148 E. T. Atkinsen — Notes on Indian Rhynchota. [No. 2, 



Genus Hyperoncus, Stal. 



Ofvers. K. V.-A. Forh. p. 615 (1870) ; En. Hem. iii, p. 7 (1873). 



Body obovate, above much, beneath slightly convex : head much 

 inclined, triangular, with the eyes broader than long, very slightly con- 

 vex, lateral margins slightly sinuate near the eyes : rostrum reaching 

 the apex of the third ventral segment, second and third joints almost 

 equally long, first and fourth shorter than them : antennae 5- jointed (?), 

 first joint not reaching the apex of the head : thorax sexangular, 

 anterior margin very broadly sinuate between the eyes, anterior lateral 

 margins subacute not retusely-sinuated before the lateral angles, basal 

 margin straight, posterior angles obtusely rounded : scutellum as broad 

 as the abdomen, gradually less convex towards the posterior part, 

 anterior margin of prostethium obtusely roundly-dilated towards the 

 COX83 : mesosternum slightly sulcated : odoriferous openings continued 

 outwards in a long furrow : venter longitudinally, slightly furrowed 

 before the middle, sides flat, margins acute, incisures gradually curved 

 in the middle : feet somewhat shortish, tibiae furnished with two furrows 

 above. Differs from Sphcerocoris in having the anterior lateral margins 

 of the thorax not retusely sinuated at the lateral angles, the sixth 

 ventral segment in d is roundly produced at the apex and covers the 

 genital segment and in ? is arcuately sinuate, leaving the genital 

 valvules free, also the tibiee above are slightly somewhat 2-f urrowed, 

 with a distinct wrinkle between the furrows. 



60. Hyperoncus lateritius, Westwood. 



Sphcerocoris lateritia, Westw., Hope, Cat. Hem. i, p. 13 (1837). 

 Sphcerocoris lateritius, Germar, Zeitschr. i (i) p. 79 (1839) : Dallas, List Hem. i, 

 p. 10 (1851) ; Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 6 (1867). 



Hyperoncus lateritius, Stal, En. Hem. iii, p. 7 (1873). 



Obscurely rufescent, much punctured : pronotum with four dots 

 arranged in a transverse line ; scutellum with twelve (six, four, two) ; 

 body beneath antennae and feet, rufescent ; abdomen with a large basal 

 spot (Westw.). Body long 11-11| millims. 



Reported from China : there is a doubtful specimen in the Indian 

 museum from the Dikrang valley (Assam). 



Div. Scutellaria, Stal. 



Meso- and meta-sternum without wrinkles or ridges, sometimes 

 furrowed : body beneath distinctly convex, generally above and below 

 equally convex or beneath more convex. Thorax at the base hind- 

 wards, scutellum at the basef orwards, more or less convexly-inclined 



