134 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhynchota. fNo. 2, 



/. Tibioe above margined on both sides, or with, a broad, very dis- 

 tinct furrow : mesostetbial ridge anteriorly not, or barely, strongly 

 elevated, there neither laminated, nor freely produced, nor thickened : 

 ventral spine, when present, short or moderate, rarely extending some- 

 what beyond the intermediate coxae : ventral spiracles very rarely black : 

 apical angles of the sixth abdominal segment not produced in a large 

 acute tooth : rostrum extended behind the intermediate coxae, generally 

 reacliing or extending beyond the base of the venter (Stdl). 



Genus Cresphontes, Stal. 

 Ofvers. K. V.-A. Forh., p. 514, (1867) : En. Hem. v, p. 65, 95, (1876). 



Body broadly obovate : head rather inclined, narrowed forwards, 

 very slightly sinuate before the eyes, rounded at the apex ; tylus and 

 juga of equal length ; anteocular part shorter than broad ; lateral 

 margins flattened, acute ; bucculae continued through, moderately ele- 

 vated : ocelli about thrice further from each other than from the eyes ; 

 rostrum extended between the last coxae, first joint as long as the 

 bucculae, second joint longer than the third ; antennae moderate, first 

 joint scarcely reaching the apex of the head, second joint shorter than 

 the third : pronotum moderately inclined, anterior margin not elevated, 

 scarcely truncate behind the eyes, anterior lateral margins somewhat 

 obtuse, lateral angles obtuse, produced in a broad process : scutelluui 

 somewhat broad at the apex, moderately long, frena extended a little 

 beyond the middle of the scutellum : apical margin of corium rounded : 

 mesostethium distinctly carinate : venter, at the base, with a long robust 

 spine : furrow from the odoriferous apertures continued in a long, 

 gradually vanishing, wrinkle or ridge : apical angles of abdominal seg- 

 ments scarcely prominulous (Stdl). 



237. Cresphontes nigro-maculatus, Haglund. 



Cresphontes nigro-maculatus, Haglund, Stettin Eut, Zeit. xxix, p. 157, (1868) ; 

 Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 95, (1876). 



d" . Subquadrate, posteriorly rounded, pale flavescent or stramine- 

 ous ; head and ])ronotum, in patches, sides and apex of scutellum 

 densely, punctured black ; hemelytra densely punctured rufescent ; the 

 lower portion of the hemelytra, dorsum of abdomen, two basal joints of 

 the antennae, and base of three last joints, connexivum, and feet, more 

 or less, rufescent : three last joints of the antennae, a somewhat smooth 

 median shining spot on the scutellum, numerous minute spots on pectus 

 and venter, duplicated spots on the connexivum, also some spots on the 

 apices of the femora, black ; membrane and wings, fuscescent : basal 

 internal angle of the membrane with an obscure spot. 



