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



Genus Scieroptera, Stal. 



Hem. Afric. iv, p. 4 (1866). 



Allied to Gceana : ulnar veins contiguous at the base or united for a 

 short distance ; head scarcely narrower than the base of the thorax 5 

 anterior femora incrassated, spinose beneath. 



29. Scieroptera crocea. 



Cicada crocea, Guerin in Voyage La Favorite, v, p. 159, t. 45, f. 3 (1829) ; Mag. 

 Zool. p. 79, cl. ix, t. 237, f. 3 (1839) ; in Voyage La Coquille, Zool. ii (2), p. 182 

 (1830). 



Huechys crocea, Walker, List Horn. B. M. i, p. 252 (1850). 



Scieroptera crocea, Stal, BerL Ent. Zeitschr. x, p. 169 (1866). 



Yellow : thorax above with four reddish brown spots : abdomen 

 saffron-red, more obsolete below. Feet yellow, tibiae and tarsi black. 

 Tegmina and wings hyaline with yellow veins. 



Reported from Bengal. 



30. Scieroptera splendidula. 



Tettigonia splendidula, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 681 (1774) ; Spec. Ins. ii, p. 

 321 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. ii, p. 267 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iv, p. 25 (1794) ; Syst. Rliyn. 

 p. 42 (1803). 



Cicada splendidula, Gmelin Ed. Syst. Nat. i, pt. 4, p. 2098 (1782) : Olivier, Enc. 

 Meth., V, p. 756 (1790) : Germar in Thon's Archiv, ii, fasc. 2, p. 45 (1830) : Guerin, in 

 Voyage La Favorite, v, p. 159 (1839) ; Mag. Zool. p. 79 (1839) : Westwood in Dono- 

 van's Insects China, t. 16, f. 4 (1842). 



Huechys splendidula, Walker, List Horn. B. M. i, p. 252 (1850). 



Scieroptera splendidula, Stal, Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. x, p. 169 (1866) : Distant, 

 J. A. S. B. xlviii (2), p. 38 (1879). 



Yellow ; thorax above with four large blackish rounded spots. 

 Tegmina golden brown : anterior tibice red, femora black : posterior femora 

 red : abdomen sanguineous. Body long 17 : length of one teg. 19| millims. 



Reported from N. India, Silhat, Tenasserim. The Indian Museum 

 possesses specimens from Tenasserim, Arakan, and the Khasiya Hills. 



31. Scieroptera fumigata. 



Huechys fumigata, Stal, Ofvers. Kong. Vet. Akad. Forh. p. 244 (1854) ; Walker, 

 List Horn. B. M. Snppt. p. 314 (1858). 



Scieroptera fumigata, Stal, Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. x, p. 169 (1866). 



Head, thorax, and scutellum black; their lateral margins, a median 

 patch on the thorax, and spot on the scutellum yellow : tegmina f usco- 

 vinaceous, costa and veins weakly yellow testaceous ; wings weakly 

 vinaceous hyaline, abdomen and femora testaceous, the former above 

 blackish. Body long 12 : exp. teg. 28 millims. 



Reported from India. 



