158 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rliynchota. [No. 3, 



distant from the eyes than from each other : thorax gradually a little 

 narrowed from the apex backwards beyond the middle {8tdl). c?, ?, 

 long, 21 — 24 ; exp. teg. 60 — 73 millims. 



Reported from Mauritius, Bengal. 



In J. A. S. B. LIV (II) p. 23 Oosmopsaltria ahdulla, Distant, is 

 recorded as a synonym of G. spinosa, Fabr. (1. c. LIII (II), p. 227) : the 

 following is Distant's description of G. ahdulla. 



$, Body above castaneous, more or less covered with greyish 

 pubescence and pilosity : head with the vertex somewhat sparingly 

 pilose and the area of the ocelli, a little infuscate : pronotum sparingly 

 pubescent with a central X -shaped space denoted by striae, followed by 

 two oblique strise, the outer one submarginal and slightly curved, lateral 

 and posterior margins densely pubescent : mesonotum with two faintly 

 indicated obovate spots on the anterior margin, sparingly pubescent, the 

 lateral margins and the region of the cruciform basal elevation much 

 more densely pubescent. Abdomen sparingly pubescent but much more 

 densely so on the disc and the lateral margins : body beneath ochra- 

 ceous : first and intermediate femora with the bases and apices fuscous 

 the central portion pale ochraceous : first tibise castaneous and tarsi 

 piceous ; intermediate tibise pale castaneous, with the base narrowly 

 and the apex broadly piceous : last pair of legs pale castaneous, apices of 

 femora, bases and apices of tibiae, dark castaneous. Tegmina and wings 

 pale hyaline ; the former with the costal membrane and basal area, 

 castaneous, claval area, piceous, transverse veins at bases of 2, 3, 5 apical 

 areas infuscate and a submarginal series of small fuscous spots at apices 

 of longitudinal veins : wings with anterior claval margin and a curved 

 basal streak dark castaneous. The face is very swollen and convex 

 beneath, longitudinally furrowed and transversely striated : the rostrum 

 extends just beyond the base of the femora : the opercula reach the base 

 of the fourth abdominal segment ; the outer margins are deeply nar- 

 rowed and concave near the base and then become slightly convex to the 

 apex which is broad and rounded, these opercula are very wide apart at 

 the base and are confined to the lateral side of the under surface of the 

 abdomen (Dist.), 



