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



furrow of the odoriferous apertures not so long, abruptly abbreviated : 

 tibiae broadly sulcate (Sldl). 



263. Amtntor obscurus, Dallas. 



Hahjs (Dichelops ?) obscurus, Dallas (nee Westw.), Trans. Ent. Soc. v, p 188 t- 

 19, f. 3, a- 6, (1849). 



Amyrdor obscurus, Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 107 (1876). 

 (5", 9 . Body ovate : above brown, obscure, very thickly punctured : 

 pronotum with the lateral angles somewhat prominent, margins pale or 

 yellow : head, pronotum, and scutellum slightly clouded with yellowish : 

 a reddish tint on the hemelytra ; membrane transparent, with a pitchy 

 black spot at the internal basal angle, (this spot is concealed by the tip 

 of the scutellnm when the wings are closed) : margins of the abdomen 

 projecting considerably beyond the hemelytra on each side: venter, 

 pectus, legs, rostrum, and antennae reddish or testaceous brown ; venter 

 smooth, shining, the disc sparingly, the lateral margins very thickly 

 and finely punctured : pectus sparingly punctured, more thickly so at 

 the sides : legs punctured with black ; the tarsi darker : rostrum 

 darker at the tip : antennae with the two last joints black, except at the 

 base (Dallas). Long, 14f — 16 mill. 



Reported from Sikkim. 



Genus CoMPASTES, Stal. 



Of^rers. K. V.-A. Forh., p. 519 (1867) ; En. Hem. v, p. 69, 107 (1876). 



Head flat, somewhat narrowed forwards, rounded at the apex ; 

 juga longer than the tylus, somewhat hiscent at the apex, lateral margins 

 acute, flattened, posteriorly very slightly sinuate ; bucculse continued 

 through, moderately elevated ; ocelli a little over twice more distant 

 from each other than from the eyes ; rostrum extending somewhat be- 

 yond the last coxae, first joint extending a little beyond the bucculae, 

 second joint longer than the third ; antennae slender, first joint not 

 reaching the apex of the head, second somewhat shorter than the third : 

 lateral margins of pronotum somewhat obtuse, denticulate, lateral 

 angles produced in a stout, broad, truncate, process, obliquely turning 

 forwards, dentate on the margin ; anterior angles acutely prorainulous : 

 costal margin of corium anteriorly sinuate, thence much rounded before 

 and at the middle, straight towards the apex : veins of membrane 

 sparingly furcate : furrow from the odoriferous apertures somewhat 

 long : abdomen roundly amplified before the middle, apical angles of 

 segments a little prominulous ; base of venter unarmed : tibiae broadly 

 sulcate (Stal). 



Type Cimex houtajiicus, Dallas. 



