62 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rliyncliota. [No. 1, 



hind coxce : antennaB black, more than half the length of the body ; first 

 joint broad, extending to the front of the head ; second as long as the 

 third ; fourth longer than the third ; fifth shorter than the fourth : 

 pronotum much narrower in front of the transverse furrow, with a pale 

 yellow stripe, which is broadest on the fore border ; a nearly round 

 Callus on each side in front ; sides and fore border pale testaceous) 

 slightly reflexed : scutellum with a pale yellow stripe, which is abbre- 

 viated hindward and has a red patch at each side of it at its base, and at 

 its tip : pectus whitish about the coxse : abdomen beneath with an irre- 

 gular yellow stripe on each side : legs long ; femora slightly incrassat- 

 ed: hemelytra with a white transverse streak, joining the exterior 

 border near the angle of the corium ; membrane black, with a whitish 

 pellucid border ( Walker). Body long, 9 — 9| mill. 



Reported from Penang ; closely allied to S. bicolor, Dallas. 



212. Strachia litueifeea, Walker, Cat. Het, ii, p. 326 (1867). 



Blueish-black, elongate-oval, shining, roughly punctured, pale lute- 

 ous beneath : head with a red spot on each side in front of the eye ; 

 sides pale luteous, slightly reflexed ; juga and tylus of equal length ; 

 a black patch on each side beneath : rostrum black, pale luteous at the 

 base, extending to the hind cox^ : antennae black, about half the length 

 of the body ; first joint extending nearly to the front ; second much 

 longer than the third ; fourth as long as the second, shorter than the 

 fifth : pronotum red, with six elongated blueish black spots ; of which 

 two are transverse and on the fore border, and the other four are 

 oblique ; hind angles rounded : scutellum extending to the angle of the 

 corium ; a red stripe extending along half tho length from the 

 tip ; sides red for half the length from the base : pectus on each 

 side with three red spots, which are irregularly bordered with blackish 

 blue ; sides red : abdomen beneath red, and with blackish blue spots along 

 each side ; connexivum red, with blackish blue spots : legs black, streaked 

 with pale luteous : hemelytra with two irregular red spots ; costa to- 

 wards the base and exterior border, red ; first spot joining the red part 

 of the costa ; second joining the red of the exterior border ; a whitish 

 costal streak beyond the middle : membrane black, with a whitish 

 pellucid border. 



Var. — Thorax with the spots much diminished in size ; the red line 

 more prevalent in the hemelytra (Walker). Body long, 7— 7^ mill. 



Reported from N. India. 



213. Strachia designata. Walker, Cat. Het. ii, p. 327 (1867). 

 Black, elongate-oval, shining, roughly and thinly punctured, pale 

 testaceous beneath : head in front with pale reflexed testaceous borders ; 



