1887.] E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhynchota. 191 



border ; four cupreous green-bordered bands : second, third and fourth 

 bands connected on each side ; second connected in the middle with the 

 third, forked on each side, fourth apical : pectus blue : abdomen beneath 

 blue ; a purple band on the fore border of each segment ; a dentat e 

 red stripe on each side : legs green ; tarsi black (Walker) . Long, 9 — 10 

 mill. 



Reported from Cachar (Assam), N. India. 



111. Callidea contraria, Walker. 



Callidea contraria, Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 30 (1867). 



Gilded green, short, stout, nearly elliptical, rather thinly and 

 roughly punctured : head purple in front with two longitudinal fur- 

 rows which diverge on the vertex : antennae black ; first joint purple ; 

 second more than half the length of the first : thorax with seven short 

 purple stripes, in front of which there is a transverse purple spot on 

 each side : scutellum with three purple spots near the base, and with 

 three purple bands of which the second is interrupted ; three hinder 

 transverse spots, one on each side and one subapical : pectus purple : 

 abdomen red ; under side with a row of black dots along each side 

 with a purple disc : legs bluish green ; tarsi black (Walker) . Long, 

 10—11 mill. 



Reported from N. India. 



112. FiTHA ARDENS, Walker. 

 Fitha ardens, Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 45 (1867). 



Gilded green, elliptical, largely punctured : head with two longi- 

 tudinal furrows, which diverge between the eyes and converge slightly 

 on the hind border ; vertex purple between the furrows : antennae 

 4- jointed (?), black ; first joint reddish at the base : thorax and scutellum 

 mostly brilliant reddish cupreous ; the former with six purple spots ; 

 the latter with eight purple spots ; three on each side ; seventh elon- 

 gated, on the disc near the base ; eighth sub-apical : pectus with a trans- 

 verse yellow streak on each side : abdomen beneath with a bright pur- 

 ple stripe along each side, and with a yellow patch on the disc : legs 

 red ; tibiae and tips of femora blaxjkish green ; tarsi black : hemelytra 

 black ; space towards the base, except the costa, cinereous, nearly 

 hyaline : wings cinereous, nearly hyaline (WalJcer). Long, 8^^ mill. 



Reported from India. 



113. CiENiNA VARIOLOSA, Walker. 

 Coenina variolosa, Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 82 (1867). 

 Aeneous : head with a pale yellow spot on each side : antennje 



