148 E. T. Atkumon— Notes on TmUan Rliynoliota. [No. 2, 



254. CCSPICONA CDRTISPINA, Stal. 



Hoffmanseggiella curtispina, Stal, Stettin Ent. Zeit., xxix, p. 144, (1861): 

 Walker, Cat. Het. ii, p. 399, (1867). 



Cuspicona curtispina, Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 103 (1876). 



$ . Pale, somewhat sordid flavescent, sinning, above dis- 

 tinctly punctured: lateral angles of pronotura produced outwards, 

 somewhat obtuse at the apex, moderately prominulous : apex of the 

 posterior angles of the last ventral segment, rufescent : 2 — 3 joints of 

 the antennae of equal length : ventral segments unarmed : rostrum ex- 

 tending hardly beyond the last coxee (Stal). Long, 10; broad, ^^ mill- 

 Reported from Java, Burma (?). 



255. CuspicoNA viKESCENS, Dallas. 



Cuspicona virescens, Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 296 (1851); Walker, Cat. Het. ii, p. 

 379 (1867) : Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 103 (1876). 



2 . Above pale green, finely and thickly punctured : eyes black : 

 pronotum with the lateral margins yellowish, the lateral spines acute, 

 somewhat turned upwards and a little recurved towards the apex, the 

 extreme tip black : membrane nearly colourless, transparent : body 

 beneath testaceous, the pectus and sides of abdomen rather thickly 

 punctured, sternal ridge rounded in front : legs testaceous, tibiae be- 

 coming brownish towards the apex ; tarsi brownish : rostrum testaceous : 

 antemiEe ferruginous, basal joint testaceous (Dallas). Long, 10| mill. 



Reported from Java, Burma. 



256. Cuspicona plagiata. Walker. 



Cuspicona plagiata, Walker, Cat. Het. ii, p. 379 (1867). 



Testaceous, elongate-oval, minutely punctured, a little paler be- 

 neath : head elongate, smooth, transversely and finely striated, bordered 

 with black and with black sutures between the juga and tylus which are 

 of equal length ; rostrum extending te the hind coxae, tip black ; an- 

 tennae black, slender, about half the length of the body, first joint not 

 extending to the front of the head, second joint very much shorter than 

 the third : pronotum mostly smooth in front, posterior angles forming 

 two long, acute, black-striped, directly diverging spines : pectoral ridge 

 very deep, especially in front of the first coxo3 where it is much rounded : 

 abdomen with a very large, purple, apical patch, beneath very slightly 

 ridged, with black spines along each side, the basal spine extending to 

 the last coxae : legs rather slender : membrane aeneous-brown : wings 

 cinereous, veins black (Walker), Long, IGf mill, 



Roporlcd J'ro]n N. India. 



