1888.] E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rbyncliota. 165 



side in front ; anterior angles acute ; posterior angles dilated, forming 

 two short rectangular horns : scutellum rather small : pectus with a 

 very slight ridge : abdomen somewhat concave above, slightly dentate 

 along each side : legs rather long and slender ; tibiae furrowed ; tarsi 3- 

 jointed : membrane with five longitudinal veins, of which the subcostal 

 one is forked {Walker), The structure of the head separates it from 

 JEjuschistus and Galedanta. 



266. Asyla indicatrix, Walker, Cat. Het. ii, p. 403 (1867). 



Tawny, minutely and rather thinly punctured ; punctures blackish ; 

 beneath testaceous, ferruginous speckled : rostrum with a black tip : 

 antennae black : pronotum most thinly punctured in front : scutellum 

 much excavated at each anterior angle : tarsi brown : membrane lurid- 

 cinereous : wings cinereous {Walker). Long, 21 mill. 



Reported from India. 



267. Mormidea socia, Walker, Cat. Het. ii, p. 262 (1867). 



Dingy yellowish, elongate oval, largely punctured ; punctures bh^ck ; 

 underside and legs pale yellow : head more thickly punctured than the 

 pronotum ; juga and tylus of equal length ; rostrum extending to the last 

 coxfle ; tip black ; antennae pale yellow, setulose ; first joint extending 

 nearly to the front ; second longer than the third : pronotum with a 

 transverse callus on each side near the anterior margin and with a 

 smooth slight marginal ridge on each side between the spine and the 

 anterior margin ; spines black, stout, acute, slightly projecting forward : 

 scutellum with the disc pale yellow and thinly punctured ; three large 

 smooth pale yellow spots, two on the fore angles and one at the tip : 

 pectus, abdomen beneath and femora with a few black points : legs 

 slender, setulose : membrane pellucid (Walker). Body, long, 8| mill. 



Reported from India. 



268. Mormidea nigriceps, Walker, Cat Het. iii, p. 554 (1868). 



Tawny, elliptical, thickly and minutely brown punctured, testaceous 

 beneath: head blackish, somewhat elongated; juga and tylus of equal 

 length ; eyes piceous, prominent ; rostrum extending a little beyond the 

 last coxae, tip black : pronotum with a slight transverse ridge, in front of 

 which it is testaceous and thinly punctured ; fore border and a line along 

 the posterior border of the ridge, blackish ; the usual transverse calli ; 

 posterior angles elongated, acute, a little shorter than their breadth at 

 the base : scutellum smooth and pale yellow at the tip, which is rounded 

 legs slender ; femora and tibiae slightly brown-speckled : membrane and 

 wings cinereous (Tra/Z^er). Long, 10^ mill. 



Reported from India. 

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