1887.] E. T. Atkinson— Notes on Indian Rhynchota. 29 



Ij luteous : abdomen brassy, marked by very many transverse conical 

 spots on the sides (Weshv.). Long 6^ mill. 



Reported from China, Philippines, Ceylon, Malacca, Burma, Assam, 

 India. 



9. Brachyplatys burmeisteri, Distant. 



Thyreocoris silphoides, Bnrm., Handb. ii (i) p. 384 (1835) : Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 

 8 (187G). 



Brachyplatys burmeisteri, Distant, A. M. N. H. (5s.) iii, p. 46 (1879J. 



Brassy-black : entire margin, the feet and marginal spots on the 

 abdomen luteous (Burm.). Long 6-8 mill. Can be at once distin- 

 guished from B. vahlii, Fabr. and B. silpJioides, Fabr. by its uniform co- 

 loration above and absence of luteous markings on the head and prono- 

 tum : the luteous abdominal radial streaks are as in B. radians, Voll. 



Reported from Tranquebar, Noa-Dehing valley and Sadiya (Assam). 



10. Brachyplatys nitidus, Westwood. 



Plataspis nitidus, Westw., in Hope Cat. Hem. i, p. 17 (1837) ; Walker, Cat. Het. 

 i, p. 110 (1867). 



Thyreocoris nitidus, Germar, Zeitsclir. i (i) p. 35 (1839). 

 Brachyplatys nitidus, Stal, En. Hem. v. p. 9 (1876), 



Altogether black, shining, finely punctured : head broad ; scutel- 

 lum posteriorly emarginate (Westw.). Long, 6i mill. 

 Reported from India. 



11. Brachyplatys bistrtga, Walker. 



Brachyplatys histriga. Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 100 (1867). 



Aeneous, finely punctured : head about two-thirds of the breadth 

 of the thorax : antennae, legs, marginal line on pronotum on each side 

 which does not extend to the posterior angle, a very short line connect- 

 ing the marginal line with the posterior angle, border of scutellum, mar- 

 ginal transverse lanceolate streaks on venter, each containing a black 

 point, and the corium, pale luteous : costa of hemelytra black : wings 

 blackish cinereous (Walker). Long 5| mill. 



Reported from Bangalore. 



12. Brachyplatys cognata. Walker. 



Brachyplatys cognata, Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 101 (1867). 



Aeneous-black, minutely punctured : head about two-thirds of the 

 breadth of the thorax : an irregular interrupted line near the fore 

 border of the head, a twice interrupted line between the eyes and a dot 



