l58 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rliynchota. [No. 2, 



and from both, by the presence of four spots on the disc of the pronotum 

 and by the entire pectus being violet-black. It is possible that in the 

 normal condition the disc of the abdomen may be yellow or orange 

 margined with black (Dallas). 



71. P(ECiLOCORis OBESDS, Dallas. 



Poecilocoris ohesiis, Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 13 (1851) ; Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 9 

 (1867). 



PcBcilochroma ohesa, Stal, En. Hem, iii, p 13 (1873). 



Convex, rather short : above bright red, shining, very finely and 

 rather sparingly punctured, with the head, the fore-part of the thorax 

 and three or more less distinct spots at the base of the scutellam, brassy 

 green : thorax slightly excavated on the anterior margin, the impres- 

 sion strongly punctured and with a strong impression about the middle 

 of each an tero- lateral margin : body beneath, antennae and legs bright 

 brassy green ; the antero-lateral margins of the pectus and a spot in 

 the middle of the abdomen, red : rostrum black, reaching the middle of 

 the third segment of the abdomen (Dallas). Body, long 13|-14j- 

 mill. 



Reported from Assam, N. India. 



72. P(ECiLOCORis RUFiGENis, Dallas. 



Pacilocoris rujigenis, Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 14 (1851) ; Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 9 

 (1867). 



Pwcilochroma rufigenisj Stal, En. Hem, iii, p. 13 (1873). 



Above orange-yellow with violet reflections, thickly and finely 

 punctured : head purplish red with the base and the whole of the tylus 

 black : thorax with the anterior and lateral margins violet and with a 

 black spot within each anterior angle : scutellum with a narrow black 

 band across the base and a black triangular spot on each side before the 

 middle, touching the lateral margin, its base faintly wrinkled ; basal 

 angles strongly rugosely-punctate : margins of hemelytra, black ; abdo- 

 men beneath and anal plate reddish orange tinted with violet, smooth, 

 shining, very faintly punctured, the terminal segment violet-black, 

 except its margins and a transverse streak of the same colour on each 

 side of the rest of the segments, except the basal one : ventral furrow 

 distinct, reaching apex of the fifth segment : breast shining violet, with 

 the antero-lateral margins, red : legs brassy black : rostrum black, 

 reaching the base of the terminal segment of the abdomen : head, be- 

 neath red ; with the rostral canal violet-black : antennas black (Dallas). 

 Long, 19 mill. 



Reported from Assam. 



