352 



JASSID^. 



front ; eyes large, obliquely directed over the anterior angles of the 

 pronotum, ocelli near the eyes on the anterior edge ; face longer 

 than broad, lateral margins a little rounded, narrowing to cly])eus 

 which is slender and about half the length of face, margins of 

 cheeks angulate ; pronotum arclied, nearly twice as long as vertex, 

 lateral margins obHque and inwardly oblique at posterior angles, 

 posterior margin truncate, anterior margin convexly produced ; 

 scutellum broad, subtriangular, lateral margins shorter than the 

 basal, apex very finely apically produced ; legs of moderate length, 

 posterior tibiae somewhat flattened and strongly spinulose ; tegmina 

 moderately broad, longer than abdomen, apical cells four, two 

 anteapical cells, a transverse vein on disk of basal area. 



2608. Monobazus himalayeiisis, sp. n. 



Vertex black with numerous pale ochraceous or brownish- 

 ochraceous spots ; eyes black ; pronotum testaceous with a series 

 of anterior submarginal pale spots ; scutellum testaceous, with six 

 pale ochraceous spots more or less margined with black, two on each 



Fig. 223. — Monobazus himalayensis. 



lateral margin and two centrally at base ; sternum and legs 

 ochraceous, face pale testaceous, the lateral areas ochraceous, with. 

 a central pale longitudinal spot at base and four small spots on 

 basal edge, all margined with black ; abdomen beneath black, the 

 segmental margins ochraceous : tegmina pale bronzy, subhyaline, 

 the veins darker, three small dark spots on each claval sutural 

 margin, apical area a little paler ; pronotum finely transversely 

 striate and with a faint central longitudinal ridge ; scutellum w ith 

 a very finely incised transverse line before apical area ; face 

 transversely striate on each lateral area. 



Length 5 millim. 



Hah. N.E.Himalayas; Kurseong (-dnnanc^rtZ^). 



