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sides oblique, serrated : hemeljtra fuscous, marked with palo lines : 

 apex of the abdomen truncated (Westw.). Form somewhat similar to 

 the broader examples of M. rostratus, Fabr., head and pronotum punc- 

 tured fuscous ; anterior lateral margins of the pronotum narrowly palles- 

 cent, not so strongly transversely rugose ; distinct median longitudinal 

 line and fine anterior transverse wrinkle levigate ; posterior angles pro- 

 duced in an acuminate tooth {Stal). Long, 2 1 mill. 



Reported from Java, Penang, India, China, Assam (mihi). 



441. Megarhynchds limatus, Herr. Sohaff. 

 Megarhynchus limatus, Herr. SohafE., Wanz. Ins., ix, p. 303. t. 322, f. 998 (1853) : 

 Stal, En. Hem., v, p. 124 (1876) : Distant, A. M. N. H., (5 s.), iii, p. 45 (1879). 



Elongate-obovate, broadest over the pronotum : head bifid, a little 

 longer than broad ; pronotum and scutellum grossly punctured, trans- 

 versely rugose : sides of pronotum serrulate, roundly prominulous and 

 moderately acute, though the angles are hardly prominent : scutellum 

 with five weakly elevated longitudinal lines : the hemelytra finely punc- 

 tured between the elevated veins : dark ochreous yellow ; the feet more 

 ferruginous ; hemelytra between the veins, purple-red. Like and closely 

 allied to 31. truncafus, Westw., from which it differs in having head and 

 pronotum shorter, stature broader, punctuation stronger, concolorous or 

 weakly ferruginous, rarely fuscous on the head : the lateral margins of 

 the pronotum are not pallescent, they are strongly rugose, posterior 

 angles slightly and somewhat obtusely prominulous, no levigate longitu- 

 dinal line or only a very obsolete one, no anterior transverse wrinkle or 

 ridge. Long, 20-21 mill. 



Reported from Assam (mihi). 



442. Meoaehtnchus transversalis, "Westwood. 



Tetroda transversalis, Westw. in Royle's III. Bot. Him , p. liv, t. 10, f. 7 (1839) • 

 Dallas, List Hem., i, p. 356 (1851 ) ; Walker, Cat. Het., iii, p. 493 (1868). 

 Megarhi/iiclmsi?) transversalis, Stal, En. Hem., v, p. 124 ,'1876). 



Fuscous-black: acutely bicornuted ; anterior angles of pronotum 

 produced acutely forwards : pronotum and scutellum transversely striated : 

 corium black, very thinly punctured ; membrane whitish : antennae and 

 feet black (Westw.). Long, 16|; broad, 7^ mill. 



Reported from the Himalaya. 



443. Megarhynchds diveesds, Walker. 



Megarhynchus, diversus, Walker, Cat. Het., iii, p. 498 (1868). 

 Testaceous, subfusiform, narrowest at the tip of the abdomen, thick- 



