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



in two spines : eyes not prominent : rostrum slender, extending to the 

 hind coxae : antennae slender, about half the length of the body ; joints 

 successively increasing in length : first not extending to the apex of the 

 head : pronotum with a small oblong ringlet on each side in front, 

 connected by a streak with the margin, which is slightly crenulated ; 

 anterior angles prominent ; hind angles rectangular, slightly prominent : 

 scutellum attenuated towards the tip, extending rather beyond the angle 

 of the corium : ventral segments slightly arched : legs slender, rather 

 long ; tarsi three jointed : membrane with five longitudinal veins, of 

 which the subcostal one is forked {Walker). 



223. BoLACA UNicoLOR, Walker. 



Bolaca unicolor. Walker, Cat. Het. ii, p. 251 (1867). 



Ferruginous, hardly pale, but more shining beneath : antennga 

 piceous towards the tips : membrane cinereous, with ferruginous veins. 

 (Walher). Body long, ISJ mill. 



Reported from N. India. 



Div. Catacanthaeia. 



En. Hem. v, p. 62 (1876). 



a, h, c. as in Div. HopUstoderaria, (p. 66). 



d. — Lateral angles of pronotum rarely spinose, or produced in a 

 long process, if so, the basal angles of the scutellum are without a 

 levigate spot ; or the venter is spinose, or tuberculated at the base, or 

 furnished with a broad, obtuse, rounded ridge, anteriorly furrowed ; 

 or the black punctures on the head are arranged in simple and parallel 

 longitudinal rows : frena, generally, extended behind the middle of the 

 scutellum. 



e. — Genie alse, entire tarsi, or at the apex, generally, moreover, entire 

 feet, or a great part, black : antennaa black, basal joint rarely flavescent : 

 rostrum generally entirely, or almost entirely, black, very rarely with the 

 greatest part, flavescent : entire membrane or the greatest part, black, 

 or brassy black : margins of head, at least partly, usually reflexed : body 

 generally large or moderate, usually yellow, pictured red and black. 



Genus Catacanthus, Spinola. 



Ess. p. 352 (1837) : Am. & Serv. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem., p. 141 (1843) : Dallas, 

 pt., List Hem. i, p. 196 (1851): Walker, pt., Cat. Het. ii, p. 351 (1867); Stal, Hem. 

 Afric. i, p. 188 (1864) ; En. Hem. v, p. 62, 89 (1876). 



Body ovate, beneath moderately convex : head proportionately 

 small, flat, margins slightly elevated ; juga and tylus of equal length ; 



