72 MEMBRACIDiE. 



examples there is a bi'oad subbasal and a broad subapical transverse 

 fascia, tlie black areas being more or less marked with small raised 

 cretaceous spots ; legs piceous, tarsi ochraceous ; pronotum strongly 

 tuberculous, strongly ridged and moderately arched, befoi-e the 

 base of posterior process it is obtusely angulate ; posterior process 

 concave at base and strongly convexly laminately produced before 

 apex, the central ridge finely tuberculous ; tegmina more or less 

 finely tuberculous, especially on the veins. 



Length 2| millim. 



Hab. Calcutta {Indian Mus. ^' Coll. Dist.). 



2214. Coccosterphus tuberculatus, Motsch. (Anomus) Etial Ent. 

 viii, p. 109 (1859) ; Mclich. (Coccosterplius) Hont. Faun. Ceylon, 

 p. 121 (190;:i). 

 Gargara fasciata, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 122 (1903). 



" Similar to variegata ; front and pronotum rusty-brown, thickly 

 and finely punctured, sparsely covered with extremely short, 

 depressed, greyish-white hairs ; the middle keel obsolete on 

 pronotum ; posterior process broad, triangular, reaching to tip of 

 clavus, straight, in middle distinctly keeled ; tegmina hyaline, 

 greyish-white, rusty-brown at base to nearly one-third of length of 



Fig. 59. — CocTOs/erjjlrus tubci-culatu^. 



tegmina and a rusty-brown transverse fascia beyond the middle, 

 extending from tip of clavus to costal margin, the transverse 

 fascia generally paler than the dark basal area ; all the veins rusty- 

 yellow ; wings hyaline with rusty-yellow veins ; pectus and abdomen 

 dark brown ; legs rusty-brown, claws darker." {Melicliar.) 



The greyish-white markings on the front of the pronotum as 

 shown in the above figure are neither mentioned by Motschoulsky 

 nor Meliehar, who probably examined old specimens. 



" Length $ 3| mihim."' 



Hah. Ceylon; Peradeniya {Qrcen), Kala-Weisa and Puttalami 

 {fide Meliehar). 



The specimen figured is a cotype of Gargara fasciata, Melich. in 

 the Museum Hougrois at Budapest, and was kindly sent to me 

 for that purpose by Dr. Horvath. I reproduce Melichar's 

 description. 



