146 CEECopiD.i:. 



c. Pronoium red or lufeous, more or less sjiotted with hlac^c. 



2335. Cosmoscarla flora, sp. n. 



Head (including face) testaceous-red ; pronotum ochraceous, 

 with a transverse central black fascia at anterior margin behind 

 head ; scutellum testaceous-red ; abdomen above and beneath 

 purplish-red; stei'uum ochraceous with the disk piceous ; legs 

 ochraceous or palety testaceous ; tegmina ochraceous, the apical 

 area and four spots black, of these spots one is subbasal beneath 

 radial area, the other three in a curved discal transverse series ; 

 wings Aery pale fuliginous ; head transversely impressed in front 

 of eyes ; pronotum very thickly and finely punctate, the lateral 

 margins reflexed ; face finely, laterally, transversely striate, 

 centrally, longitudinally, smoothly interrupted ; mesosternal 

 tubercles compressed, not prominent; rostrum not reaching the 

 intermediate coxae ; tegmina about two and a half times as long as 

 broad. 



Length excl. tegm. 11; exp. tegm. 25 millim. 



Hah. Himalayas {Coll. Dist.). 



2336, CosmOSCarta dorsalis, WcM. (Cercopis) List Horn, iii, p. 658 

 (1851) ; Butl. (Cosmoscarta) Cist. Ent. i, p. I'GO (1874) : 

 Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p, 11 (1885)._ 

 Cercopis connexa, Walk. List Hoin. iii, p. 663 (1851). 

 Cercopis ramosa, Walk. Ins. Saiind., Horn. p. 85 (1858). 



Head with the vertex piceous, the lateral areas sanguineous : 

 pronotum piceous, the lateral margins and the disk sanguineous ; 

 sternum piceous ; legs and abdomen testaceous-red ; tegmina 

 sanguineous, apical area and seven rounded spots — one at base, 

 and three each in two curved transverse series, black, the black 

 apical area is inwai'dly indented ; wings hyaline, fuliginous 

 on apical area ; head transversely impressed before eyes ; pro- 

 notum thickly finely punctate, obliquely foveate on each side 

 before anterior margin, centrally longitudinally carinate to 

 anterior half, lateral margins reflexed; mesosternal tubercles 

 compressed, subprominent ; I'ostrum about reaching intermediate 

 coxae ; posterior tibiae with a short spine at base and a strong 

 spine beyond middle ; tegmina about two and a half times as long 

 as broad. 



Length excl. tegm. 9 to 13; exp. tegm. 20 to 31 millim. 



Hah. Kaugra Valley {Dudgeon). Sikhim {Indian Mus.). Assam ; 

 Khasi Hills {Ohennell). 



This species is variable in character ; in some specimens the 

 pronotum is testaceous-red with two transverse black spots near 

 anterior margin, in others there are only six spots to tegmina, the 

 basal one being obliterated. 



