1887.] E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhynchota. 149 



which is best seen from the side ; thorax generally distinctly truncated 

 posteriorly before the entire base of the scutellum, basal angles general- 

 ly very distinct, situate before or outside the basal angles of the scutel- 

 lum : venter without stridulatory sfcrigose spots, rarely in cf with two 

 opaque spots, incisures gradually curved towards the middle : second 

 joint of rostrum generally shorter and often much shorter than the two 

 apical joints taken together. 



Genus Cantao, Am. & Serv. 



Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem. p. 29 (1843) ; Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 3, 17 (1851 ) ; Walker, 

 Cat. Het. i, p. 14 (1867): Stal, Hem. Afric, i, p. 33 (1864) j En. Hem. iii, pp. 8, 10, 

 (1873); Mayr, Reise Novara, p. 14 (1866). 



Body narrowly obovate, elongate : head narrow, elongate, lateral 

 margins slightly sinuate ; rostrum not extending beyond the first seg- 

 ment of the abdomen : pronotum broader than long, basal margin 

 straight towards the sides, posterior angles very distinct, dentated, no 

 transverse furrow ; scutellum as broad as the abdomen, longer, distinct- 

 ly impressed at the base near the angles, somewhat truncate or flattened 

 at the tip ; exterior margin of corium straight ; membrane extending 

 beyond the end of abdomen ; anterior margin of ])ropleura entirely 

 obtuse, somewhat callous, posterior margin not sinuate at the angles : 

 venter without opaque spots, with a longitudinal groove in the middle, 

 sides more or less convex, genital segment in d" duplicate or divided 

 into two parts, the basal rounded at its tip, the other extremely trilobed 

 and truncate at the tip ; vulvar plates in ? , narrow. 



61. Cantao ocellatus, Thunberg. 



Gimex ocellatus, Thunberg, Nov. Ins. Spec, iii, p. 60, f. 72 (1784) : Gmelin, ed. 

 Syst. Nat. i (4), p. 2133 (1788). 



Gimex dispar, Fabr., Ent. Syst. iv, p. 81 (1794) ; Donovan, Ins. China, Hem., 

 t. 13, f. 1 (1798), sec. Dallas : Stoll, Panaises, p. 143, t. 37, f . 260 A. & B. (1788). 



Tetijra dispar, Fabr., Syst. Rhyng. p. 129 (1803) ; Schiodte, Kroyer's Nat. 

 Tidsskr., iv, p. 281 (1842). 



Callidea dispar, Bnrm., Handb. ii (i) p. 394 (1835) ; Herr. Schaff., Wanz, Ins. iii, 

 p. 99, t. 105, f. 324 (1835). 



Galliphara dispar, Germar, Zeitschr., i (i) p. 123 (1839). 



Callidea ocellata, Westw., Donovan 1. c. p. 47, t. 20, f. 1. (1842). 



Scutellera dispa^', Blanchard, Hist. Nat. Ins. iii, p. 158, Hem. t. 8, f. 2 (1840). 



Cantao dispar, Am. & Serv., Hist. Ins. Hem. p. 29 (1843). 



Cantao rufipes, Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 17 (1851) ; Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 14 

 (1867). 



Cantao ocellatus, Dallas, 1. c. p. 17 (1851) ; Vollen., Faune Ent. 1' Arch. Indo- 

 Neerl., i, p. 10 (1863) ; Walker, 1. c, p. 14 (1867); Stal, Hem. Fabr., i p. 9 (1868) ; 

 Ofvers. K. V.-A. Forh. p. 616 (1870) ; En. Hem. iii, p. 10 (1873) : Distant, A. M. 

 N. H. (5 s.) iii, p. 44 (1879). 



