1888.] E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhyncliota. 67 



front : eyes prominent, semiglobose, trancated posteriorly in a straight 

 line ; ocelli minute, flat, placed close to the eyes : antennse about as 

 long as the head and pronotum, rather slender, of five joints ; basal 

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

 shorter than the third, about equal to the fifth ; third joint longest ; 

 fourth longer than the second ; antenniferous tubercles very prominent : 

 rostrum reaching the posterior coxae, inserted about the middle of the 

 head ; basal joint reaching the anterior coxee ; second joint longest, as 

 long as the 3 and 4 together ; 3 and 4 about equal, nearly as long as the 

 first : body broad, rather flat above ; pronotum anteriorly and the head 

 rather perpendicularly inclined ; the lateral horns of the pronotum curved 

 upwards and a little hind wards, acute at the apex, with a small tooth 

 on the anterior margin at a short distance from the apex, and with 

 seven furrows, namely, two on the upper surface, three on the lower, 

 one on the anterior and one on the posterior margin : scutellum very 

 long, nearly reaching the apex of the body, not much narrowed towards 

 the apex, and with the lateral margins straight ; frena short ; mesos- 

 tethium furrowed : coriaceous portion of the hemelytra with the inner 

 margin very short, not reaching beyond the fourth part of the length of 

 the scutellum ; the apical margin, on the contrary, very long, produced 

 along the margin of the scutellum to within about one-fourth of its 

 length from the apex, then suddenly rounded off ; membrane with 

 longitudinal veins : base of the abdomen and sternum unarmed : legs 

 moderate ; femora tumescent beneath towards the apex ; tibiae above 

 distinctly furrowed ; tarsi 3-jointed ; second joint shortest ; apical joint 

 as long as the first and second together {Dallas). 



219. AlCIMUS CORONATUS, Stal. 

 Alcimus coronatus, Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 88 (1876). 



9 . Pale flavescent, above obscure and rather densely sprinkled 

 with black punctures which are also cinctured black : lateral horns of 

 pronotum levigate, margined anteriorly by a fine wrinkle or ridge, abbre- 

 viated near the apex : head punctulate, with subbasal spot and angu- 

 lated line beginning at the eyes and prodaced towards the apex, tes- 

 taceous : pronotum marked with a smooth anterior band, posteriorly 

 branched, flavescent, punctured within the black anterior margin : 

 scutellum sprinkled yellow, marked at the basal angles with a levigate, 

 flavescent spot : pectus punctured here and there, adorned anteriorly 

 with a smooth, flavescent spot : venter smooth, adorned with a streak 

 which is contracted in the middle of the segments, also with black 

 lateral bands which are punctured : feet streaked with black ; anteunc^ 



