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brow nish ; vertex subangularly rounded in front, between th-^- 

 black transverse fascia and base a more or less distinct central 

 longitudinal line ; scutelluni slightly granulose on basal area, 

 transversely impressed befon; apical area which is somewhat 

 closely wrinkled ; face centrally moderately flattened and indis- 

 tinctly finely granulose, this area widening towards clypeus. 



Length inch tegm. 4 to 5 millim. 



Hub. Calcutta {Brit. Mus.). Nepal Terai ; Chutri Gouri {lad. 

 Miis.). Bengal ; Pusa and Palamau {Lefroy). 



Smaller than A. fasconervosus, vertex more angulate anteriorly, 

 and without the longitudinal black line to the face as in 

 Motschoulsky's species. 



2600. Athysauus atkinsoni, sp. n. 



Vertex ochraceous, an arcuated transverse black fascia between 

 the eyes and a black spot on each side of apical margin ; pronotum 

 ochraceous, the posterior discal area greyish, with an arcuated 

 series of linear transverse black spots before anterior margin 

 commencing on lateral margins behind eyes ; scutellum ochraceous, 

 a somewhat large subtriangular black spot near each basal angle 

 and two small central oblique black linear spots on disk ; body 

 beneath and legs pale ochraceous, sternum with large black spots, 

 femora with longitudinal series of small brownish spots ; face 

 with brown striations on each side ; tegmina subhyaline, with 

 opalescent and ochraceous reflections ; veins ochraceous ; vertex 

 subangularly rounded in front, between the black transverse 

 fascia and base a central dark longitudinal line ; pronotum in- 

 distinctly transversely wrinkled ; scutellum depressed to apical 

 area before which there is a transverse impression, the apical 

 area indistinctly wrinkled ; face with the central area flattened 

 and obscurely finely granulose, this area widening from base to 

 clypeus. 



Length inch tegm. $ 4 to 5^ millim. 



Hah. Calcutta {Athhison Coll., Brit. Mus.). Bengal ; Pusa 

 {Lefroy). Ceylon : Peradeniya {Green). 



2601. Athysauus nanus, sp. n. 



Vertex dull ochraceous, a slender arcuate piceous line between 

 the eyes ; pronotum (excepting the anterior and lateral margins) 

 dull greyish, two small piceous spots on each side near anterior 

 margin behind the eyes ; scutellum ochraceous, a rounded black 

 spot on each side of basal margin near the basal angles ; body 

 beneath and legs pale ocliraceous, usually with a piceous spot near 

 the intermediate coxae ; tegmina subhyaline with opalescent and 

 ochraceous suffusions, veins ochraceous; vertex short, broad, 

 convexly rounded in front, between the transverse piceous line and 

 base a central longitudinal dark line : pronotum flnelv punctate 



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