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tegmina about two and a half times longer than broad ; posterior 

 tibiae with a short spine near base and a long spine beyond middle. 



Var. a. Tegmina with the basal ochraceous area only indicated 

 by outer spots. 



Var. h. Tegmina nearly wholly ochraceous, only apical fourth 

 and two or three discal spots piceous. 



L'^ngth excl. tegm. 15 to 17; exp. tegm. 40 to 48 milliin. 



Hab. Utakamand (Atkins. Coll., Brit. Mus.). Malabar (CoZZ. 

 Dist.). 



2330. Cosmoscarta relata, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1900, p. 669. 



Head (including face), pronotum and lateral margins of pro- 

 sternum dull ochraceous ; two duplex spots near anterior margin 

 of pronotum, scutellum, abdomen, body beneath, and legs dark 

 indigo-blue ; anterior legs (excluding femoral bases) and the 

 intermediate tibise brownish-ochraceous ; tegmina black, a broken 

 claval basal fascia connected with a much angulated transverse 

 fascia crossing tegmen before middle, a basal costal fascia, a discal 

 spot a little beyond base, and an angulated transverse fascia 

 before apical area, not reaching costal margin, reddish-ochra- 

 ceous ; wings fuliginous, strongly sanguineous at base and costal 

 area ; pronotum finely wrinkled and punctate ; lateral margins 

 reflexed; face narrowly centrally sulcate, strongly latei'ally trans- 

 versely striate ; posterior tibiae with a strong spine beyond 

 middle ; mesosternal tubercles broad, much compressed ; I'ostrum 

 about reaching intermediate coxae ; tegmina less than two and a 

 half times longer than broad. 



Length excl. tegm. 15 ; exp. tegm. 40 millim. 



Hah. Karwar (Atkins. Coll., Brit. Mus.). Central India, 

 Bargur. Mysore; Hassan (Lef ray). 



B. Tegmina not transversely fasciated, apical area black, basal area 

 generally more or Jess spotted. 



a. Pronotum black, the margins red or ochraceous. 



2331. Cosmoscarta raja, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1900, p. 675. 



Fig. 102. — Cosmoscarta, raja. 

 Head (including face) and pronotum bluish-black, Literal margins 



