EOSCARTA. 



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Genus CALOSCARTA. 



Caloscarta, Bredd. Soc. Enf. xviii, p. 9!) (1903). 



Type, C. capitatcf, Stfil, 



Distrihutioii. British India and Malava. 



Breddin, who founded this genus, wi-ites : — " Differs from CalU- 

 tettiv as follows : — first joint of antenna; longer than the second • 

 face laterally compressed M'ith a continuous sharp middle keel ; 

 anterior femora not, or only slightly, longer than the intermediate 

 femora ; costal margin of tegmina at a short distance from base 

 concavely rounded, not touching the raised wrinkled first section 

 of the tegmina ; last joint of rostrum distinctly shorter than the 

 penultnnate one ; anterior tibia; slightly widened towards the 

 apex." 



2277. Caloscarta capitata, SfSl (Callitettis.), Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 

 1865, p. 153 ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Cexjlon, p. 129 (1903). 

 Phymatostetha insignis, Dist. Trans. Fnt. Soc. 1878, p. 322. 



Black ; head, anterior marginal area to pronotum, scutellum, 

 about basal fourth of tegmina, sternum and legs, sanguineous ; 



a black spot behind each an- 

 terior coxa; abdomen beneath 

 black ; the black tegmina are 

 distinctly darker behind scu- 

 tellum to a little beyond middle ; 

 tarsi black, base of posterior 

 tarsi sanguineous ; above finely 

 pilose ; pronotum finely gran- 

 ulose ; tegmina very finely and 

 thickly punctate. 



Length 6 to 7 millim. 

 Hah. Bombay (i)?>on). Cey- 

 lon ; Pundaluoya, Putlam 

 (Green, Brit. 3Ins.), Peradeniya, 

 Negombo, Weligama (Jide 

 MeUchar). 



A very variable species; tlie 

 colour of the pronotum varies from red to black, and the red at 

 the base of the tegmina is sometimes almost obliterated. All the 

 sj)ecimens I have received from Bombay are of the melanic form, 

 and are also the smaller sized specimens. 



Genus EOSCARTA. 

 Eoscarta, Bredd. Soc. Enf. xvii, p. 58 (1902j. 



Type, E. eos, Bredd., from Malacca. 

 Distribution. British India and Malaya. 



Vertex of head fiat, forwardly reclined ; ocelli about as far 

 apart from eyes as from each other; face strongly laterally 



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Fig. 88. — Caloscart:i capitata. 



