1887.] E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rliynchota. 199 



intermediate coxaB : sides of thorax slightly rounded, irregularly ser- 

 rate or denticulate, transversely impressed on the disc ; posterior mar- 

 gin, straight : scatellum large, reaching apex of abdomen, spathulato, 

 with the sides sinuate, broadly rounded at the apex ; frena short : 

 abdomen densely punctured ; minute tubercles behind the spiracula 

 less distinct : feet moderate, tibisD hardly sulcate externally towards the 

 apex (Haghmd). Long, 10 ; broad, 5; exp. hemi. 18 mill. 

 Reported from Rangoon. 



Genus Melanophara, Stal. 



Ofvers. K. V.-A. Forh. p. 603 (1867) ; p. 152 (186S) ; En. Horn, v, p. 34 (1876). 



Differs from AspidestropMis, Stal, in having the head very slightly 

 convex behind the middle, somewhat concave towards the apex, margins 

 acute ; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxoe ; body oval. 



Melanophaea dentata, Haglund. 



Melanophara dentata, Haglund, Stettin Ent. Zeit. xxix, p. 152 (1868) : Stal, En. 

 Hem. V, p. 34 (1876). 



$ . Black, opaque, above finely, remotely, abdomen more densely, 

 punctured ; briefly, palely pubescent ; rostrum and tarsi, obscurely 

 rufescent ; thorax anteriorly elevated and marked with gyrated smooth 

 impressions ; impressed transversely in the middle ; anterior angles 

 with a very minute tooth, sides rounded and furnished with four small 

 teeth, lateral angles with a large acute spine and behind it slightly 

 emarginate. Head anteriorly rounded, very slightly emarginate ; juga 

 lono-er than the tylus, contiguous : ocelli situate behind an imaginary 

 line drawn between the base of the eyes, twice more distant from each 

 other than from the eyes : antenniferous tubercles broad, externally 

 strongly dentate, altogether distinct from above : first and second 

 joints of the antennae equal, one half the length of the third : bucculse 

 much elevated, continued through : rostrum reaching the intermediate 

 coxse, third a^d fourth joints equally long, second subequal to them : 

 thorax anteriorly with less distinct, smooth, gyrated or tortuous im- 

 pressions ; posterior margin, straight : scutellum broad, rounded at the 

 apex, not reaching the apex of the abdomen ; sides before the middle 

 slightly sinuated ; frena not reaching the middle ; membrane slightly 

 fuscescent : spiracula and minute tubercles behind the spiracula, dis- 

 tinct : tibiae externally distinctly sulcate {Haglund). Long, barely 9 ; 

 broad, 4 J mill. 



Reported from Rangoon. 



