82 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rbyncliota. [No. 2, 



a bluisli black without a white patch posteriorly : the scutellum is elon- 

 gated, white at the base : the tegmina are transparent, more yellow, 

 black at the base ; exterior discoidal area of corium, petiolated. Body 

 long 8 millims. 



Reported from India. 



10. Leptobelus pallipes, Stal. 

 Leptohelus pallipes, Stal, Ofvers. K. V.-A.Forh. p. 284 (1869). 



Black, distinctly punctulate : thorax anteriorly without a dorsal pro- 

 cess : sides of thorax and pectus, also base of scutellum, densely ochre- 

 ous-sericeous : tegmina sordidly vinaceous, base of clavus and entire 

 costal area and radial area at the base and outwards beyond the middle, 

 black, punctured : lateral horns of pronotum, slender, moderate, gradually 

 acuminated, straight, turning outwards, above unicarinate, beneath bica- 

 rinate; posterior process slightly curved towards the base, thence straight, 

 distant from the scutellum : exterior discoidal area of corium petiolated ; 

 feet yellow-ferruginous. $ body long 5- 5 J : breadth, 2 millims. 



Reported from India. 



Very like L. curvispimis, Stal, (Ceylon), lateral horns of thorax 

 shorter, more slender, turning outwards ; very little upwards ; posterior 

 process not reaching the apex of the scutellum and the frons narrrower 

 at the apex (Stal). 



11. Leptobelus varius, "Walker. 



Centrotus varius, Walker, List Horn. B. M. Suppt. p. 162 (1858). 

 Leptobelus varius, Stal, Ofvers. K. V.-A. Forh. p. 285 (1869). 



Black, minutely punctured : head somewhat excavated between the 

 eyes ; pronotum keeled, unarmed on each side, with a smooth shining 

 spot on each side in front, shoulders somewhat acute : posterior process 

 slender, acute, undulating, testaceous in the middle, not extending 

 beyond the tip of the abdomen : legs piceous : knees, tarsi and tips of 

 the tibiae tawny : tegmina punctured towards the base, with various 

 vitreous marks hind ward, and with a large vitreous patch near the tip of 

 the costa (WalJcer.') Body long 4j : exp. teg. 8 J millims. 



Reported from Burma. 



The species of this genus appear to be distributed as follows : — 



A. Thorax furnished on the dorsum anteriorly with a short, slender 

 process turning upwards and armed at the apex on both sides with a 

 spine produced outwards, exterior discoidal area of corium petiolate : L. 

 chima, L. gazella. 



B. Thorax anteriorly without the dorsal process, either cornuted 

 or ridged above the lateral angles. 



