88 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian RLynchota. [No. 2, 



Ooerulean black : lateral horus of thorax long, somewhat recurved, 

 scarcely turning upwards, above unicarinate, hardly broader than the 

 median part of the posterior process, acute : tegmina subvinaceous, 

 ferruginous towards the apex, with the base and the broad costal limbus 

 beyond the middle, blackish (Stal) ? . Body long 10 : breadth of prono- 

 tum 3| : exp. horns of thorax 8J millims. 



Reported from India : the Indian Museum possesses specimens 

 from Sikkim. 



20. Centrottpus assamensis, Fairmaire. 



Centrotus assamensis, Fairmaire, A. S E, F. (2 ser.) iv. p. 517 (1846). 

 Centrotus costalis, Walker, Ins. Saunders. Horn. p. 27 (1858). 

 Centrotypus assamensis, Stal, Ofvers. K. V.-A. Forh. p. 286 (1869) : Distant, 

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



Greenish black, blue on the horns : allied to G. flexuosus, Fabr. 

 thoracic horns less dilated, ridged before and behind, more relieved : 

 tegmina yellow, pellucid, with the external margin blackish brown, a 

 brown patch at the internal angle {Fairm.). Long 11 millims. 



Reported from Assam and Tenasserim ; the Indian Museum pos- 

 sesses specimens from the latter locality. 



21. Centrottpus obesus, Fairmaire. 



Centrotus ohesus, Fairmaire, A. S. E. F. (2 ser.) iv. p. 518 (1846) : "Walker, List 

 Horn. B. M. ii. p. 612 (1851) : Stal, Berlin Ent. Zeitsch. x. p. 386 (1866). 

 Centrotus malleator, Walker, List 1. c. p. 612 (1851), Java. 

 Centrotus malleolus, Walker, List 1. c. p. 613 (1851), Java. 

 Centrotus malleus. Walker, List 1. c. p. 613 (1851), Ceylon. 

 Centrotypus ohesus, Stal, Ofvers. K. V.-A, Fork. p. 286 (1869). 



Coerulean-black, shining : prothorax tumid and rounded anteriorly 

 and between the shoulders (especially in ?), deeply punctured ; horns 

 conical, slightly projecting, almost horizontal : posterior process, sinuat- 

 ed, slender, slightly curved below at the tip, longer than the abdomen : 

 scutellum white, short ; basal half of tegmina of a transparent yellow, rest 

 brown, external border blackish (Fairm.). Long 8-10 millims. 



Reported from Java, Ceylon, India. 



Genus CoccosTERPHUs, Stal. 

 Hem. Fabr. ii. p. 51 (1869). 



Body small, obovate : head with the eyes equal in breadth to 

 the anterior part of the thorax, with the eyes, deflexed, somewhat 

 transverse, slightly inflexed beneath the eyes, frons a little eleva- 

 ted, not freely prominent, with the apical margin a little prominu- 



