12 E. T. Atkinson — Description of tie genus Chrysocoris. [Jan., 



and with seven black spots ; on eaoli side throe lateral, of which the two 

 first are ovate-oblong, transverse, and the third is somewhat rounded 

 posteriorly, also one snbbasal median, obtusely-triangular, having its 

 apex pointing hind wards. Head beneath and pectus very bright, shining, 

 brassy-green ; antenna) black : entire venter intensely black, smooth, 

 slightly shining ; barely traces, under the microscope in the sun, of a 

 slightly purplish limbus and a slightly brassy-green margin to the 

 stigmata : feet blackish, femora tinted brassy-green towards the apex ; 

 tibia? finely ciliated, externally of a blue-steel colour. Long 14 ; breadth 

 of pronotum, 8 mill. 



Example from Dehli. 



Chrysocoris andamanensis, n. sp. 



Above deep blue turning into purplish or into green, or green, 

 shining, deeply and densely punctured : eyes and ocelli brown : antennas 

 black, basal joint flavescent (except the apex) : rostrum flavescent, reach- 

 ing posterior coxae : thorax densely punctured, transversely sulcate be- 

 fore the middle, with a broad smooth band close to anterior border, 

 marked by three black, oblong, transverse spots, also between the band 

 and the base, three large, longitudinal, black spots of which the median 

 is triangular with its apex pointing forwards ; margins slightly reflexed, 

 posterior angles slightly prominulous and blackish : scutellum with 

 a semicircular basal elevation, smooth, immaculate ; three rounded 

 spots on each side, of which the last is the largest, and a linear longitu- 

 dinal median basal streak, black ; broad apical limbus bright orange : 

 body beneath flavescent, sides of pectus, stigmata, and transverse 

 streaks therefrom on anterior margin of each segment on both sides, 

 apex of femora and tibiae externally, steel-blue ; anal segment violet-black. 

 Easily distinguished by its size and the broad, orange, apical limbus 

 of the scutellum. Long, 17 ; breadth of pronotum, 9 mill. 



The Indian Museum possesses a long series from the Andaman 

 Islands. 



Chrysocoris viridis, n. sp. 



Allied to 0. purpurens, Westw. Above light brassy-green, densely 

 punctured : antennae black, basal joint brown, rostrum almost reaching 

 apex of second ventral segment : head and pronotum irrorated golden, the 

 latter with a smoother transverse band close to, and parallel with anterior 

 margin, and bearing slight traces of three blackish spots, also traces of three 

 median distant spots, lateral margins slightly reflexed, posterior angles 

 slightly prominulous : scutellum with a steel-blue, smooth, semicircular, 

 basal elevation ; on each side, three smallish black spots, the basal resting 



