1884.] E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rliyncliota. 211 



Genus Poltneura, Westwood. 



Westwood, Arc. Ent. i, p. 92 (1842) : Am. ot Serv., Hist. Nat. Hem. p. 4G0 

 (1843) : Stal, Hem Afric. iv, p. 3 (18GG). 



1. Poltneura ducalis. 



Polyneura ducalis, Westwood, Arc. Ent. i, p. 92, t. 24, f . 2 (1842) ; J.irdino, 

 Nat. Lib. t. 18, f . 1 (1843) ; Am. et Serv., Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem. p. 460 (1843) ; 

 Walker, List. Horn. B. M., i, p. 2 (1850). 



Easily recognised by its ricli golden brown colour and tlie apical 

 half of the tegmina being finely reticulated with hexagonal cells. Body 

 long 35 ; exp. teg. 102 millims. 



Reported from Assam, Sikkim, Nepal. The Indian Museum pos- 

 sesses specimens from Sikkim and Assam. 



Genus Pcecilopsaltria, Stal. 



Hem. Afric, iv, p. 2, (1866) ; Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. p. 168 (1866). 



Allied to Tettigades, Am. et Serv. Thorax angulated on each side, 

 anterior femora not spinose, metasternum elevated, the elevated part 

 sulcate, produced and subsinuato-truncated in front. 



2. Pcecilopsaltria affinis. 



Tettigonia affinis, Fabr., Syst. Rhyn. p. 37 (1803). 



Cicada affinis, Germar in Thon's Archiv. Ent. ii, fasc. 2, p. 1, 6, (1830) ; in 

 Silbermann's Rev. Ent. ii, p. 79 (1834) ; Walker, List Horn. B. M. i, p. 3 (1850). 

 Poscilopsaltria affinis, Stal, Hem. Fabric, ii, p. 4 (1869). 



Body long 23 ; exp. teg. 77 millims. 



Reported from India, but no specimens appear in the British Mu- 

 seum list, and it would be well again to identify the locality of the spe- 

 cimen noted in Mus. Lund. 



Genus Platypleura, Amyot & Serville. 



Amyot et Serville, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem. p. 465 (1843) : Stal, Hem. Afric. iv, p. 2 

 (1866) : Butler, Cist. Ent. i, p. 184 (1874). 



(a.) Species with yellow or tawny wings. 



3. PlATYPLEUEA PHALiENOIDES. 



Platypleura phalmnoides. Walker, List Hom. B. M. i, p. 4 (1850) : Butler, Cist. 

 Ent. p. 185 (1874). 



Platypleura interna, Walker, 1. c. iv, p. 1119 (1852), which differs in having 

 the anal angle only (instead of the whole flap) of the wings black. 



Platypleura congrex, Stal, MS., is also possibly only a variety of this species. 



Reported from Bengal, Assam, Silhat, N. India. A somewhat com- 

 mon species in Sikkim. The Indian Museum possesses specimens from 

 Sibsagar, Sikkim, and Darjiling. 



