56 MEMBRACID^. 



bhick, on outer margin of wliicli is a distinct paler transverse 

 fascia ; pronotum thickly punctate ; lateral processes as seen from 

 above very short, broad, recnr-\'ed, anterior margin rounded, 

 posterior margin almost straight, apex roundly subtruncate : 

 posterior process short, robust, raised, central and lateral cari- 

 iiations fine, the central carination continued through pronotum, 

 apex projecting, not impinging on tegmina and not reaching 

 posterior angle of inner margin of tegmina ; tegmina punctate 

 on black basal area, 



Length 5| : breadth lat. pronot. process. 3 millim. 



Ilah. Nilgiri Hills {IJumpson). 



A species to be recognized by the short pronotal lateral pro- 

 cesses, the projecting apex of the posterior process, and the pale 

 darkly-veined tegmina. 



2188. Triceiitrus albomaculatus, sp. n. 



Head and pronotnm black, finely ])ilose ; sternnm black, ab- 

 domen beneath and legs piceous ; tegmina dull bronzy, subhyaline, 

 base black, followed by a large creamy-white spot ; pronotum 

 very finely punctate, the punctures almost hidden by the pilose 

 surface ; lateral pronotal processes as seen from above short, 

 broad, apically recurved, apices subacute, anterior margins rounded, 

 longitudinally carinate behind middle, as viewed in front much 

 more slender and obliquely npcurved ; posterior process robust, 

 gradually narrowing to apex, which reaches the posterior angle of 

 inner margin of tegmina and is acute and a little upcurved ; 

 tegmina with the black basal area coarsely punctate. 



Length 4 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 2^ millim. 



Hah. Bombay (Bivon). Tenasserim ; Myitta {DoJiert)/). 



2184. Tricentrus cuneatus, sp. n. 



Black ; body beneath and legs pilose ; tegmina subhyaline, talc- 

 like, the veins fuscous, apical area bronzy-brown, before which the 



Pig. 49. — Tricen/rus cuneanis. 



colour is pale, giving the appearance of a paler transverse fascia, 

 base black ; ])i-onotum thickly, somewhat finely punctate ; the 

 transverse lateral processes as seen from above short, broad, slightly 

 directed up\yard, non-carinate, their apices broadly obliquely 

 truncate, their margins moderately ridged, viewed from the front 



