1887.] E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhynchota. 201 



Div. Haltaria, Stal. 



En. Hem. v, p. 34 (1876) :— Includes Sciocorides and Halydes, pfc., Am. & 

 Serv., Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem. p. 118, 103 (1843) i—Sciocoridce and Ealydidce, Dallas, 

 List Hem. i, p. 130, 150 (1851). 



Venter anteriorly on both sides with a short transversely rugose or 

 strigose streak or with the venter furrowed : head long, rostrum reach- 

 ing behind the last coxbb : antennae remote from the eyes, third joint of 

 the rostrum much longer than the fourth ; eyes strongly prominulous. 



Genus Mecidea, Dallas. 



List Hem.i, p. 139 (1851) j Stal, Hem. Afric. i, p. 79, 132 (1864) ; Ofvers. K. 

 V.-A. Forh. p. 58 (1872) ; En. Hem. v, p. 34, 37 (1876) : Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 179 

 (1867). Includes Gerataulax, Signoret, A, S. E. F. (2 s.), ix, p. 335 (1851). 



Body somewhat elongate, somewhat depressed : head oblong-trian- 

 gular, produced, somewhat convex, juga much longer than the tylus, 

 anteriorly gradually narrowed and converging, or somewhat hiscent, 

 lateral margins of the head not flattened ; antenniferous tubercles en- 

 tirely visible from above : bucculse slightly elevated '- eyes globose, 

 rather prominulous ; ocelli large, on a line with the base of the eyes : 

 rostrum reaching the metasternum, inserted towards the apex of the 

 head, second joint much longer than the third, about as long as the two 

 apical taken together, third longer than the fourth : antennae 5-jointed, 

 stoutish, gradually stouter towards the base, first joint not reaching the 

 apex of the head, second joint as long as or longer than the others, 

 three-cornered and somewhat thickened towards the base, fourth joint 

 longer than the fifth : anterior lateral margins of thorax obtuse, some- 

 what entire or very obsoletely crenulated, slightly sinuated : scutellum 

 triangular, much narrowed at the apex, frena extended to a distance be- 

 3^ond the middle : hemelytra scarcely narrower than the abdomen ; mem- 

 brane with simple veins : mesosternum somewhat furrowed : feet mo- 

 derate, femora unarmed at the apex ; tibiae somewhat furrowed ; tarsi 

 3-jointed (Stal). 



127. Mecidea indica, Dallas. 



Mecidea indica, Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 139, t. 3, f. 3 (1851) ; Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 (n. s.) ii, p. 9 (1852) ; Walker, Cat. Het. i, p. 179 (1851) : Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 38 

 (1876). 



$ . Pale yellow, thickly and finely punctured ; eyes black : scutel- 

 lum very long : membrane transparent, whitish : ventral stigmata 

 brown : rostrum with the tip black : antennse with the second joint very 

 long, more than twice the length of the third, dilated towards the base • 

 4-5 joints shorter than the second, but longer than the third ; fourth 

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