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E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rhynchota. 



[No. 1, 



fourtli fusiform, slender, shorter tlian the third : pronotum unai-med, sides 

 rounded, pos terior angles not prominent, posterior border slightly rounded : 

 scutellum less than half the length of the abdomen, much i-ounded at the 

 apex : abdomen with the upper apical membrane entire ; two broad 

 laminiB beneath : legs stout : tarsi 2-jointed, second joint much longer 

 than the first : hemelytra reaching the apex of the abdomen : membrane 

 with five longitudinal veins and with a few transverse veins. Differs 

 from Ilegymenum, in the structure of the pronotum, the less reticulated 

 membrane, the stouter body and the sides of the abdomen not dentate. 



422. TiiALMA EiGUTTATA, Walker. 

 Thalma hujuUata, Walker, Cat. Het., iii, p. 503 (1808). 



Purplish black, dingy ochraceous beneath : antennce black, last 

 joint luteons at the apex : pronotum tinged metallic-green on each side : 

 a luteous dot at base and apex: of scutellum : beneath punctured black, 

 pectus with three irregular black stripes faintly visible on the venter : 

 abdomen above with luteous spots along each side : legs black : heme- 

 lytra blackish ; corium beneath dingy testaceous ; wings purplish blue 

 {Walker). Long, 16f mill. 



Reported from Amboina, Burma (?). 



Genus A.telides, Dallas. 



A. M. N. H., (2 s.) X, p. 359, 436 (1852) : "Walker, Cat. Hot., iii, p. 500 (18G8) : 

 Stal, ofvers. K. V.-A. Forh., p. 522 (1867) ; Eu. Hem., i. p. 89 (1870). 



Body somewhat ovate, broadest behind the middle : head foliaceous ; 

 juga reflexed at the sides, much longer than the tylus, with their inner 

 margins contiguous throughout nearly their whole length, gaping slight- 

 ly at the apex; tylus very small ; lateral margins with a strong spine in 

 front of tho eyes : eyes very prominent : ocelli small, placed close to the 

 base of tho head and about equally distant from one another and from 

 the eyes : antennas 4-jointed, stout, basal joint short, not extending be- 

 yond the apex of the head ; 2-3 joints prismatic ; the second longer than 

 3-4 together, furnished with three longitudiual furrows ; third joint 

 black and hirsute like the second ; fourth orange, somewhat pilose, with 

 the base black, perhaps a little longer than the third, elliptical, elongate ; 

 3-4 joints much thinner than the second : rostrum rather slender, reach- 

 ing the intermediate coxee, inserted about the middle of the under sur- 

 face of the bead, between two somewhat triangular lamelte ; basal joint 

 rather stout, passing the anterior mai'gin of the presternum ; second 

 joint longest, thinner than the first ; third joint shorter than the first, 

 about equal to it in thickness ; fourth joint shortest and thinnest : 



