1888.] E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhynchofca. 157 



267. Prionochilus octopunctatus, Dallas. 



Bh. {Prionochilus) 8-punc(atus, Dallas, Trans. Ent. Soc. v, p. 192, t. 19, f. 5 a — c. 

 (1849). 



Prionochilus octopunctatus, Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 107 (1876) ; Distant, A. M. N". 

 H. (5 s.) iii, p. 45 (1879). 



$ . Ovate, testaceous brown, opaque, beneatli paler, above thickly 

 and finely punctured with black : pronotum strongly rugosely-panctate, 

 with four black dots arranged in a transverse line across the disc, from 

 the base of one lateral angle to the other ; the marginal serrations 

 yellowish : scutellum less closely punctured than the pronotum, dis- 

 tinctly rugose, with four black dots at the base, placed two close to the 

 posterior margin of the pronotum about the same distance from each 

 other as from the lateral angles of the scutellam, the two behind these, 

 forming with them a small square ; on each side of the apex of the 

 scutellum is a small yellow impunctate spot : hemelytra with the punc- 

 tures arranged somewhat nebularly ; a small impunctate spot on the 

 disc, a little behind the middle : membrane transparent with a brownish 

 tinge : ventral spine brown : legs, rostrum and antennas brownish 

 testaceous ; the fourth joint of the antennae, except its base, the fifth 

 joint entirely, and the apex of the fourth joint of the rostrum, black 

 (Dallas). Long, 22; breadth of pronotum, 12| mill. 

 Reported from Sikkim. 



Genus Prionaca, Dallas. 



List. Hem. i, p. 291 (1851) ; Walker, Cat. Het., ii, p. 375 (1867) : Stal, En. Hem. 

 V, p. 69, 107 (1870). 



Body short and broad : head nearly as broad as long, rounded and 

 entire in front, juga meeting beyond the tylus ; ocelli minute placed near 

 the posterior angles of the eyes and close to the anterior margin of the 

 pronotum : antennas with the basal joint robust, not reaching the apex 

 of the head ; second joint slender, very long, twice the length of the 

 head : rostrum not reaching the posterior coxae, inserted on a level with 

 the base of the antennae at some distance from the front of the head 

 basal joint short, not passing the base of the head ; second longest 

 third longer than the first, a little shorter than the second, fourth shortest 

 pronotum with the lateral angles produced into strong acute spines, the 

 lateral margins distinctly crenulated : scutellum very little longer than 

 broad, triangular, with the lateral margins waved, the apex rounded : 

 coriaceous portion of the hemelytra much longer than the membrane, with 

 the apical margin rounded ; membrane with longitudinal veins : ventral 

 spine not reaching the intermediate coxae : sternum with a. distinct median 

 furrow for the reception of the rostrum {Dallas). 

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