1SS7.] E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhynchota. 4^3 



small hook-sHaped tongue (Sign.). In Stiharopus, tlie posterior tibiaa 

 are thickened ; in Lactistes, they are slender ; in Scoparipes, they have 

 a longitudinal row of brush-shaped hairs, and in Adrisa, they are cylin- 

 drical. Schiodte separates Oephalocteus and Lactistes thus : — 



Cephalocteus. Lactistes. 



Tarsi equal, very minute. Pos- Tarsi unequal, first pair longer, 



terior tibiaa clavate, setose, exter- last tibiae narrow, compressed, 



nally very spiny. First tibiae pec- spiny. First tibiae pectinate, 



tinate, truncate. hamate. 



34. Lactistes rastellus, Schiodte. 



Lactistes rastellus, Schiodte, Kroyer's Nat. Tidsskr. (2 s.) ii, p. 457 (1849) : 

 Stal, Overs. K. V.-A. Forh. p. 614 (1870) ; En. Hem. v, p. 17 (1876) : Sign. A. S. 

 E. F. (6 s.) i, p. 49, t. 2, f. 8 (1881). 



Blackish-brown, shining, oval : first pair of tibiae rounded internally 

 before the apex : third joint of antennae one-fourth shorter than the 

 second which is cylindrical. One-half longer than its greatest breadth 

 before the base of the pronotum ; somewhat convex, shining, castaneous, 

 the antennae and feet of a weaker colour. Head shorter by one-third 

 than its greatest breadth through the eyes, rugosely punctured, flattish, 

 margin somewhat elevated, minutely incised in the middle, frontal striae 

 converging from the median length : rostrum reaching the intermediate 

 coxae, second joint straight above : antennae exceeding the head by one- 

 fifth, first and second joints of the same length, cylindrical, the second twice 

 as slender, third obconical, last two equal, ovate, one-fourth longer than the 

 third : pronotum one- sixth longer than the anterior breadth, shorter by 

 half than the basal breadth, convex, somewhat flatly sloped towards the 

 apex, distinctly constricted behind the middle, densely punctured, pos- 

 terior margin and anterior protuberances very smooth ; sides sinuated 

 behind the middle ; anterior angles obtuse, posterior angle somewhat 

 straight, callous, prominulous beyond the margin of the hemelytra : 

 scutellum as long as the pronotum, scarcely exceeding the basal breadth, 

 rather densely punctured, apex somewhat deflexed, somewhat obtuse : 

 hemelytra densely punctured, membrane hyaline (Schiodte). Lono-, 

 H mill. 



Reported from Serampur (Bengal), Philippines. 



35. Lactistes vicinus, Signoret. 



Lactistes vicinus, Sign., A. S. E. F. (6 s.) i, p. 50 t. 2, f. 9 (1881). 



2 . Close to L. rastellus, Schiodte, but differs from it in the much 

 shorter, broad, and rounded tip of the tibiae, in the internal edge of the 



