1887.] E. T. Atkinson — Notes oil Indian Rhynchota. 169 



73. PffiCiLOCORis ANisospiLUS, Walker. 

 Poecilocoris anisospilus, Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 9 (1867). 



Black : head smooth, with a punctured furrow on each side be- 

 tween the eyes, and with another on each side in front : thoi^x bright 

 red, with a black spot on each side on the disc and with a smooth 

 black baud along the anterior margin which is largely punctured : 

 pectus with a lanceolate red streak along each side : scutellum bricrht 

 red, with three bands of black marks : the first band of five spots of 

 which the median is large and triangular reaching the fore border, the 

 inner pair are small and isolated, the outer pair large and lateral and 

 touching the anterior margin : of the second band of four black spots, 

 the inner pair are large, the outer pair, small and lateral ; the third 

 band is composed of two black points : abdomen beneath red, black at 

 the base and at the tip (Walker). Rather shorter than P. dives, 

 Guerin ; differs in the markings on the thorax and scutellum and the 

 abdomen beneath has no black spots on each side. Possibly only a 

 small variety of P. ornatus, Dallas. Long, 13 mill. 



Reported from Cachar (Assam). 



Genus Tetrarthia, Dallas. 



List Hem. i, p. 3, 20 (1851) : Stal, Hem. Afric. i, p. 33 (1864) ; En. Hem. iii, 

 p. 8, 13 (1873) : Mayr, Reise Nov. Hem. p. 12 (1866) : Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 18 

 (1867). 



Body elongate, sericeous : head rather long, convex, especially 

 anteriorly, lateral margins somewhat acute before the middle and 

 sinuated, no longitudinal impression near the eyes, tylus longer than 

 the juga : rostrum long, reaching the posterior margin of the fourth 

 ventral segment, first joint very short, second and fourth about equal 

 in length, twice as long as the first, second joint compressed, third 

 longest, about equal in length to the first and second taken to- 

 gether ; antennae 4- jointed, second joint about thrice longer than the 

 basal joint which does not reach the apex of the head : posterior angles 

 of thorax obtusely rounded, entire anterior margin of the propleura 

 obtuse, elevated, posterior margin straight at the angles : scutellum 

 rounded at the apex, covering nearly the whole of the hemelytra : 

 venter with a long furrow, sides flattish, anteriorly somewhat convex, 

 posterior margin of segments straight on both sides, the furrow of the 

 orifices long, straight or very slightly curved, abruptly produced for- 

 wards at the apex or emitting forwards a wrinkle or ridge : pectus 

 without a furrow for the reception of the rostrum or projecting flaps 

 covering the base of the antennae ; legs moderate ; tarsi 3-jointed, 

 second joint shortest (Dallas). 



