1889.] 



E. T. Atkinson — JVofes on Tiulimi Rliyncliota. 



97 



and size ; frena extended beyond the middle of the scutellum : membrane 

 with longitudinal veins : legs stout, tibias quadrangular with the angles 

 prominent, especially on the anterior pair ; tarsi 3-jointed, basal joint 

 longest (Dallas). 



424.. Ceessona talida, Dallas. 



Cressona valida, List Hem., i, p. 358, t. 11, f. 3 (1851) ; Walker, Cat. Het., iii, p. 

 49 1. (1868) J Stal, En. Hera., v, p. 118 (1876). 



9 . Entirely ochreous, densely and finely punctured : pronotum 

 with two close longitudinal lines of brown punctures down the middle : 

 coriaceous part of the hemelytra with some more or less distinct, black 

 points on the middle of the disc ; membrane brownish, semitransparent, 

 with numerous brown points : wings transparent, nearly colourless : ab- 

 domen above, brown at the base and within the lateral margins ; margins 

 ochreous, punctured : abdomen beneath, thickly punctured with brown, 

 and with numerous black points ; 3-5 segments each with a large whitish 

 patch on each side of the disc : pectus brownish obscure with a large 

 shining castaneous-brown patch on each side of the mesostethimn : legs 

 concolorous, femora covered with brown points : rostrum with the tip 

 black : antennse testaceous, covered with brown points ; last joint brown 

 with the base testaceous (Dallas). Long, 25 mill. 

 Reported from India : Sikkim (mihi) . 



Genus Dalsira, Am. & Sew. 



Hist. Nat. Ins. Hem., p. 175 (1843) ; Phyllocephala, pt., Dallas, List Hem., i, p. 

 352, (1851) ; Walker, Cat. Het., iii, p. 492 (1868) : Stal, En. Hem., v, p. 118, 119 

 (1876). 



Head short, almost equally long and broad : antennae longer than 

 the pronotum : rostrum extending beyond the insertion of the anterior 

 feet : lateral margins of the pronotum rounded, posterior margin trun- 

 cated, almost straight : scutellum extending a little beyond the middle 

 of the abdomen, sinuated on the sides : membrane almost as large as the 

 coriaceous portion, more or less transparent, with rather regular longi- 

 tudinal veins : wings a little shorter than the abdomen which is rather 

 a little tumid beneath : feet tolerably robust and short, nearly equal in 

 length (Am. ^ Serv.). 



31 



