COSMOSCARTA. 137 



Var. tripunctata, Atkws. J, A. S. B. Ivii, pp. 333 & 334, t. xv, 



upper left-hand figure. 

 Var. affinis, Atkins, torn. cit. pp. 333 & 334. 



Head, pi'onotuin, scutelluiu, sternum, aucl legs black : abdomen 

 bluish-black ; pronotum with a broad transvei'se ochraceous fascia 

 occupying disk, and nearer to anterior tlian to posterior margin ; 

 abdomen above with the segmental margins pieeous-brown ; 

 tegmina black, with the base and two irregularly waved or angu- 

 lated transverse fascia, the first at about middle, the second 

 broken and near apical area, sanguineous ; wings pale, subhyaliue, 

 very slightly fuliginous, the veins fuscous ; head transversely 

 impressed befoi'e eyes; pronotum very finely punctate, the lateral 

 margins slightly reflexed ; scutellum transversely striate ; face 

 with the lateral area sti'iate, the central area smooth ; mesonotum 

 with two flattened subtriangular tubercles ; rostrum reaching the 

 intermediate coxa? ; posterior tibijie with a long spine beyond 

 middle and a short spine near base ; tegmina about two and a 

 half times as long as broad. 



Var. rt. Tegmina with tiie basal pale area and the first trans- 

 verse pale fascia obliterated, and the second fascia broken into 

 three spots {tripunctata, Atkins.). 



Var. h. " Rufous-testaceous bands at the base and in the middle 

 reduced to narrow hnes, and the apical band to three somewhat 

 distant spots arranged in a triangle " {ajffinls, Atkins.). 



Length excl. tegm. 11 to 13 ; exp. tegm. 29 to 31 millim. 



Hab. '^iWnm {Ind. Mus.). Assam; Khasi Hills (C7im/;f70! ^^%a 

 Hills {Dohertii), Dibrugarh {fide Atlins.). Dam -Dim, Bhutan 

 Duars {fide Atkins.), Shillong {Ind. Mus.). — Malay Peninsula; 

 Perak and Singapore. China (Coll. Dist.). 



2318. Cosmoscarta zonaria, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, and body beneath black ; pronotum 

 with the lateral and posterior margins and a transverse fascia 

 before middle ochraceous : a lateral spot in front of eyes, face 

 (excluding base) and the legs testaceous, anterior and inter- 

 mediate tibiae and tarsi a little darker than the femora ; tegmina 

 black, crossed by two narrow ti-ansverse ochraceous fasciae, the 

 first before, the second beyond middle ; wings very slightly 

 fuliginous ; head transversely impressed in front of eyes ; pro- 

 notum finely obscurely punctate, centrally finely longitudinally 

 carinate on anterior half, lateral margins reflexed, slightly foveate 

 on each side near anterior margin, and narrowly obliquely so near 

 lateral margins ; mesosternum with two short, broad, compressed 

 tubei-cles, their apices acute ; tegmina very thickly and finely 

 punctate, about two and a half times as long as broad; posterior 

 tibiae with a single spine beyond middle. 



Length excl. tegm. 9; exp. tegm. 20 millim. 



Hab. Assam ; Niiga Hills {Dohertij). 



