36 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhynctota. [No. 1, 



yellow, with a very fine blackish external limbus : eyes large, pro- 

 minulous, deep castaneous : lateral margins of pronotum (enclosing 

 anteriorly a black longitudinal streak) broadly forward, narrowly hind- 

 ward, also four oblong transverse spots (2 and 2) on anterior part, the 

 pair nearest anterior margin smaller, and a broadly oval spot at each 

 posterior basal angle, yellow : the third basal part of scutellum, black 

 arcuate hindward, with two yellow, oblong, transverse elongate spots 

 before the basal impression : sides very broadly and apical two-thirds 

 leather sordid yellow, thickly and coarsely punctured fuscous, with a 

 large rounded black spot in the middle of each posterior angle : abdomen 

 beneath shining black ; feet sordid flavescent. Long, 2| — 3 ; broad, 2^ 

 mill. 



Reported from N". E. Assam. 



Subfam, Ctdnina, Stal. 



En. Hem. v, p. 17 (1876) :- Cydnida, Stal, Hem. Afric. i, p. 18 (1864) : Cydnini^ 

 Schiodte, Nat. Tidsskr. p. 454 (1849) : Cydnidce, Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 109 (1851) ; 

 Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 147 (1867) : Cydnides, Signoret, A. S. E. F. (6 s.) i, p. 25 

 (1881). 



Antenn89 remote from the lateral margins of the head, inserted near 

 the base of the head, or not more remote therefrom than the anterior 

 margin of the eyes, 4-5 jointed : rostrum 4- jointed, rising near the 

 labrum and apex of the head : scutellum variable, moderate or very 

 large : costal margin of corium prominulous beyond the lateral margins 

 of the body throughout its entire length, or at least for half its length : 

 first ventral segment, or at least the sides, covered by the metastethium, 

 the extreme posterior margin only visible : lateral margins of venter 

 completely entire, not incised between the segments, the angles of the 

 segments not prominulous : tibiae spiuose : propleura convex, posteriorly 

 depressed (Stal). 



Sec. I Cydnides, Signoret. 



A. S. E. F. (6 s.) i, p. 25 (1881) ; iii, p. 521 (1883) : Cydnida, Stal, Hem. Afric. 

 i, p. 11 (1864). 



Having piliferous points on the vertex and the pronotum both in 

 front near the anterior margin and also on the disc near the transverse 

 impression and above. These piliferous points exist almost in the same 

 places in all species — four on the disc of the head, of which two are 

 situate above the eyes, one on each side, and two towards the tip of the 

 lateral lobes (juga) ; six on the pronotum of which four are situate on 

 the anterior margin, and two lateral on the disc near the transverse 

 impression. Where the pile or hairs are wanting, their existence is 



