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



testaceous, obscure towards the apex (Stdl). Long, 8; broad, ^^ ] exp. 

 com. pron., 10 mill. 



Reported from the Deccan. 



220. Alcimus flavicornis. Distant. 

 Alcimus fiavicornis, Dist., Trans. Ent. Soc. p. 349 (1887). 



Head black, with three median lines on anterior half, a linear spot 

 near the base, and a similar spot in front of each eye, yellow ; antennae 

 f ascons-brown, 2-3 joints snbeqnal in length and longest, fourth shorter 

 than the third and longer than the fifth : rostrum dark castaneous, 

 extending beyond the last coxee : pronotum very dark obscure ochraceous, 

 thickly covered with coarse, dark punctures, anterior fourth black, wath 

 five yellow spots, situate one on each lateral margin, and three median 

 angulated spots, two near anterior margin and one between and behind 

 them, apical angles widely produced laterally and upwardly, their apical 

 thirds yellow, extreme apices black : scutellum and corium dark obscure 

 ochraceous, darkly and coarsely punctate, irrorated with levigate yel- 

 low markings, and the scutellum with two large, yellow, levigate spots 

 near the basal angles : membrane fuscous, apex paler : head and pros- 

 tethium beneath as above, with two fused yellow spots on each side of 

 the eyes, the apices of the pronotal angles yellow as above : meso- and 

 meta-stethium and abdomen beneath, ochraceous ; the sutures, a row of 

 sublateral streaks and a median longitudinal band to abdomen, blackish : 

 legs dark castaneous ; femora more or less streaked yellowish {Dist.) . 

 Long, 8-9; exp. angl. pron., 10-12 mill. 



Reported from Sikkim (mihi). 



Genus HoPLiSTODERA, Westwood. 



Hope, Cat. Hem. i, p. 18 (1837) ; Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 194 (1851) : Walker, 

 Cat. Het. ii, p. 265 (1867) : Stal, Ofvers. K. V.-A. Forh., p. 510(1867): En. Hem. 

 V, p. 62, 88 (1876). 



Body short, stout ; usually as long as broad : head smooth, not 

 punctured, unless at the base : pronotum sparingly punctured, inclined 

 anteriorly, levigate, punctured within the lateral margin, spine of the 

 lateral angles stout, acuminate : scutellum broad behind the frena 

 which are short, transversely convex, especially anteriorly, depressed, or 

 somewhat so, at the frena, and furnished with a row of punctures ; ex- 

 tending beyond the half of the body and rounded posteriorly : antennee 

 shorter than half the body, 5- jointed, first joint short, second and third 

 ioints equal, longer, the fourth and fifth joints equal, longer and stouter : 

 corium and scutellum of equal length, or somewhat so ; membrane with 

 seven longitudinal veins : feet simple ; tibiae rounded. 



