166 Vj. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rliynchota. [No. 2, 



269. Rhaphigaster (?) macr acanthus, Dallas, List. Hem. i, p. 289 (1851J ; Walker, 

 Cat. Het. ii, p. 365 (1867) ; (?) Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 129 (1876). 



$ . Broad and short, somewhat rounded, above brown, somewhat 

 ferruginous, very thickly and finely punctured with black : pronotum 

 with the lateral angles very prominent and obtuse : scutellum very 

 broad at the base : membrane brownish : margins of the abdomen bright 

 reddish orange, with a small black band at the base and apex of each 

 segment near the suture, leaving the suture itself orange : body beneath 

 fulvous, thickly and rather finely punctured ; the abdomen somewhat 

 rugose ; ventral spine very long, reaching the base of the head, pitchy 

 brown, very smooth and shining ; legs f alvous : rostrum testaceous, with 

 the tip black : antennae with the second joint very short, scarcely more 

 than half the length of the third ; the two basal joints testaceous ; third 

 joint black, with the base testaceous ; 4 — 5 joints black, with their bases, 

 dull orange or tawny (Dallas). Long, 11| — 12 mill. ; breadth of prono- 

 tum, 9 mill. 



Reported from N. India. 



270. Rhaphigaster apicalis, Dallas, List. Hem. i, p. 285 (1851) ; Walker, Cat. 

 Het. ii, p. 281 (18(-7). 



Antestia [?} apicalis, Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 129 (1876). 



$ . Above pale greyish olive ; head with six black punctured lines 

 on the anterior portion which unite more or less on the vertex, making 

 that part nearly black, with irregular pale spots : eyes brown ; ocelli 

 red : pronotum rather thickly punctured with black, the punctures 

 arranged somewhat in transverse lines, with the anterior portion of the 

 disc blackish, the anterior and lateral margins with a narrow whitish 

 edge ; scutellum rather thickly punctured with black, with a small 

 orange spot in each basal angle, a large round black spot in the middle 

 of the base, and a black spot on each lateral margin near the apex : 

 coriaceous portion of the hemelytra rather thickly punctured with black, 

 with the apex and a submarginal spot near the middle, black ; membrane 

 transparent, brownish : margins of the abdomen variegated with black 

 and yellow, very thickly punctured : abdomen beneath, greyish-testace- 

 ous, with the sides rather thickly and strongly punctured with black ; 

 ventral spine long, reaching the intermediate coxse : pectus testaceous, 

 thickly punctured with black : legs testaceous ; femora punctured with 

 black; tarsi with the apical joint brown: rostrum testaceous, with the 

 tip black : antennae with the three basal joints testaceous; 4 and 5 black, 

 with the base testaceous. (Dallas). Long, 9 mill. 



Reported from N. India. 



