108 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhyiicliota. [No. 2, 



to tlic front of the head : pronotum in front with an abbreviated black 

 band, which is dilated on each side, where it contains an interrupted 

 luteous streak ; space about the band smooth ; hind angles much round- 

 ed, not prominent : scutellum with a callus on each angle at the base, 

 and with a black spot on each side near the tip : pectus with three black 

 stripes : abdomen beneath with three stripes of triangular black spots ; 

 of these the lateral S]3ots are connected : legs reddish, short, stout : 

 hemelytra with a black sjDot in the disc of the corium ; membrane pellu- 

 cid (Walker). Long, 5| — 6 mill. 

 Reported from India. 



274. Bhaphigaster ruhriplaga, Walker, Cat. Het. ii, p. 365 (1867). 



Testaceous, nearly oval, thickly punctured, slightly shining : head 

 with a black slender marginal line along each side ; juga and tylus of 

 equal length : rostrum extending to the intermediate coxae : antennae 

 tawny, less than half the length of the body ; joints successively and 

 slightly increasing in length ; first not extending to the front of the 

 head : pronotum slightly and transversely impressed on each side in 

 front ; a red patch on each side between the posterior angles, which are 

 slightly rounded and not prominent : scutellum with a red spot on each 

 side near the base and with a red band near the tip : abdomen with a 

 black stripe on each side above, and with an incomplete brown stripe on 

 each side beneath ; tip truncate ; ventral spine extending to the inter- 

 mediate COX93 : legs rather short and stout : hemelytra with a red spot 

 on the tip of the corium near the costa ; membrane and wings pellucid 

 {Walker). Long, 6|~7 mill. 



Reported from India. 



275. Tetrisia bruchoides, Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 112 (1867). 



Black : body convex, oval, dull, finely scabrous : head transverse 

 rounded in front, not more than half the breadth of the pronotum ; eyes 

 not prominent ; rostrum reddish, extending beyond the last coxee ; 

 antennae rather stout and short : pronotum nearly twice the leno-th of 

 the head, with a transverse furrow in the middle, in front of which the 

 sides are rounded and serrated ; a short longitudinal furrow near each 

 side of the hind part : scutellum broader than the pronotum, rounded 

 at the tip, entirely covering the abdomen and the folded hemelytra, of 

 which the membrane is dark brown : abdomen contracted : legs very 

 short and fitdut {Walker). Long, 5 J mill. 



Reported from Singapore. Belongs to sub-family Platas;pina. 



