154i E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhynchota. [No. 2, 



scutelluni with two black bands formed of confluent spots [not always 

 confluent], the basal allowing two scarlet spots to be seen, that just below 

 the middle, irregularly indented on both sides and two round black 

 spots at the apex : hemelytra opaque, membrane fine and with the 

 wings semi-transparent : abdomen beneath scarlet, with an oblong 

 black spot at the anus, and four others on each side reaching the margin : 

 pectus, rostrum and legs blue-black (Brury). Long 18 mill. 



Dallas remarks that the normal condition of this species exhibits 

 the typical colouring of the genus : in it the spots on the scutellum are 

 arranged, — five basal, of which the median one is somewhat triangular 

 and rather short, the two intermediate smallest ; two behind these, placed 

 opposite the intermedial basal ones, a row of four across the disc, rather 

 behind the middle and two towards the apex : the seven spots at the base 

 ai'e frequently confluent, forming a large basal patch with three large 

 notches in its posterior margin (as in Drury's figure) ; the row of spots 

 across the disc is also often united to form a transverse band. The 

 narrow basal segment of the abdomen and generally the second seg- 

 ment also, are violet-black ; the stigmata of the other segments are 

 surrounded by spots of the same colour which generally occupy the en- 

 tire lateral margins of the segments and thus form a black border to 

 the abdomen ; the terminal segment, except the posterior and lateral 

 margins, is black. 



Reported from Hong-Kong, Silhat, Assam : the Indian Museum 

 possesses specimens from Sikkim and Assam. 



QQ. P(ECiLOCRis OBSOLETUS, Dallas. 



Pcecilocoris ohsoletus, Dallas, Trans. Ent. Soc. v, p. 104 (1848) ; List Hem. i, p. 

 12 (1851) ; Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 8 (1867). 



d*. Ovate, above bright velvety-red, thickly punctured : head and 

 eyes, black ; ocelli reddish : thorax with the anterior and lateral margins 

 smooth, shining, rather coarsely and irregularly punctured ; two indis- 

 tinct yellowish patches within the anterior angles, and faint indications 

 of two elongated violet spots on the disc : scutellum slightly wrinkled 

 transversely at the base, and with indications of eleven violet spots, 

 placed five at the base, two behind these, and four in a transverse row 

 across the middle ; the apical portion orange, finely reticulated with 

 red ; margins of hemelytra bright red, thickly and coarsely punctured : 

 abdomen red, shining, with a few scattered punctures, and a faint 

 longitudinal furrow at the base ; the basal segment pitchy black, a 

 small spot around each of the stigmata, and a large crescent-shaped one, 

 on the terminal segment, black : anal apparatus red : pectus violet-black, 



