PUTMATOSTETHA. 



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2295. Phymatostetha triseriata, Butl. Cist. Ent. i, p. 267 (1874). 



" Allied to P. siali, larger, with broader tegtniua, the transverse 

 bauds of which are each broken up into three spots ; head red- 

 brown, becoming redder in front ; clypeus scarlet; thorax, pectus, 

 and legs piceous, the lateral anterior margins of the thorax scarlet ; 

 scutellum black, with scarlet margin ; abdomen shining purple- 

 black ; tegmina piceous, the costal margin, a streak on the outer 

 basal edge of clavus, and two transverse series each of three spots, 

 scarlet, apical margin bright testaceous ; wings slightly f uscesent, 

 base scarlet." {Butler.) 



I possess a specimen from Garwhal which is a slight varietal 

 form of the above ; the clypeus has its lateral areas black ; the 

 tegminal markings are testaceous, not scarlet ; head transversely 

 impressed between eyes ; pronotum finely rugulose and punctate : 

 face very finely transversely striate on lateral areas ; mesosternal 

 tubercles broadly subprominent ; rostrum reaching the inter- 

 mediate coxae, posterior tibia' with a strong spine near base and 

 a longer spine beyond middle ; tegmina about two and a half 

 times as long as broad. 



Length excl. tegra. 14 ; exp. tegai. 37 millim. 



Hah. N.W. India ; Garwhal {Coll. List.).— Laos {Brit. Mus.). 



2296. Phymatostetha Mnotata, Bist. Tr. R S. 1878, p. 322 ; Atkins. 

 J. A. >S'. i?. liv, p. 17 (1885). 



Head (including face) pale sanguineous ; pronotum piceous, the 

 lateral margins pale sanguineous ; scutellum black ; abdomen above 

 shining purphsh-black ; body beneath black ; legs piceous, femora 

 somewhat castaneous; lateral margins of prosternum pale san- 

 guineous ; tegmina piceous, their margins and two irregularly 



rounded spots, one before 

 middle and the other before 

 apical area, pale sangui- 

 neous * ; wings pale fuli- 

 ginous, bases narrowly 

 sanguineous ; head angu- 

 larly transvei'sely impressed 

 in front of eyes ; pronotum 

 finely transversely rugulose, 

 foveately impressed on each 

 side before anterior margin, indistinctly centrally longitudinally 

 carinate, the lateral margins reflexed ; scutellum transversely striate, 

 centrally foveate ; face slightly transversely striate on each lateral 

 area ; mesosternal tubercles broadly subacutely prominent ; 

 pronotum reaching the intermediate coxae; posterior tibiae with a 



Fig. 1*2. — Flii/matostctha hinotata. 



* Since I described this species in 1878, 1 find tbat time in cabinet specimens 

 transforms the colour sanguineous into more or less oehraceous. 



