24 E. T. A.tkinBon— Notes mi Indian Rhynchota. [No. 1, 



302. AcANTHOSOMA FOErEX, Dallas. 



Acanthosoma forfex, Dallas, List Hem., i, p. 308 (1851) ; Walker, Cat. Het., ii, 

 p. 394 (1867) J Stal, En. Hem., v, p. 115 (1876) ; Distant. Soien. Res. 2nd Yarkand 

 Miss., p. 7 (1879). 



(? . Elongate, above pale olive-green, rather densely and strongly 

 punctured black : head pale, with a few fine black punctures ; the apex 

 somewhat pointed, with the tylus longer than the juga ; eyes black : 

 pronotum with the lateral angles prominent, forming a short, obtuse 

 spine on each side ; two yellowish impunctate patches close to the an- 

 terior margin, the lateral margins and angles reddish browu : scutelhim 

 with the disc reddish brown, with a yellowish, impunctate, median, 

 longitudinal line ; the lateral margins and the apex olive-green : mem- 

 brane transparent, brownish. Body beneath, pale greyish green, tinted 

 with red : abdomen impunctate, obtusely ridged in the middle ; sexual 

 organs greatly developed, the latenal pieces produced into two curved 

 processes of a bright orange colour, bearing a small brush of hair at 

 their apices, and nearly as long as the abdomen : the internal pieceu 

 black at the tip : prostethium densely and finely punctured : legs pale 

 yellowish-green, with the tips of the claws black : rostrum testaceous, 

 extreme tip pitchy black : antenna pale yellowish-green, becoming brown 

 towards the apex (Dallas). Long, 12| mill. 



Reported from N. India : Murree. 



303. Acanthosoma elongata, Dallas. 



Acanthosoma elongatum, Dallas, List Hem., i, p. 309 (1851 ) ; Walker, Cat. Het., 

 i, p. 394, (1867) ; Stal, En. Hem., v, p. 115 (1876). 



2 . Elongate, above yellowish-green, punctured with black : head 

 slightly rugose, impunctate, somewhat pointed in front, with the tylus 

 longer than the juga : eyes black : pronotum yellowish-green in front, 

 reddish behind, coarsely and rather thickly punctured with black, with 

 the exception of a transverse band near the anterior margin ; lateral 

 angles produced into strong, deep crimson spines, with the apex obtuse : 

 scutellum coarsely but sparingly punctured with black, and with a 

 reddish-brown, triangular mark in the middle of the base : coriaceous 

 portion of the hemelytra reddish internally, the outer margin and the 

 greater portion of the apex, yellowish-green ; the whole surface densely 

 and strongly punctured with black and somewhat rugose : membrane 

 brownish transparent : body beneath, bright yellow, shining : abdomen 

 impunctate, with a strong median ridge ; sexual organs much developed, 

 but much less so than in A. forfex ; lateral processes bright red ; pieces 

 flat, yellow, widened, emarginate at the tip which is black : prostethium 



