1888.] E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhyncliota. 71 



bucculae reacliing somewhat the base of the head, moderately elevated : 

 antenniferous tubercles almost entirely visible from above, nnarmed ; 

 eyes globose, sessile : antennae 5-jointed, first joint extending slightly 

 beyond the apex of the head : rostrnm moderate, first joint somewhat 

 on a level with the buccul83 posteriorly, second and third joints about 

 equal : anterior margin of pronotum slightly elevated, anterior lateral 

 margins acute, reflexed or foliaceously dilated : scutellum rather narrow- 

 ed posteriorly, frena extended beyond the middle : membrane extending 

 much beyond the apex of the abdomen, veins numerous, simple : mesoste- 

 thium carinate : abdomen broader than the hemelytra, flattened out at 

 the sides ; venter at the base unarmed, or spinose, or tuberculate : feet 

 somewhat long, tibi« distinctly sulcate above, first pair sometimes slightly 

 dilated externally (Stdl). 



224. Catacanthus incaenatus, Drury. 



Catacanthus incarnatus, Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 196, 270 (1851) ; "Walker, Cat. 

 Hem., ii, p. 351 (1867) ; Stal, Ofvers. K. V.-A., Forh., p. 632 (1870) ; En. Hem. v, 

 p. 89 (1876) : Distant, A. M. N. H. (5 s.) iii, p. 45 (1879), and xi, p. 169 (1883) ; J. A. 

 S. B. xlviii (2), p. 37 (1879). 



Var. a. Cimex incarnatus, Drnry, 111., ii, p. 67, t. 36, f, 5 (1773) : Thunberg, 

 Nov. Ins. Spec, ii, p. 46 (1783) : Stoll, Punaises, p. 14, t. 2, f. 10 (1788). 



Cimex nigripes, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 710 (1775) ; Spec. Ins. ii, p. 353 (1781) ; 

 Mant. Ins. ii, p. 291 (1787); Ent. Syst. iv, p. 106 (1794) : Wolff, Ic, Cim. i, p. 11, 

 f. 11 (1800). 



Cimex melanopus, Gmelin, ed., Syst. Nat. i, (4) p. 2149 (1788), 



Edessa nigripes, Fabr., Syst. Rhyng. p. 149 (1803). 



Pentatoma nigripes, St. Farg. and Serv., Enc. Meth. x, p. 53 (1825). 



Catacanthus incarnatus, Am. and Serv. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem, p. 142 (1843). 



Var. h. Cimex aurantius, Sulzer, Gesch. Ins. p. 96, t. 10, f. 10 (1776) ; Fabri- 

 cius, Mant. Ins. ii, p. 290 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iv, p. 105 (1794) ; Stoll, Punaises, p. 29, 

 t. 6, f. 39 (1788). 



Edessa aurantia, Fabr., Syst. Rhyng. p. 149 (1803). 



Cimex aurantius, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii, (i), p. 365 (1835). 



Pentatoma aurantiacum, Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii, 29, Hem. t. 6, f. 4 (1840-41). 



Catacanthus aurantius, Am. & Serv. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem. p. 142 (1843). 



Yar. a. : — Large ; head, black, glabrous ; pronotum sanguineous, 

 apex and margin blackish : scutellum large, rufous, deep black at the 

 base, but the black colour does not reach the sides : hemelytra smooth, 

 black, with a large reniform, sanguineous spot : wings deep black : be- 

 neath yellow with a cserulescent spot on the pectus : abdomen at the 

 base and with a spot on each side of each segment, cserulescent : rostrum 

 and feet, black ((7. nigripes, Fabr.). 



Above sanguineous ; head, narrow anterior margin of pronotum, 

 antennae and feet, shining black, more or less bronzed : two black spots 



