S8 E. T. Atkinson— iVo/es on Indian Rhyncliota. [No. 1, 



and prominently reflexed, and their posterior margins simiated : mem- 

 brane very pale ochraceous, pitchy towards the apex : body beneath 

 apparently ochraceous {Bisf.), Long, 8; exp. angl. pron. 6 mill. 

 Reported from N. E. India. 



Subfamily Urosttlina, Dallas. 



Urostylidce, Dallas, Trans. Ent. Soc, n. s. ii, p. 15, (1852) ; List Hem., i, p. 313 

 (1851) ■,— Urolabidina, Stal, En. Hem., v, p. 115 (1876). 



Antenna 5-jointed, basal joint extending to a distance beyond the 

 head : rostrum short, scarcely passing the anterior cox®, basal joint 

 enclosed in a groove : head small, tylus as long as the juga, lateral 

 margins not trenchant ; antenniferous tubercles exserted : genitalia 

 generally more or less produced : odoriferous orifices spinose : pectus not 

 sulcated (Dallas). 



I. Ocelli present. 



a. Basal joint of the antennee nearly as long as the head and the 

 pronotum taken together ; anteunse very slender : — 2. Urostylis. 



b. Basal joint of the antenna? not twice the length of the head, 

 much shorter than the head and pronotum; ant Ansa stouter: — 1. 



UrocJiela. 



II. Ocelli wanting :— 3. UroJabida. 



Genus TJeochela, Dallas. 



Trans. Ent. Soc, n. s., i, p. 2 (1850) ; List Hem., i, p. 313 (1851) ; Walker, Cat. 

 Het. ii, p. 4,10 (1867) ; Stal, En. Hem. v, p. 115 (1876). 



Head small, short, broader than long, abruptly narrowed, just before 

 the eyes ; juga and tylus produced, distinct, rounded ; tylus longer than 

 the juga ; eyes large, prominent, globose ; ocelli moderate, situate close 

 to each other at the back of the head ; antenna longer than the body, 

 6-jointed, inserted in a tubercle which appears beyond the margin of the 

 head, just before the eyes ; first joint stoutest, as long as the pronotum, 

 cylindrical, thinner at the base ; second about half as long again as tho 

 first, and a little stouter than the second ; fourth about as long as the 

 first, slender ; all clothed with fine short hairs which are longer on the 

 first joint : rostrum inserted close to the" anterior margin of the head, 

 short, reaching only to the middle of the mesostethium, 4- jointed, 1 and 

 3 joints neai'ly equal, fourth shorter, second longest ; the first at its base 

 enclosed in a small groove of the underside of the head ; labrum reach- 

 ing the middle of the second joint of the rostrum, transversely striated. 

 Body broad, very flat above, convex beneath : pronotum trapezoidal, 

 slightly margined laterally, much narrowed in front, the anterior i 



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