158 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rliyiichota. [No. 2, 



2G8. Prionaca lata, Dallas. 



Prionma lata, Dallas, List. Hem. i, p. 291 (1851); Walker, Cat. Het. if, p. 375 

 (18G7) ; Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 107 (1876) ; Distant, A. M. N. H. (5 s.) iii, p. 45 

 (1879). 



c? . Above yellowish, very thickly punctured with black : prono- 

 tum with a large, slightly elevated, impunctate yellow spot on each side 

 near the lateral margins before the middle : corium with a large, im- 

 punctate, yellow spot about the middle of the disc ; membrane brownish, 

 somewhat opaque, with the inner basal angle dark brown : body beneath 

 fulvous, the pectus brighter than the abdomen which is somewhat 

 opaque, impunctate, with the middle of the 3 — 5 segments, brown ; the 

 lateral miargins brownish ; the first segment and the ventral spine con- 

 colorous with the pectus which is slightly shining, more or less punc- 

 tured with brown, with the antero-lateral margins and the lateral spines 

 black : legs, rostrum, and the two basal joints of the antennse fulvous 

 {Dallas). Long, 13 mill. 



Reported from Java, Silhat (mihi). 



269. Prionaca exempta. Walker. 



Prionaca exempta, Walker, Cat. Het. iii, p. 569 (1868) ; Distant, A. M. N. H. 

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



Testaceous, elliptical, thickly and minutely punctured : head 

 rounded in front ; fore part with brown punctures ; hind part smooth ; 

 juga and tylus of equal length ; eyes piceous not prominent ; rostrum 

 extending to the last coxae, apex black ; antennae slender ; first joint 

 extending nearly to the front of the head; second much shorter than 

 the third ; fourth a little longer than the third : pronotum smooth, 

 except the fore parts on each side where the punctures are brown ; 

 lateral angles acute, elongated, shorter than their breadth at the base ; 

 scutellum hardly ridged, attenuated towards the tip which is slightly 

 acute : posterior angles of the apical abdominal segment elongated ; 

 ventral spine extending to the intermediate coxse : legs slender : 

 hemelytra with black punctures along the costa ; membrane and wings 

 pellucid {Walker). Body, long, 17—19 mill. 



Reported|from N. India, Sikkim (mihi), rare. 



Genus Placosternum, Am. & Serv. 



Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem., p. 174 (1843) ; Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 351 (1851) ; Walker, 

 Cat. Het. iii, p. 486 (1868): Stal, Of vers. K. V.- A. Forh, p. 519 (1867) j En. Hem. 

 y, p. 69, 107 (1876). 



Lateral margins of the head before the middle gradually rounded 



