134 CEllCOPIDJK. 



and legs pale ocliraceous : tegmina piceous, finely pilose, a curved 

 fascia broadest near costa, transverse!}' crossing teginen before 

 apical area, and a large longitudinal basal costal spot which is 

 apically a little prolonged inwardly, pale ochraceous ; wings 

 slightly fuliginous, the veins darker ; head transversely iaipressed 

 in front of eyes ; pronotum thickly finely punctate, foveately 

 impressed on each side before anterior margin, obliquely foveate 

 near each lateral angle, distinctly longitudinally carinate on 

 anterior half, lateral margins strongly reflexed ; face strongly 

 transversely striate and narrowly medially interrupted, a little 

 foveately impressed at base ; mesosternal tubercles subprominent ; 

 rostrum not quite reaching the intermediate coxae ; posterior tibite 

 with a moderately strong spine beyond middle ; tegmina a little 

 more than twice as long as broad. 



Length excl. tegm. 8 ; exp. tegm. 19 millim. 



Hah. Shillong {CoU. Atkinson, Brit. litis.). 



2312. Cosmoscarta niargheritae, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, and sternum bluish-black ; abdomen 

 and legs testaceous, tibiae and tarsi darker and more fuscous than 

 the femora ; tegmina shining fuscous-broun, sanguineous at base, 

 crossed by two greyish-white transverse fascia?, the first before 

 and the second beyond middle ; wings very pale fuliginous, the 

 base and costal margin very narrowly sanguineous ; head trans- 

 versely impressed before eyes ; face globose, distinctly transversely 

 striate ; pronotum faintly transversely wrinkled, anterior central 

 carination obsolete, moderately foveate on each side near anterior 

 margin, lateral margins reflexed ; mesosternum with two broad 

 obtuse tubercles ; rostrum not reaching the intermediate coxaj ; 

 tegmina long and slender, three times as long as broad ; posterior 

 tibia) with a single spine beyond middle. 



Length excl. tegm. S^ ; exp. tegm. 23 millim. 



Bab. Assam ; Margherita (Doherti/). 



The long and narrow tegmina are a distinctive character of this 

 species. 



2313. Cosmoscarta castanea, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1900, p. 678. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, sternum, and legs pale castaneous ; 

 abdomen violaceous-brown ; tegmina pale castaneous with two 

 narrow transverse ochraceous fascia?, the first a little curved about 

 one-fourth from base, the second more slender and broken about 

 one-third from apex ; wings pale brownish ; pronotum thickly 

 and finely punctate, with an obscure central carination, two 

 foveate impressions near anterior margin, and an elongate im- 

 pression behind each lateral angle, margins reflexed ; face shortly 

 and moderately sulcate, moderately transversely striate ; meso- 

 sternal tubercles short but little prominent : rostrum reaching the 

 intermediate coxae ; posterior tibia) with a \ery short spine near 



