1888.] E. T. Atkinson— Notes on Indian Rhynchota. 129 



furrow : legs moderate ; tarsi 3-jointed, basal and apical joints about 

 equal {Dallas). 



232. AxiAGASTUs ROSMARUS, Dallas. 



Axiagastus rosmarus, Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 221, t. 8, f. 5 fl851) ; Walker, Cat. 

 Het. ii, p. 268 (1867) ; Stal, En. Hem. v. p. 94 (1876) ; Distant, A. M. N. H. (5 s.) 

 ill, p. 45 (1879). 



^. Yellow, somewhat shining, rather finely and sparingly punc- 

 tured with black : head with the margins, a line down each side of the 

 m.edian and two longitudinal lines on the vertex, black : eyes brown ; 

 ocelli reddish : pronotum with the lateral margins and four spots placed 

 in a transverse line near the anterior margin, black ; posterior margin 

 blackish : scutellum with two small black spots near the middle of the 

 base, a larger one on each lateral margin before the middle, and a large 

 black patch before the apex ; hem elytra clouded with brown ; membrane 

 brownish, semitransparent : margins of the abdomen banded with black 

 and yellow, the base and apex of each segment being black : abdomen 

 beneath very finely punctured with brown ; stigmata black ; pectus irre- 

 gularly punctured with black and brown : legs yellow ; femora with 

 large, tibise with smaller, black points : rostram with the extreme tip 

 black : antenn86 with the two basal joints yellow, the second with black 

 points; third joint black, with the base yellow (Dallas). Long, 16 — 17 

 mill. Walker (Z. c.) notes that the sides of the rostral canal are not 

 spinose in the ? : the length of the rostrum is variable, antennae much 

 more than half the length of the body, and the joints to the fourth 

 successively increase in length, 4 — 5 equal in length ; pale luteous spot at 

 apex of the scutellum is very variable in size and shape. 



Reported from Siam, Philippines, Assam (mihi). 



Genus Astyanax, Stal. 



Ofvers K. Y.-A. Forh. p. 511 (1867) : En. Hem. v. p. 64, 94 (1876). 



Body broadly obovate : head much deflexed, slightly narrowed for- 

 wards, slightly sinuate on both sides before the eyes, obtusely roanded 

 at the apex ; tylus and juga equal in length, lateral margins somewhat 

 obtuse ; bucculse rather elevated, continued through ; ocelli near the 

 eyes ; rostrum extended somewhat behind the last pair of feet, first 

 joint extending beyond the bucculas ; first joint of antennae not reaching 

 the apex of the head, second joint shorter than the third ; pronotum 

 much inclined forwards, anterior margin narrowly callously elevated : 

 scutellum broad, a little longer than broad, somewhat shorter than 

 abdomen, slightly narrowed hind wards behind the frena which occupy 



