80 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Jihjnchoia. [^o- 2, 



Genus Hypsauchenia, Germar. 



Silbcr. Rev. Ent. iii. p. 231 (1835) : Am. & Serv., Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem. p. 585 

 (1843) ; Fairmaire, A. S. E. F. (2 ser.) iv. p. 520 (1846) ; Stal, Hem. Afric. iv. p. 

 86 (1866) I Ofvers. K. V.-A. Forli. p. 280 (1869). 



Head almost triangular, trilobed at tlie extremity : prothorax a little 

 shorter than the tegmina, without lateral horns, produced upwards in a 

 compressed horn which is usually curved backwards and is bilobed at 

 the tip : posterior process unilobed, slender, narrow at the base, nar- 

 rower than the scutellum : tegmina free, slightly emarginate, extending 

 much beyond the apex of the abdomen, very obliquely truncated at the 

 apex, apical angle produced for some distance ; tibiae simple. 



6. Hypsauchenia uncinata, Stal. 



Hypsauchenia uncinata, Stal, Ofvers. K. Y.-A. Forh. p. 283 (1869). 



Obscurely ferruginous, ochraceous pubescent : dorsal horn of the 

 pronotum bending a little forwards, posteriorly sublobate, acuminate and 

 recurved at the apex ; tegmina punctured before the middle, pellucid 

 behind the middle. V , long, 8 ; broad 2 J millims. 



Reported from N. E. India : the Indian Museum possesses a speci- 

 men (mutilated) from the Naga hills. 



The anterior horn is much shorter and differently formed from other 

 species of this genus : pronotum punctulate, furnished anteriorly with a 

 compressed dorsal horn, somewhat shorter than the posterior process, 

 bending a little forwards, posteriorly roundly amplified a little above the 

 middle, apex slender, acuminate and much recurved ; posterior process 

 somewhat elevated behind the middle : tegmina fairly densely reticulated 

 behind the middle (Stal). 



7. Hypsauchenia hardwickii, Kirby. 



Centrotus hardwiclcii, Kii'by, Mag. N. H. ii. p. 21, £. 5 b (1829). 

 Hypsauchenia hardwickii, Fairmaire, A. S. E. F. (2 ser.) iv. p. 520, t. 3, f. 20, 

 21 (1846) ; Walker, List Hom. B. M. ii. p. 631 (1851) ; J. L. S. Zool. x, p. 183 (1867). 



Brownish black, sprinkled with short, decumbent, inconspicuous 

 hairs ; legs (except the femora) paler than the rest of the body : prono- 

 tum minutely punctured, elevated above the head into a recurved quad- 

 rangular horn and terminating in a fork resembling a pair of concavo- 

 convex, pedunculated, pointed leaves ; scutellum (posterior process) of the 

 length of the body, punctured, acute and elevated into a rounded lobe, 

 near the apex : tegmina naked, punctured, veined longitudinally (Kirhij) . 

 Body long, 7-9 millims. 



Reported from Nepal : the Indian Museum possesses specimens 

 from Sikkim and Assam. 



