1885.] E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Tlliyncliota. 1^ 



Cercopis tomentosa, Walker, J. L. S, Zool, x. p. 284, (1867). 



Phymatostetha stellata, Stal, Ofyers. Kong. Vot. Aka. Forh. p. 721, (1870) : But- 

 ler, Cist. Ent. i. p. 269, (1874). 



Black, dull : head with a band in front of the eyes, two spots on the 

 disc of the thorax, the lateral margins of the thorax, a spot on each side 

 of the scutellum at the base, eight spots on each tegmen of which one is 

 at the base, three are costal or subcostal, three near the hind-broader and 

 one near the tip, luteous : narrow apical limbus, lurid : wings brown, 

 rufescent at the base, veins black. Body long 17 : exp. teg. 37 millims. 



Reported from Malabar, Malacca, Sumatra : the Indian Museum 

 possesses a specimen from Johore. 



28. Phymatostetha dorsiyitta, Walker. 



Cercopis dorsivitta, Walker, List Horn. B. M. iii. p. 662, (1851). 

 Var. Cercopis humeralis, Walker, List 1. c. p. 662, (1851). 

 Phymatostetha dorsivitta, Butler, Cist. Ent. i. p. 269, (1874). 



Black slightly shining : head red, black on each side in front and 

 along the hind border : thorax with three red stripes, the side pair ob- 

 lique and extending on each side from the fore border to the base of the 

 tegmina; abdomen purple above, red at the tip and on each side : tegmi- 

 na bluish brown with seven red spots, three costal or subcostal, three on 

 hind border, and one on the disc near the tip which is lurid and occupies 

 the apical fourth of the tegmen : wings pale brown, red at the base. 

 Body long 18 : exp. teg. 42 millims. 



Reported from N. India, Almora N. W. P., Silhat. 



29. Phymatostetha pudica. Walker. 



Cercopis pudica, Walker, Ins. Saunders. Horn. p. 84, (1858). 

 Phymatostetha pudica, Butler, Cist. Ent. i. p. 269, (1874). 



Allied to P. signifera. 



Reported from Silhat. 



30. Phymatostetha signifera. Walker. 



Cercopis signifera, Walker, List Horn. B. M. iii. p. 655, (1851). 

 Tomaspis signifera, Stal, Of vers. Kong. Vet. Aka. Forh. p. 151, (1865). 

 Phymatostetha signifera, Stal, 1. c. p. 721, (1870) : Butler, Cist. Ent. i. p. 270, 



(1874). 



Blackish : frons before the middle, lobes of the vertex, a median 

 stripe on the thorax and anterior lateral margins, scutellum, almost third 

 basal part of the tegmina, pectus, venter, and feet stramineous : the 

 stramineous portion of the tegmina with three irregular brown spots ; 

 beyond these, two arched patches and a transverse patch and the apical 



