1885.] E T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhyncliota. 137 



Cephalic process about half as long as the thorax, its apex slightly 

 bent upwards and acute ; head and thorax above of a fulvous clajrcolour 

 dotted with black : segments of the abdomen brown at the base : teg- 

 miua pale fulvous clay-coloured, gradually assuming a redder tinge beyond 

 the middle with a great number of small pale buff dots edged with a 

 black ring, the wings very pale yellowish, with a few black dots and 

 a broad dark brown mai'gin ( Wesho.) Body long with cephalic pro- 

 cess, 25 ; exp. teg. 50 millims. 



Reported from N. India. 



The rostrum is very long and slender and extends to the end of 

 the body, separated from the gense by a transverse raised line, between 

 which and the eyes is a black dot. The four anterior legs have a black 

 ring at the base of the tibiae, the apex of which and the tarsi are also black, 

 the underside of the body and the hind legs are entirely fulvous with two 

 small black spots at the base of the coxae and two long black spots at 

 the sides of the penultimate abdominal segment. 



18. FULGORA GEMMATA, Westwood. 



Fulgora (Hotina) gemmata, Westwood, Cab. Or Ent. p. 7, t. 3, f. 2 (1848). 

 Hotinus gemmatus, Walker, Cat. Horn. B. M. ii, p. 267 (1851). 

 Fulgora gemmata, Butler, P. Z. S. p. 101 (1874). 



Head and thorax fulvous with black markings ; abdomen above 

 black with posterior margins of the segments narrowly green ; tegmina 

 green at the base which gradually changes into a dark brownish crimson ; 

 they are entirely covered with minute black dots, each tegmen being 

 ornamented with about 30 bright orange spots ; the wings are green, 

 with a broad black border, which extends into the disc of the wing, 

 forming several large, black blotches; legs, dark red (Weskv). Body 

 long exclusive of cephalic process, 19 ; exp. teg. 28 millims. 



Reported from Himalaya, N. India, Darjiling : the Indian Museum 

 possesses specimens from Sikkim, Khasiya Hills, Assam. There is also 

 a specimen in which the orange spots on the tegmina are obsolete and are 

 replaced by roundish black rings with the centre of the ground colour 

 of the tegmina ; the wings are precisely the same. 



To this section also belong the following species : — 



F. dticalis, Stal, Trans. Ent. Soc. (3 ser.) i. p. 576 (1863). Cambodia. 



F. coelestina, Stal, 1. c. p. 576 (1863). Cambodia. 



F. intricata, Walker, J. L. S. Zool. i, p. 132 (1857). Borneo. 



F. stellata, Butler, P. Z. S. p. 100 (1874). Borneo. 



