ag(Bus tessellatus, Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 186, t. 6, f. 6 (1851) ; Walker, Cat. Het. 

 i, p. 229 (1867). 



$ . Above testaceous, thickly and finely punctured with brown : eyes 

 pitchy, ocelli red : pronotum with five brassy black spots on each side 

 of the posterior portion of the disc ; namely, three large ones near the 

 middle, placed, two on the posterior margin, and one between the apices 

 of these, a small one on the lateral margin near the lateral angle, and 

 one between this and the three large spots : scutellum with the basal 

 portion brassy black, with a narrow median line, the basal angles, the 

 lateral margins, and an oblique angular line on each side testaceous ; 

 coriaceous portion of the hemelytra with a broad, brassy black trans- 

 verse band about the middle, and an indistinct spot of the same colour 

 towards the apex ; membrane brown, semitransparent : wings blackish, 

 witb the base vermillion : dorsum of the abdomen bright red, shining ; 

 margins orange, with a brassy black spot on each suture : abdomen be- 

 neath testaceous, very faintly and sparingly punctured, with a row of 

 round, dark brown spots on each side between the stigmata and the 

 median furrow ; stigmata black : pectus more or less thickly and finely 

 punctured with brown ; pectus impunctate ; mesostethium with a 

 slight median ridge : legs testaceous, with a streak ou the apex of the 

 femora, a similar streak near the base of the tibiee, the apex of the tibise 



