1889.] E. T. Atkinson— A'^c-fes on Indian Rhyncliota. 



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and legs ochraceous : membrane lurid {Walker). Body long, 12|-13 

 mill. 



Reported from Burma. 



Subfam. Dinidoeina, Stal. 

 En. Hem. i, p. 79 (1870) ; Ofyera. K. V.-A. Forh. (3), p. 32 (1872) -.—Edessidw, 

 pt., Dallas, List Hem. i, p. 316 (1851) : Dinidorida, Stal, Ofvers. 1. o. p. 522 (1867). 

 a, h, as in Subfam. Pentatomina (Jl. Pt. II, p. 192, 1887). 

 (c) — ScuteUum never extending beyond the middle of the dorsum 

 of the abdomen, apical part broad : hemelytra and wings usually com- 

 plete, rarely abbreviated : membrane very large : primary and subtended 

 veins of wings distant, converging at the apex, the space between not 

 amplified there. 



Genus Ctclopelta, Amyot & Serville. 



Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem., p. 172 (1843) ; Dallas, List Hem., i, p. 346 (1851) ; Walker, 

 Cat. Het., iii, p. 477 (1868) ; Stal, En. Hem., i, p. 80 (1870) :— Includes Dinidor, Stal', 

 (nec Latr.), Hem. Afric., i, p. 81, 211 (1864). 



Head rather broad, but small, almost straightly truncated and 

 slightly emarginate in front ; juga longer than the tylus ; eyes small, 

 prominulous ; ocelli very distinct : antennaa rather long, 4-iointed, rather 

 flattened ; first joint short, though extending a little beyond the anterior 

 margin of the head, second longer than the third which is a little shorter 

 than the fourth : rostrum reaching the insertion of the middle pair of 

 feet : pronotum almost semicircular anteriorly, the posterior margin 

 slightly rounded : scutellum scarcely reaching the middle of the abdo- 

 men, its apex broad and lunately rounded : membrane with irregular 

 areolas formed of transverse and longitudinal veins, not extending beyond 

 the apex of the abdomen : the abdomen broad, rounded prosteriorly, 

 margins flat and extending on each side beyond the hemelytra; feet 

 moderate, rather robust : femora with some spines beneath towards the 

 apex (Am. ^- Serv.). 



403. Cyclopelta obscuea, St. Farg. & Serville. 

 Tessamtoma ohscura, St. Farg. & Sow., Eno. Meth, s, p. 592 (1826). Java. 

 Aspongopus alternans, Weatwood, Hope, Cat. Hem., i, p. 26 (1837). 

 Aspongopus depressicornis, Rene. Schaffi., Wanz. Ins., iv, p. 85, 1. 135, f . 418 (1839) 

 Dinidor depressicornis, Herr. Sohaff., 1. c, vii, p. 76 (1844). 



Gyclopelta dbscura. Am. & Serv. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem., p. 173 (1843) ; Dallas 

 List Hem., i, p. 347 (1851) ; Walker, Cat. Het. iii, p. 479 (1868) ; VoUeuhoveu, Faune! 

 Ent. I'Aroh. Indo-Neer., iii, p. 37 (1868) ; Stal, En. Hem. i, p. 30 (1870) ; Ofvers.' 

 K. V.-A. FOrh., p. 645 (1870) ; Distant, J. A. S. B., xlviu (2), p. 37 (1879) : Lethierry, 

 An. Mus. Gen., xviii, p. 649 (1883). 



?. Body entirely dull brown mingled with shades of reddish; 



