1889.] E. T. Atkinsnn— iVo/M oh Indian Rlijnoliota. 



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joints rather equal : pronotiim nearly continuing the ti-iangle formed by 

 the head, without posterior spines turning forwards ; posterior angles 

 not prominulous : scutellum elongate, rounded at the tip, extending a 

 little beyond the half of the abdomen : hemelytra hardly allowing the 

 margin of the abdomen to be seen ; membrane shorter than the coria- 

 ceous portion : wings shorter than the hemelytra : abdomen flat above, 

 slightly tumid beneath, elongate, as broad at its base as the pronotum, 

 gradually narrowing and abruptly truncate at the tip, nearly at the end 

 of the hemelytra : feet robust, long, unarmed; tarsi long {Am. Sf Ssrv.). 



439. Meoahiiyn'chus rostbatus, Fabricius. 



Aelia rostrata, Fabr., Syst. Khyng., p. 188 (1803): Bm-m., Handb. Ent. ii (i), p. 

 357 (1833). 



Lygmus hastatus, Fabr., Syst. Rhyng., p. 239 (1808). 

 Megarhynchus elongatus, Laporte, Ess. Hem., p. 65 (1832). 



Afeffar/ij/mc/iMS tesiafits, Dallas, List Hem., i, p. 361 (1851); Walker, Cat. Hi>m., 

 iii, p. 498 (1868) : VoU., Faune Ent. Ind. Ni^er., iii, p. 42 (1868). 



Megarhynchus rnstratus, Am. & Serv., Hist. Nat. Ina. He'm., p 180 (1843) : Herv. 

 SohafE., Wanz. Ins., is., p. 303, t. 322, f. 999 (1853) : Ellenr,, Nat. Tijddskr. Ned. Ind., 

 xxi7, p. 172, f. 31 (1862) ; Stal, Hem. Fabr., i, p. 41 (1S68) ; Ofrera. K. T.-A. Fork., 

 p. 645 (1870); En. Hem., v, p. 123 (1876). 



Clypens of the head very long, bifid, with acute lobes ; head, prono- 

 tum, hemelytra, body and feet, cinereous, immaculate ; antennse alone 

 entirely rufous {2E. rostrata, Fabr.). Very elongate: head porrect, 

 subulate, acute, sulcate in the middle : antennae inserted beneath the 

 head, pale at the base, rufous at the apex : pronotum smooth, a little 

 produced on both sides posteriorly, pale deep black before the margin : 

 the margin itself white : scutellum elongate, smooth, flavescent ; margin 

 white: hemelytra ferruginous, margin white: wings hyaline : body fla- 

 vescent, with a deep black spot on both sides at the apex (L. hastatus, 

 Fabr.). Long, 20 mill. 



Reported from Philippines, Java, Sumati-a, Cambodia, Cochin-China, 

 Siam, Burma, India, China, Sikkim (mihi). 



440. Megat^iitnchus truncatus, Westwood. 



Megarhynchus truncatus, West., Hope, Cat. Hem., i, p. 20(1837); Dallas, List 

 Hera., i, p. 361 (1853) i Walker, Cat. Het., iii, p. 498 (1868) : Toll., Faune I'Aroh. Ind. 

 Ncer., iii, p. 43 (1868) : Stal, En. Hem., v, p. 123 (1876). 



Megarhynchas testaceus, kra. & Serv., Hist. Nat. Ins. Hera., p. 180 (1843): 

 Walker, 1. c, iii, p. 498 (1868). 



Large : .sub-parallel, testaceous-luteou.s, punctured fuscous : head 

 acuminate, scarcely bifid, pronotum simple, as broad as the abdomen, 



