194 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rlipicliota. [No. 2, 



115. ScoTiNOPHARA LURIDA, Burmeister. 



Tetyra hirida, Burm., Nov. Act. Ac. Cses. Leop. Car. Nat. Cur. xvi, Siippt. (i) p. 

 288 (1834). 



Podops luridus, Germar, Zeitschr. i (i) p. 64- (1839) ; Dallas, List. Hem. i, p. 

 52 (1851) ; Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 72 (1867). 



Scotinophara lurida, Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 33 (1876) ; Scott, A. M. N. H. (4. s.) 

 xiv, p. 289 (1874) ; (5 s.) Distant, iii, p. 44 (1879) ; Trans. Ent. Soc. p. 415 (1883). 



Fuscous : head small ; eyes free, almost stjlate ; clypeus produced 

 forwards, with a distinct groove on each side, in which the antennee lie : 

 antennae with 1-2 joints of equal length, half as long as the third, 3-5 

 joints of equal length, the last incrassate : pronotum narrowed forwards, 

 on each side on the anterior angle a small acute spine, a similar one on 

 each humeral angle, a weak, transverse furrow beyond the middle : 

 scutellum a little shorter than the abdomen ; rostrum, tibiae, and feet 

 reddish. (Burm.) Long, 10| ; broad, 6 J mill. 



Reported from Canton, Japan, Assam. 



116. ScoTiNOPHAEA BISPINOSA, Fabi'icius. 



Cimex hispinosus, Fabr., Ent. Syst. Suppt. p. 530 (1798). 

 Tetyra hispinosa, pt. Fabr., Syst. Rhyng. p. 138 (1803). 



Scotinophara hispinosa, Stal, Hem. Fabr. i, p. 21 (1868) ; En. Hem. v, p. 33 

 (1876). 



$ . Blackish ; thorax behind the middle, scutellum, hemelytra and 

 broad ventral limbus fuscous-flavescent, punctured ferruginous- black : 

 antennae, rostrum, tibiaa and tarsi greyish flavescent ; last joint of an- 

 tennae, fuscous : spine of anterior and lateral angles of the thorax large, 

 black, pallescent at the apex. Readily distinguished by the great spines 

 of the thorax, almost equally long, pallescent at the apex and the 

 anterior lateral margins of the thorax being straight. Head with the 

 juga and tylus equally long, anteocular spine moderate : third joint of 

 antennae scarcely twice longer than the second : thorax slightly trans- 

 versely impressed between the spines of the lateral angles ; anterior 

 angles with an acute spine turning outwards and forwards, subequal in 

 length to the first joint of the antennae ; lateral angles with a spine 

 turning outwards scarcely shorter than the spines of the anterior angles ; 

 anterior margin depressed, anterior lateral margins straight, entire, 

 unarmed, somewhat callous behind the middle : scutellum reaching 

 apex of abdomen, about 4th basal part somewhat narrowed hindwards, 

 thence lateral margins subparallel, posteriorly rounded, apex obtuse, 

 subsinuate : tubercle of apical angles of ventral segments distinct, 

 pallid (Stal). Long, 8 ; breadth of pronotum, 4j mill. 



Reported from Tranquebar. 



