1 36 CEECOPiD.i:. 



curved fascia at base of clavus, and a transverse fascia before 

 apical area testaceous or sanguineous ; head transversely impressed 

 before eyes ; pronotum strougly foveate on each side near anterior 

 margin, and more slenderly and obliquely so near each lateral 

 angle, lateral margins strongly reflexed ; mesonotum with two 

 short but rather acutely pointed tnbercles ; rostrum not quite 

 reacliiug the intermediate coxaj ; posterior tibia? witb_ a single 

 rather strong spine beyond middle ; tegmina very thickly and 

 finely punctate, not quite two and a half times as long as broad. 



Vm-. Tegmina without the subapical transverse fascia. 



Length excl. tegm. 5 to 8 ; exp. tegm. 27 to 33 millim. 



llab. Sikhira (Ind. Mns.). Assam ; Margherita (Dohertt/), Khasi 

 mWs (ChenneJl), 'Ndga Hills {Dolierty).— W . Chiua ; Omei (CoZ^. 

 Dist.). 



2316. Cosmoscarta elegaiitiila, Bidl. Cist. Ent. \, p. 265 (1874) ; 



Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 12 (1885). 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, sternum, and legs black ; abdomen 

 bluish-black; coxse reddish-piceous ; tegmina shining fuscous-brown, 



crossed by a testaceous-red 



/^^ /^^^^ testaceous-red ; wings very 



"i^S^ ^f pale fuliginous with the 



Fig. 99. — Cosmoscarta elegantula. veins darker ; head broadly 



irregularly impressed be- 

 tween the eyes ; pronotum punctate and finely transversely 

 rugulose, moderately foveate on each side before anterior margin, 

 the lateral margins reflexed ; mesonotum with two broad obtuse 

 tubercles ; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxse ; tegmina long, 

 slender, but not more than two and a half times as long as broad ; 

 posterior tibiae with a single long spine beyond middle. 



Length excl. tegm. 8 ; exp. tegm. 23 millim. 



Hah. Assam ; Margherita and Naga Hills {Doherty). 



b. Pronotum hlacl', iviUi a j)cde transverse fascia, or ivith 

 pale discal sjyots. 



2317. Cosmoscarta dimidiata, Z)a//«5(Cercopis),rr.£'. *S'.1850, p.U; 



Atkms. J. A. S. B. Iv, p. 195 (1886) : Dist. (Cosmoscarta) Tr. 

 E. S. 1900, p. 682; Bredd. (part.) Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 

 1903, p. 89. 

 Cercopis iimlata, Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 659 (1851) ; Stdl, Ofo. 

 Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1865, p. 148; Biitl. (Cosmoscarta) Cist. Ent. 

 i, p. 258 (1874) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 10 (1885) ; id. torn, 

 cit. Ivii, p. .3.''.3 (1888). 



