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E. T. Atkinson— Notes on LvJian Rliyucliota. 



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the lateral margins abruptly dilated a little before the eyes ; juga foliace- 

 ous, rounded externally and nearly meeting at the apex : pronotum faintly 

 rugose transversely, and with a distinct transverse ridge not far from 

 the posterior margin : scutellum with its lateral margins brownish and 

 with a black streak at each side at the base : hemelytra with the disc 

 brownish ; membrane black : margins of the abdomen ferruginous : body 

 beneath with an irregular blackish band on each side on the line of the 

 stigmata which are white : legs testaceous ; tibioe at the apex and the 

 tarsi ferruginous : rostrum and antenn(B testaceous, the latter somewhat 

 ferruginous (Dallas). Long, 12J-1;3 mill. 



Reported from N. India, Karachi (mihi). 



438. Gellia obtusa, Dalla.s. 



Tetrodes oUusa, Dallas, Libt Horn., i, p. 357 (1851) ; Walkor, Cat. Hot., iii, p. 493 

 (1868). 



Gellia (?) obtusa, Stiil, En. Hem., v, p. 124 (1876). 



c?. Testaceous, very thickly and finely punctured: head with the 

 juga foliaceous, rounded at the apex, with the inner angles obtuse, not 

 meeting; lateral margins with, a minute black spine, tipped with yellow, 

 on each side in front of the eyes : pronotum with an indistinct, trans- 

 verse ridge near the hinder margin : scutellum with several scattered 

 black points, and a black streak on each side at the base : membrane 

 wbitish, opaque : abdomen beneath thickly and rather coarsely punc- 

 tured, with a large transverse impunctate pit on each side of each seg- 

 ment, touching the posterior margin of the preceding segment ; the 

 space around each of the stigmata with an irregular patch of black 

 punctures : pectus rather coarsely punctured, with a few scattered black 

 points, and a black shining spot on each side of the metastethium : legs 

 testaceous; femora with brown points: rostrum testaceous, with the 

 apex black: antennre testaceous {Dallas). Long, 13|-14 mill. 

 Reported from N. India. 



Genus Meoarhtnchus, Lap. 



Ess. Hem., p. 65 (1832): Am. & Serv., Hiat. Nat. Ins. Hem., p. 179 ( 1 813) : 

 Dallas, List Hem., i, p. 361 (1851) : Walker, Cat. Het., iii, p. 498 (1868) : Stal, Hem. 

 Afric, i, p. 234 (1864) ; En. Hem., v, p. 118, 123 (1876). 



Body very elongate : head very long, ending in a sharp, bifid point, 

 the bifurcation so close as to appear above but a longitudinal groove in 

 the middle of the head : eyes very small, hardly prominulous : antenna 

 lung, i)-jointed, first very short, rest of equal length to each other : ros- 

 trum very shoi't, hai'dly reaching the insertion of the first pair of feet. 



