1887.] E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhyncliota. 57 



canal very rough, narrow at the base, very broad at the tip which forms 

 a much rounded lobe presenting behind a strong excavation in which is 

 hidden the ostiole (Sign.). Long, 4 ; broad 2 J mill, 

 Reported from Europe, Asia, Africa, 



62. Geotomus ABDOMiNALis, Signoret. 

 A. S. E. F. (6 s.) iii, p. 219, t. 9, f. 184 (1883). 



(^ . Oval, elongate : pitchy brown, the hemelytra of a lighter 

 colour. Head rounded in front ; the tylus broader in the middle than 

 at the tip, as long as the juga and having two hairs at the tip, the juga 

 with five hairs on the margin : vertex finely punctured : the second 

 joint of the antennae longer than the third : rostrum reaching the level 

 of the intermediate coxae : pronotum strongly impressed in front behind 

 the anterior indentation and finely punctured in that space also on the 

 transverse line and along the lateral margins j the transverse groove, 

 absent in the middle, is visible on the sides below the piliferous points ; 

 lateral margins with five hairs : scutellum long, narrowly rounded at 

 the tip, finely punctured on its disc, basal angles smooth and very 

 convex : hemelytra punctured, corium more sparingly : membrane 

 slightly smoky, hyaline, projecting beyond the abdomen which is smooth 

 in the middle, strongly punctured on the sides : meso- and meta-sternum. 

 without dull plates (plaques mates) ^ and both sparingly bat broadly 

 punctured : ostiolar canal, broad, short, ending in a broad ear or cornet 

 (Sign.). Long, 3^ ; broad, 2 mill. 



Reported Jrom India, 



Genus Chilocoris, Mayr. 



Verh. Zool. Bofc. Gess. Wien, xiv, p. 907 (1864) ; Walker, Cat. Hefc. i, p. 170 

 (1867) : Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 21 (1876) : Sign., A. S. E. F. (6 s.) iii, p. 517 (1883). 

 Includes Amnestoides, Sign., B. S. E. F, (5 s.) ix, p. viii. (1880). 



Margin of head with erect spinules : tylus as long as the juga : 

 eyes prominent, ocelli distinct : antennae 5-jointed, second joint scarcely 

 half as long as the third : margin of pronotum anteriorly and on both 

 sides, elevated ; scutellum short, triangular, reaching the base of the 

 fourth abdominal segment : odoriferous orifice with a long furrow, with 

 a rounded elevated lobe at the apex : first pair of tibiae gradually 

 broader towards the apex, externally spinosely pectinated ; tarsi in- 

 serted at the apex of the tibiae (Mayr.) 



53. Chilocoris nitidus, Mayr. 



Chilocoris nitidus, Mayr, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Gess. Wien, xiv, p. 907 (1864) : Walker 

 Cat. Het. i, p, 170 (1867) ; Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 21 (1876) : Distant, Trans. Ent. Soc 

 p. 4.15 (1883) ; Sign., A. S. E. F. (6 s.) iii, p. 518 (1883). 

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