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JASSID^. 



Genus KARTWA, nov. 



Type, K. mustelina, Dist. 



Distribution. Bengal. 



Vertex broadly angulate, nearly twice as broad as long, the disk 

 a little foveately depressed, the margins reflexed ; pronotum 

 transverse, broad, shorter than vertex ; scutellum rather small, 

 subtriangular, the lateral margins a little sinuate ; tegmina 

 abbreviated, about reaching base of abdomen, their posterior 

 margins truncate, lateral margins nearly straight, posterior angles 

 obtusely rounded ; face longer than broad, basal margin angulate, 

 about twice as long as clypeus, which is broad and somewhat 

 truncate at apex : tibiae finely spiuulose. 



2663. Kartwa mustelina, sp. n. 



Vertex, pronotum and tegmina pale tawny-brown ; abdomen 

 above testaceous-brown, minutely spotted with ochraceous, beneath 

 black with the connexivum ochraceous ; head beneath, sternum and 

 legs pale tawny-brown or dull ochraceous ; vertex subtriangularly 

 rounded, transversely depressed between eyes, a little upwardly 



Fig. 245. — Kartwa mustelina. 



reflexed towards apex, a piceous spot at apex (sometimes medially 

 interrupted), a minute piceous spot on each lateral margin near 

 antennae, between which there is an arcuate dark fascia ; eyes 

 piceous-black ; pronotum much shorter than vertex, transverse, 

 arched, a dark spot on each lateral margin behind eyes ; scutellum 

 subtriangular, smooth, with two small dark discal spots ; tegmina 

 short, just covering base of abdomen, their apical margins truncate ; 

 face concolorous, the antennal cavities piceous-brown, two small 

 piceous spots at anterior margin and the small lateral marginal 

 piceous spots above visible beneath. 



Length 2^ millim. 



Hub. Calcutta (Ind. Mus.). 



