150 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on hullan Rhynchota. [No. 2, 



258. Rhtnchocoris humeralis, Thunberg. 



Cimex humeralis, Thunb., Nov. Ins. Spec, ii, p. 40, t. 2, f. 54 (1783). 



Cimex hamatus, Fabr., Mant. Ins. ii, p. 286 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iv, p. 104 (1794) 

 Stoll, Punaises, p. 80, t. 20, f. 135 and 104, t. 27, f. 186 (1788). 



Edessa hamata, Fabr., Syst. Rhyng. p. 147 (1803). 



Acanthosoma hamata, Burm., Handb. Ent. ii (i), p. 359 (1835). 



Rhynchocoris humeralis, Dallas, List. Hem. i, p. 302 (1851) ; Walker, Cat. Hot. 

 ii, p. 392 (1867) : Stal, Hem. Fabr. i, p. 35 (1868) ; En. Hem. v, p. 104 (1876) ; Dis- 

 tant< A. M. N. H. (5 s.) iii, p. 45 (1879). 



Antennae black : rostrum as long as llie body : the body virescent. 

 (or flavescent), head and anterior part of pronotnm more flavescent : 

 pronotum acutely spinose, spine subarcuate hindwards, tip black : ster- 

 num porrect, obtuse, compressed : abdomen flavescent with a line of 

 black dots on each side : margin of abdomen serrate, with five acute, 

 small, black teeth : feet flavescent (G^. hamatus, Fabr.). Altogether olive- 

 green, yellow on the venter ; spines of pronotum punctured black ; 

 corners of the abdominal segments acute, black. The Assam specimens 

 are brown, and, in some cases, the scutellum is olive-green and also part 

 of the pronotum. Long, 21 ; breadth of pronotum, 14| mill. 



Reported from Siam, India, Silhat. The Iiidian Museum has speci- 

 mens from Sibsagar (Assam) and Sikkim (mihi\ not uncommon. 



259. Rhynchocoris serratds, Donovan. 



Cimex serratus, Donovan, Ins. India, Hem., t. 8, f. 2 (1800) : Stoll, Pttnaises, p» 

 10, t. 1, f. 3 (1788). 



Bhi/nchocoris serratus, Am. & Serv., Hist. Nat. Ins, Hem., p. 152, t. 3, f. 2 

 (1843) ; Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 302, (1851) ^ Walker, Cat. Hot. ii, p. 392 (1867); 

 Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 104 (1876). 



Pronotum with acute spines, testaceous : hemelytra greenish : ab- 

 domen serrate (Don.). 



$ . Olive-green : posterior portion of pronotum and its posterior 

 angles, punctured black, the latter almost entirely black t head above 

 with two longitudinal lines and one on each side between the base of the 

 antennae and the eyes, black ; membrane hyaline nacreous brown : an- 

 tennae black, first joint yellow beneath : feet of the same colour as the 

 body, spotted black (Am. Sf Serv.). Long, 20 mill. 



Reported from Malabar, Malacca, Java, Philippines. 



Div. Tropicoearia. 



En. Hem. v, p. 68 (1876). 

 a. as in HopUstoderaria (p. Q^). 

 h. Entire anterior lateral margins of the pronotum either anteriorly 



