174 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhynchota. [Ko. 2, 



pronotum more or less distinctly crenulated or transversely rugose : frena 

 extended to, or a little beyond, the middle of the scutelliim : venter, at 

 the base, furnished with a tubercle or short spine, obtusely conical ; 

 stridulatory spots, in c? , extended through 4 — 5 ventral segments, serice- 

 ous : first tibise not dilated, first femora with a distinct spine. 



283. Canthecona binotata. Distant. 

 Canthecona hinotata, Dist. A. M. N. H. (5 s.) iii, p. 47 (1879). 



Luteous, thickly punctured with brown : tylus reaching the apex 

 of the head, juga thickly covered with brassy black punctures ; eyes 

 prominent, fuscous, luteous at the base : antennae with 2 — 3 joints sub- 

 equal, fourth rather longest, 1 — 2 joints luteous, 3 — 4 dark fuscous, 

 luteous at the base : rostrum luteous, with the tip reddish : pronotum 

 considerably deflexed from the base towards the head, with a median 

 raised longitudinal line, which is prolonged throughout the whole length 

 of the scutellum ; lateral edges, with an indistinct, obscure, violet, 

 submarginal border, and some other indistinct striae of the same colour 

 on the disc ; lateral angles produced into short, obtuse, black spines, 

 emarginate and luteous at the tip : scutellum somewhat gibbous at the 

 base, where it is thickly and darkly punctured, the median longitudinal 

 line becoming broad and impunctate towards the apex : corium with a 

 somewhat triangular subcostal blackish spot situated a little beyond the 

 middle : membrane produced considerably beyond the abdomen, black, 

 with the apical half whitish : abdomen above blackish, with a segmental 

 marginal row of alternate sub-quadrate green and luteous spots : body 

 beneath luteous ; pectus with three violet streaks on each side ; venter 

 with the marginal row of sub-quadrate green spots as above, a sub- 

 marginal row of narrow, transverse, waved, dark lines, situate one on 

 each segment, and a large sub-apical blackish spot : legs luteous, pilose ; 

 tibiae strongly sulcated ; fore tibiee dilated, their apical halves and bases 

 and the apices of the intermediate and jDOsterior tibiae, blackish {Dis- 

 tant.') Allied to G. tibialis, Dist. Long, 15 ; exp. lat. angles of prono- 

 tum, 7| mill. 



Reported from N'aga Hills, 2000—6000 feet (Assam) ; Calcutta, 

 Dehra (mihi) . 



284. Canthecona tibialis. Distant. 



Canthecona tibialis, Distant, A. M. N. H. (5 s.) iii, p. 46 (1879). 

 Head brassy black, very thickly punctured ; tylus reaching the 

 apex of the head, with its base obscurely luteous ; eyes brown : antenna3 

 pilose; 3—4 joints longest, sub-equal ; apical joint rather shorter than 



