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bright ochraceous ; lateral marginsi of the vertex oblique, tlie apex 

 obtusely subangularly produced ; scutellum with an obsolete paler 

 spot near eacli basal angle, the apical area also a little paler and 

 preceded by a distinct transverse impression. 



Length incl. tegm. 7 milliin. 



Hah. Assam ; Margherita. 



This species is allied to T. mellcharl, from which it differs by 

 the more angularly produced and unicolorous vertex, the broad 

 flattened face &c. 



2425. Tettigoniella assaniensis, DU. (Tettigonia) Ent. Month Mag 



xvi, p. -203 (1880) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. Wv, p. 100 (1885). 



Head pale yellow, with a black fascia occupying the space 

 between the ocelli ; proiiotum creamy-white, the lateral margins 

 carmine and six black spots situate transversely, the two smaller 

 near anterior margin and the four larger across the disk ; scutellum 

 pale yellow with three black spots, two basal and one subapical ; 

 tegmina pale creamy-white, with a broad longitudinal, subcostal 

 carmine fascia, commencing near base and extending to about the 

 middle, a black narrow oblique fascia nearly crossing the teo-men 

 at base and another at commencement of the carmine fascia, and 

 five dark fuscous spots situate, one at middle of carmine fascia, 

 three wide apart longitudinally on disk and one at marginal apex 

 of the coriaceous portion ; wings dark fuscous, with the apical 

 margins broadly creamy-white ; abdomen above piceous ; body 

 beneath piceous ; legs luteous, the tarsi ]5iceous ; face orange- 

 yellow, with a large crescent-shaped black fascia beyond middle 

 and a small black spot at its anterior margin ; head rounded in 

 front, much broader than long and transversely channelled on 

 disk. 



Va7\ Vertex of liead stramineous with a bluish-black spot 

 between the ocelli ; pronotum stramineous, the lateral areas more 

 or less sanguineous and with four small bluish-black discal spots, 

 of which two are near anterior margin, and the others, closer 

 together, near basal margin ; scutellum stramineous, with three 

 bright black spots, two basal and one apical ; tegmina creamy- 

 white, costal area for about half the length of tegmen carmine-red, 

 apical area pale fuscous ; wings dark fuliginous ; body beneath 

 black ; head beneath, prosternum and legs pale ochraceous ; margins 

 of face black ; apices of tibiae and tarsi piceous. 



Length incl. tegm. 12-13 millim. 



Hab. Assam ; Khtisi Hills {Coll. List, cj- Brit. Mus.). 



2426. Tettigoniella pythonis, sp. n. 



Vertex of head from base to region of eyes greyishly tomentose, 

 where there is a large central black spot with two small black 

 spots on each side, anterior area and the eyes pale castaneous, a 



