1888.] E, T. Atkinson— Notes on Indian Rhynchota. 67 



and only a little longer than the first ; 4-5 joints robust, each one-third 

 longer than the third : basal third of the scatellum not or but slightly 

 elevated : apical angles of the abdominal segments without a spine, not, 

 or but very slightly, prominulous : last femora unarmed, not iucras- 

 sate in d" . 



205. Stenozygum speciosum, Dallas. 

 StrarMa speciosa, Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 261 (1851) ; Walker, Gat. Het. ii, p. 

 326 (1867). 



Stenozygum speciosum, Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 86 (1879). 



$ . Rather elongate, ovate : head, black, impunctate ; each of the 

 juga with the inner margin yellow and an orange spot at the base ; a 

 large oblong orange yellow spot on the middle of the vertex, and a 

 minute yellow dot on each side between this and the eyes, which are 

 pitchy ; ocelli red : pronotum black, divided in the middle by a deep, 

 transverse, strongly punctured furrow ; anterior portion smooth, shin- 

 ing, impunctate, with the broad lateral margins, a short line on each 

 side on the anterior margin, and four spots across the disc, just in front 

 of the transverse furrow, yellow ; a small raised orange spot near each 

 anterior angle surrounded by a depressed line ; posterior portion irre- 

 gularly punctured, with a broad, median, yellow, longitudinal band, ex- 

 panded on the posterior margin (and probably continued on the anterior 

 lobe), and a narrower band of the same colour on each side. Scutellum 

 rather elongated, punctured ; the base black, with a broad, median, 

 longitudinal yellow line, and an orange spot in each angle ; the pos- 

 terior portion yellow, with a large red patch on the disc, at and behind 

 which, the lateral margins are black ; apex impunctate : corium black, 

 punctured, with the disc smooth ; with the outer margin broadly but 

 interruptedly pale yellow ; the two inner veins pale yellow, an orange 

 spot on the disc before the middle, and a large irregular yellow patch 

 tinged with red in the middle, at the apex ; membrane dark brown, 

 shining, somewhat brassy, with the margin hyaline : body beneath 

 tawny, very smooth, shining : abdomen impunctate, with a row of 

 spots on each lateral margin, a similar row on each side within the line 

 of stigmata, and the stigmata themselves, black ; the stigmata are seat- 

 ed in a reddish longitudinal line : pectus more or less punctured and 

 spotted with black : femora pale yellow, striped with black, especially 

 towards the apex ; tibiae yellow, with the two black lines on the outside ; 

 tarsi blackish brown : rostrum pitchy black, with the base yellow : an- 

 tennae black, with the second joint much shorter than the third, the 

 basal joint yellow beneath (Dallas), Long, 7-8 mill. 



Reported from N. India. 

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