cos:\roscAETA. 149 



apices of tibiae and tarsi black ; posterioi* tibiae with a short spine 

 near base and a strong spine bej^ond middle ; togmina about two 

 and a halt" times as long as broad. 



Length excl. tegm. 10 to 11 ; exp. 28 to 31 millim. 



Hah. Sikhim ; fSookna, Tindharia, Rungtoiig, Soradrigal {Indian 

 Mus.) ; Dam Dim {Indian Mus.). Assam ; Shillong, Margherita. 

 Burma : Bhamo {Fea), Momeit, Euby Mines {Dolierty). 



2341. Cosmoscarta inenaca, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1900, p. G77. 



Co.smu.scarta octopunctata, Atkins, {nee Amy. l^- Serv.) J. A. S. B. 

 \\'\i, p. oSl, t. XV, lower right-liaud %ure (1888). 



Ochraceous ; metanotum, fourth and fifth abdominal segments 

 above and sometimes the base of the third, sternum and basal 

 areas of the abdominal segments beneath, black ; lateral margins 

 of the prosteruum ochraceous ; legs ochraceous, intermediate and 

 posterior femora more or less black ; tegmina ochraceous with five 

 black spots, two in clavus and three discal, sometimes with a sixth 

 subapical and subcostal, or again \\\t\\ only one in claval area ; 

 wings very pale bronzy ; head transversely impressed before eyes ; 

 pronotum dilated on each side, the lateral angles rounded, very 

 finely and obscurely pilose and punctate, the lateral margins 

 broadly refiexed, centrally longitudinally cariuate on anterior half, 

 transversely, subtriangularly foveate on each side before anterior 

 margin ; mesosternal tubercles conically prominent ; rostrum 

 reacliing the intermediate coxae ; posterior tibiae with a short 

 spine near base and a more robust spine beyond middle ; tegmina 

 about three times as long as broad. 



Length excl. tegm. 15 to 17 ; exp. tegm. 40 to 44 millim. 



Hab. Assam ; Khasi Hills (Chennell). — Binding Isld. Borneo. 



This species is allied to the Javan C. octopunctata, Amy. & Serv., 

 and is at once separated from the three preceding species by the 

 dilated pronotum. 



D. Tegmina black, spotted with ochraceous. 



2342. Cosmoscarta trimacula, Walk. (Monecphora) List Ham. ill, 

 p. 682 (1851) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 113 (1885); Dist. 

 (Cosmoscarta) Tr. E. S. 1900, p. 683. 



Head, pronotum and scutellum shining black ; abdomen above 

 and body beneath piceous ; legs brownish-ochraceous ; tegmina 

 black with three greyish-wliite or ochraceous spots arranged in 

 longitudinal series, one at extreme base, another before middle 

 and the third immediately before the apical reticulate area ; wings 

 sordidly greyish, the veins fuscous ; head transversely incised in 

 front of eyes ; pronotum thickly finely punctate, transversely 

 foveate on each side before anterior margin, obliquely foveate 

 near each lateral angle, lateral margins strongly refiexed ; scutellum 

 foveate near base ; face transversely striate, the disk broadly 



