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



Allied to PcecilopsaUria capitata, Olivier, (Enc. Meth. v, p. 754) 

 in regard to size, broadness of apical lirabus, tegmina and wings. Body 

 long 23 : exp. teg. 68 millims. Reported from N. India. 



8. Platypleura andamana. 



Platypleura andamana, Distant, Trans. Ent. Soc. p. 174 (1878). 

 This species was described from a specimen procured from the An- 

 daman islands. Body long 22 : exp. teg. 84 millims. 



9. PlATTPLEUEA llOEPSTORFFII, n. sp. 



^ . $ . Brownish tawny. Face gamboge colour, moderately convex, 

 transversely sulcated, with a brown longitudinal groove. Rostrum ex- 

 tending almost to the posterior margin of the first abdominal segment, tip 

 brown.Legs brown above, tawny below ; tibiae setose, posterior pair spinose. 

 Eyes bright castaneous, moderately prominent, pilose behind. Second 

 joint of antennae pale tawny. A fascia from eye to eye, through the 

 base of the antennae and frons, and another through the ocelli, black. 

 Pronotum grooved, with an obtuse-angled black mark on middle of pos- 

 terior border ; lateral processes subtri angular, anterior margin slightly 

 brown. Mesonotum with two obconical spots extending backwards from 

 anterior border and having between them a variable sagittate mark, two 

 dots wide apart, near posterior border, and a very obscure mark situate 

 on the outer side of each of the obconical spots, black. Abdominal 

 sutures black, margined with luteous, pubescent ; anal segment below, 

 luteous. Opercula very small, subelliptical, wide apart in the ^ ; conti- 

 guous, semi-rounded, in the $ . Tegmina brown, opaque : basal third 

 tinged with tawny, very apparent when stretched out ; two spots in the 

 radial area (the basal extending into the costal membrane) and one in the 

 fourth ulnar area, black. A patch in the middle of the first ulnar area, 

 extending into the third, and one near the base of the third ulnar area, 

 extending into the fourth, pale brown. Apical area pale brown ; veins 

 adorned with oval marks, brown, with a centre of pale brown. External 

 margin with a row of six subquadrangular brown spots, divided by oval 

 pale brown spots. Wings fulvous tawny, disc and a band along the fore 

 and external borders brown. Length of body, 24J ; exp. tegm. 76| ; 

 of one tegnien, 34 ; breadth of pronotum, 12 millims. 



Closely allied to P. andamana, Distant. 



Hab. Andaman Islands. Several specimens are in the Indian Mu- 

 seum. 



(h.) With hlach and, white wings. 



10. Platypleura basialba. 



Oxypleura hasialha, Walker, List Horn. B. M. i, p. 26, (1850). 



Platypleura hasialha, Butler. Cist. Ent. i, p. 191 (1874). 



Body long 19, exp. teg. 61 millims. Reported from N. Bengal. 



