178 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rliyncliota. [No. 2, 



287. PiCROMERUS OBTUsus, Walker. 

 Picromerus obtusus, Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 133 (1867) : Distant, A. M, N. H. 

 (5 s.) iii. p. 45 (1879). 



Lurid brown : oval, rather flat, minutely punctured ; dingy testa- 

 ceous beneath ; punctures black : rostrum dingy testaceous : antennae 

 black, piceous towards the base, 4 — 5 joints whitish towards the base : 

 pronotum crenulate along each side in front ; spines broad, obtuse, 

 hardly forked at the tips : scutellum with a slight ridge which is widely 

 forked towards the fore border : pectus and abdomen beneath with some 

 black patches on each side, stigma of the pectus ochraceoua : femora 

 dingy testaceous, black-speckled ; tibias tawny, with black tips ; tarsi 

 black : corium lurid, with blackish punctures and with a few small 

 blackish marks : membrane aeneous (Walker). Body, long, 11 — 11^ 

 mill. 



Reported from N". India : very common in Sikkim (milii). 



288. Picromerus nigrivitta, Walker. 



Ticromerus nigrivitta, Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 133 (1867). 



Dingy testaceous, elliptical, rather flat, thickly and minutely black 

 speckled, livid beneath : head with the juga and tylus distinctly marked : 

 rostrum tawny : antennae black, piceous towards the base ; 4 — 5 joints 

 pale yellow towards the base : pronotum with a pale tubercle on each 

 side on the disc ; sides straight and serrated from the fore border to the 

 spine, which is aeneous and truncate : scutellum with a slight forked 

 ridge : pectus with ochraceous stigmata : abdomen beneath with a black 

 stripe : legs livid, black-speckled, with a slight aeneous tinge : membrane 

 aeneous {Walker). Body, long, lOJ mill. 



Reported from Silhat. 



289. Picromerus robustus, Distant. 



Picromerus robustus, Distant, A. M. N. H. (5 s.) iii, p. 48 (1879). 

 Has somewhat the elongated form of A. spinidens, but with the 

 pronotum robust, much deflesed anteriorly, and body narrowed pos- 

 teriorly : luteous, covered regularly and thickly with coarse brown 

 punctures : tylus and juga equal in length ; eyes large, prominent, 

 obscure fuscous ; rostrum luteous, with the tip pitchy ; antennre with 

 the 2 — 3 joints sub-equal, pale luteous, third joint pitchy at apex : pro- 

 notum much narrowed in front and widened posteriorly, with an 

 indistinct median, longitudinal line ; a transverse row of four small 

 luteous spots situated a little behind a somewhat obscure transverse 

 ridge ; lateral angles, produced into long, black, pointed spines, toothed 



