90 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Tmlian Rliyncliota. [No. 2, 



Subfamily Darnina, Stal. 



Darnida, Stal, Ofvers. K. V.-xV. p. 55G (1867) ; p. 250 (1869). 



Genus Hemipttcha, Germar (in part). 



Fairmaire, A. S. E. F. (2 ser.) iv. p. 312 (1846) : Stal, Ofvers. K. V.-A. Forli. 

 p. 557 ((1867), p. 250 (1869). 



Thorax without an impression above the lateral angles, much eleva- 

 ted anteriorly, furnished on both sides with a long horn, strong, curved, 

 acute, turning upwards, reaching with the lateral margins of the poste- 

 rior process the longitudinal vein of the clavus, covering part of the 

 apex of the clavus and narrow interior posterior part of the corium, 

 apical half or more very slightly deflexed ; entire dorsum tectiform or 

 compressly acute, sinuated above beyond the middle, behind the sinus 

 gradually decreasing in height, equal to or extending a little beyond 

 the apex of the tegmina ; head obtusely triangular : ocelli a little more 

 distant from the eyes than from each other. 



23. Hemiptycha ceux, Linn^us. 



Cicada crux, Linn., Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) i. p. 435 (1758) : Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 154 

 (1764). 



Hemiptycha crux, Stal, Berlin Ent. Zeitsch. x, p. 389 (1866). 



Fuscous-testaceous : thorax black, anteriorly obsoletely spinkled 

 testaceous, behind the lateral horns broadly margined with yellow, 

 this yellow margin narrowed backwards, extended beyond the middle of 

 the posterior produced part : tegmina fuscous. Thorax distinctly punc- 

 tulate, furnished with a very strong and long horn above the lateral 

 angles, compressed, turning outwards and moderately upwards, at the apex 

 obliquely truncated, anteriorly rounded, at the apex posteriorly acumi- 

 nate, slightly amplified towards the tip ; posterior produced part gradu- 

 ally acuminated, extending a little beyond the tip of the tegmina ; apex 

 itself very slightly recurved : dorsum seen from the side somewhat 

 straight and with a distinct ridge, lateral margins straight (Stal). ?, 

 body long 18 ; exp, horns of thorax 17 millims. 

 Reported from India (Linn.}. 



Genus Scaphula, Fairmaire. 



A. S. E. F. (2 ser.) iv. p. 494 (1846). 



Head triangular, rounded at the tip : eyes very broad, prominent, 

 ocelli contiguous : prothorax smooth, sometimes elevated, slightly 

 rounded posteriorly : tegmina free, with posterior veins waved, one small 

 discoidal ; the internal extremity sometimes slightly covered by the 

 prothorax : posterior tarsi longer thau the anterior {Fairm.). 



