126 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rliynchota. [No. 2, 



densely punctnlate, first and second joints of the antennas very pale 

 virescent, third fuscous, virescent at the base, fourth and fifth testaceous, 

 yellow-whitish at the base ; extreme margin of the head, two longitu- 

 dinal lines, approached before the middle, posteriorly more distant, 

 parallel, a small line before the ocelli, also a lower line above the an- 

 tenniferous tubercles, four minute spots on the pronotum at the anterior 

 margin, six placed in a transverse row before the middle, also several 

 behind the middle arranged in an undulating transverse row, four 

 minute basal spots on the scutellum, one marginal on both sides before 

 the middle and several posterior scattered ; spots and small transverse lines 

 on the exterior limbus of the corium, a small spot on the pro- and meso- 

 stetbium situate towards the coxbb, patch on the anterior angles of the 

 prostethium, a minute spot almost at the middle of the basal margin of 

 the sides of the mesostethium, lateral marginal puncture on the metas- 

 tetliium, basal and extremity of the apical angles of the ventral seg- 

 ments, narrow subapical and subbasal band on the segments of the 

 connexivum, also apex of rostrum, black : membrane sordid hyaline : 

 anterior lateral margins of pronotum, and exterior margin of corium, 

 anteriorly weakly orange. 



Head slightly sinuated before the eyes, somewhat narrowed before 

 the sinus, rounded at the apex, anteocular part shorter than broad at 

 the base ; antennae with the third joint scarcely twice longer than the 

 second : pronotum very remotely punctured before a waved row of 

 black spots, more obscure behind the same row, entire anterior mar- 

 gin narrowly elevated, lowest part of the anterior lateral maroins 

 a little reflexed, lateral angles scarcely prominulous : scutellum almost 

 thrice broader at the base than at the apex of the frena : pectus remote- 

 ly punctured, a large, opaque, lateral spot not punctured : venter very 

 finely punctured, smooth on the disc, second segment at the base con- 

 vexly elevated in the middle : extremity of the apical angles of the 

 segments somewhat prominulous : tibiae with a furrow continued 

 through (Stdl). Long, 15 ; broad, 8 mill. 



Reported from India, Tranquebar. 



Div. AXIAGASTARIA, 

 En. Hem. v, p. 64 (1876). 



a. b. c. as in HopUstoderaria (p. 66). 



d. e. f. as in Plautiaria (p. 123). 



g. Body flavescent, punctured black : feet sprinkled with black or 

 fuscous : tibiae above broadly furrowed, or flat and margined : ventral 

 spiracles and the space around them usually black ; membrane infuscate. 



