1888.] E. T. AiVmson— Notes on Tndian Rhyncliota. 167 



271. Bhaphigaster Usignatus, Walker, Cat. Het. ii, p 366 (1867). 



Testaceous, elongate-elliptical, thickly and minutely punctured ; 

 punctures black : juga and tylus equal in length : eyes rather promi- 

 nent : rostrum extending nearly to the last coxae ; tip black ; antennre 

 black, nearly half the length of the body, I — 2 joints tawny ; first not 

 extending to the front of the head ; third a little longer than the se- 

 cond ; fourth much longer than the third ; fifth not longer than the 

 fourth : pronotum transversely and very slightly impressed in front ; 

 a transverse triangular black mark with a testaceous disc on each side 

 in front of the impression : scutellum less thickly punctured than the 

 pronotum ; a blackish dot on each side near the tip : abdomen black ; 

 connexivum testaceous ; under side with two testaceous stripes which 

 do not extend to the tip : ventral spine obtuse, extremely short, not 

 extending to the last coxae : femora and tibiso with tawny tips ; tibiae 

 slightly furrowed ; tarsi tawny : corium with a brown apical patch, 

 which is bordered on its inner side by an incomplete whitish band, the 

 latter not punctured ; membrane lurid : wings pellucid, pale larid to- 

 wards the tips (Walker). Body, long, 65- mill. 



Reported from India. 



272. Bhaphigaster patulus, Walker, Cat. Het. ii, p. 366 (1867). 



Pale testaceous, ample, nearly elliptical, thinly punctured : head 

 black- punctured in front ; juga and tylus of equal length : rostrum 

 extending to the last coxae ; tip black : antennae slender, less than half 

 the length of the body ; first joint not extending to the front of the 

 head ; second much shorter than the third ; fourth longer than the third : 

 pronotum black punctured ; the punctures more thick in front, excepting 

 a transverse, abbreviated, slightly undulating line ; posterior angles pro- 

 minent, hardly acute : scutellum attenuated towards the tip : pectus not 

 ridged ; sides whitish testaceous : abdomen, in the (5* , excavated at the 

 tip ; ventral spine extending to the intermediate coxae : legs slender : 

 hemelytra with black punctures along the costa ; membrane and wings 

 pellucid {Walker). Long, 15 J — 19 mill. 



Reported from N. India. 



273. Bhaphigaster strachioides, Walker, Cat. Het. ii, p. 365 (1867). 



Luteous ; oval ; thinly and rather finely punctured ; punctures 

 black : head black, with five luteous stripes, of which the inner pair are 

 forked in front, and the outer pair are irregular and border the eyes ; 

 juga and tylus of equal length : rostrum black towards the tip, extend- 

 ing to the last coxae : antennae tawny, less than half the length of the 

 body, joints successively increasing in length ; first joint not extending 



