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2280. Eoscarta nilgiriensis, Dist. (Cosmoscarta) Tr. E. S. 1900, 



p. 681. 



Head, pronotum, and seutellum dark castaneous ; abdomen, 

 body beneath, and legs dull reddish ; tegmina pale castaneous ; 

 wings pale fuliginous; head, pronotum, seutellum, and tegmina 

 distinctly finely densely pilose ; pronotum foveate on each side 

 behind anterior margin, its lateral margins somewhat laminate 

 but scarcely reflexed, its surface finely densely punctate ; face 

 anteriorly centrally broadly sulcate, its lateral areas strongly 

 transversely striate ; posterior tibite with a strong spine beyond 

 middle. 



Length excl. tegm. 7 ; exp. tegm. 24 millim. 



Hah. Nilgiri Hills {Coll. Dist.). 



2281. Eoscarta apicata, sp. n. 



Body and legs dull dark ochraceous ; tegmina ochraceous, the 

 costal area beyond middle and the apical margin broadly rosaceous, 

 the latter with the cellular areas depressed, the apical veins being 

 distinctly raised ; wings hyaline, with a faint opaline lustre, the 

 veins darker ; pronotum finely transversely rugulose ; face almost 

 continuously centrally, longitudinally broadly sulcate ; seutellum 

 broadly longitudinally foveate. 



Length excl. tegm. 3| ; exp. tegm. 11 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon {Green). 



I have received a single specimen from Mr. E. E. Green of this 

 small but very distinct species. The longly sulcated face and the 

 pronounced apical cellular areas to the tegmina are prominent 

 characters. 



2282. Eoscarta atricapilla, sp. n. 



Body and legs dull ochraceous ; head between the eyes broadly 

 piceous-black ; eyes shining black ; tegmina dull ochraceous, 

 crossed by a straight, narrow, transverse fuscous-brown fascia 

 before m.iddle ; wings pale fuliginous ; pronotum anteriorly deeply 

 transversely foveate on each side, disc-ally punctate and very finely 

 pilose ; face broadly centrally longitudinally sulcate for its whole 

 length ; posterior tibia; with a single strong spine beyond middle 



Length excl. tegm. 4 ; exp. tegm. 14 millim. 



Hah. Burma ; Momeit {Doherty), 



2283. Eoscarta illuminata, sp. n. 



Ferruginous-brown ; face brownish-ochraceous ; sternum, coxae, 

 and trochanters pale ochraceous ; abdomen beneath piceous ; legs 

 ochraceous with piceous markings; tegmina piceons-brovvn, beyond 

 middle pale dull ochraceous, where the veins are piceous-brown, 

 and there is a subapical costal spot of the same colour ; wings very 



