1888.] E. T. Atkinson — Neiv or little hnoivn Indian Rliynchota. 34^1 



' with.' In the description of Phromnia (J. 1. c, p. G^) for ' thorax 

 concealed' in line 2, read 'concealed by thorax.' The chief points of 

 difference between the two genera are that in Geri/nia, the first joint of 

 the antennce is scarcely shorter than the second and the membrane of 

 the costa is narrowed at the base ; whilst in Phromnia, the second joint 

 of the antennse is twice, or scarcely twice, as long as the first and the 

 costal membrane is equally broad throughout. These are apparently 

 small differences on which to found genera, but the result seems natural 

 and the genera at present may be allowed to stand separate. 



J. A. S. B. Pt. II, p. 52 (1885) : — Bicania ohsmira, Fabr., is the 

 type of Stal's genus Mindura (1. c. p. 62) of which I have seen a speci- 

 men, locality unknown. 



Cenestra affinis, n. sp. 



Body subsordid yellow : frons highly carinate on the sides, with a 

 black line running parallel to each of the lateral ridges ; eyes black : 

 antennas black, second joint longer than the first : pronotum with two 

 median longitudinal black lines ; mesonotum anteriorly with a lateral 

 sagittate mark and two longitudinal lines on the anterior portion of the 

 disc, black, its posterior margin with four small cuneate black spots : 

 abdomen spotted and streaked black : femora more or less sordid yellow, 

 tibi93 and tarsi black, tegmina rounded at the apex, bluish-brown, spotted 

 and clouded with white farinose matter above, beneath brown with a 

 slight bluish tinge ; the very narrow costal limbus to two-thirds the length, 

 and thence broadening into a band which turns inwards to nearly the 

 disc, sordid whitish ; this band is barely traceable above through the 

 farinose covering : wings ample, semihyaline fuscous, veins of a deeper 

 colour. In G. circulata, Guerin, the tegmina are yellow-whitish with 

 black bands ; in G. matutina, Walker, they are of a rosy colour, and in 

 O. aurora, Guerin, they are sub-orange and the wings are white. Long, 

 body 9-10 ; with teg. closed, 16 ; exp. teg., 35 mill. 



Hab. Singapore. 



BrACHYPLATYS CAROLINA], n. Sp. 



Brassy-black, shining : antennas ochraceous, finely pilose, apical 

 halves of last three joints more or less blackish-brown : anterior half of 

 eyes yellowish- white, posterior part with a roseate tinge : head above 

 with six yellow spots arranged in a semicircle : very fine anterior and 

 lateral (anteriorly double) margins of pronotum, also lateral and pos- 

 terior margins of scutellum, reddish yellow : pectus and venter, black, 

 the latter with a yellow band along the margin and proceeding therefrom 



