212 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhynchota. [No. 3, 



An examination of some fifty males shows some variations in indi- 

 viduals, even amongst those collected in the same locality. In the hya- 

 line apical portion of the tegmina, the brown band is sometimes connec- 

 ted with the marginal row of spots, sometimes with the brown band 

 across the middle part of the tegmina, and sometimes with neither. The 

 hyaline spots in the radial and 3 — 4 ulnar areas vary much in size, and 

 the metathoracic markings vary in size and distinctness. The venation, 

 too, is not altogether uniform, and the colour of the thorax varies from 

 green to brown. 



$ . Body sordidly luteous above and below. Face moderately con- 

 vex, transversely sulcated, with a longitudinal groove, luteous, vertex 

 and pronotum furrowed, luteous. The mesonotal marks are represented 

 by two almost obsolete short black lines on fore border and two faint 

 black dots on hinder border. Abdomen black above, first three segments 

 marginally luteous-pubescent ; below, central portion tawny, thickly 

 pubescent. Opercula small, somewhat rounded, wide apart. Legs con- 

 colorous with body : posterior tibiae spinose, tarsi and claws j)iceous. 

 Tegmina, markings as in S , but basal half suffused with deep fulvous. 

 Wings as in ^ , but apical third alone brown, limbus hyaline, flaps 

 fulvous. Length body, 22| ; exp. tegm. 75 ; of one tegmen 34 ; breadth 

 of pronotum 13 millims. 



Hab. Sikkim, one specimen only in the Indian Museum. 



4. Platypleura assamensis, n. sp. 

 Sordid green, face very slightly convex, transversely sulcated, with 

 a longitudinal groove : a fascia extending from eye to eye through the 

 base of the antennae, black. Rostrum extends to third abdominal seg- 

 ment, tip piceous. Markings above as in P. phalcenoides, Walker. Ab- 

 domen piceous, each abdominal segment with a slight marginal fulvous 

 pubescence. Opercula very small, wide apart piceous in the $ ; close 

 together, piceous and margined with slight tawny in the S . Basal 

 half of tegmina, brown, with irregular pale markings : a hyaline spot in 

 the third qu.arter of the radial area, a pale spot at the base of the radial 

 area and the 4 — 5 ulnar areas. Apical half of the tegmina pale hyaline ; 

 a brown patch extending through the apical anastomoses of the 1 — 3 

 ulnar areas : an inner apical row of six brown spots, first two and last 

 broadest, first two confluent, middle sagittate, last confluent with the dot 

 on the limbus : apical veins ending in six small oblong brown spots, 

 beyond which in the limbus are six minute dots. Wings marked as in 

 P. phalcenoides with which it is closely allied, but the body is much less 

 robust, and smaller ; and there is a difference in the markings and colour 

 of the tegmina. Length body, 23^ ; exp. tegm., 69 ; of single tegmen, 

 30 ; breadth of the pronotum 12, millims. 



