TAMBILA. 



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declivous; scutelliim transversely impressed near middle, behind 

 which it is transversely striate ; posterior tibife strongly spinuloses 

 the spinules dark ochraceous. 



Length incl. tegin. 4^ millim. 



Hah. South India; iVandidrug {T. V. Ccmphell). 



Genus TAMBILA. (Vol. IV, p. 247.) 



3522. Tambila opulenta, sp. n. 



Vertex of head, pronotura and scutellum reddish-ochraceous ; 

 vertex with two curved blade fasciae; proiiotum with two black 

 fasciae commencing beliind eyes, centrally connected and each 

 then angularly extended posteriorly on disk ; body beneath black ; 

 margins of the sternal and abdominal segments sanguineous; legs 

 mosHv black, anterior legs, intermediate tibiae and tarsi, and 

 extreme apices of the posterior femora sanguineous ; tegnnna 

 black, minutely and obscurely spotted with testaceous, the apical 

 area paler and minutely spotted with greyish; vertex of head 

 about half as long as breadth between eyes, its apex rounded ; 

 scutellum about as long as vertex, its basal margin only slightly 

 longer than lateral margins, transversely roundly impressed near 

 middle, before which it is centrally, longitudinally carinate ; 

 posterior tibiae somewhat longly spinulose. 



Length incl. tegin. 5 millim. 



Hah. Cevlon ; Peradeniya {E. E. Green). 



Allied to T. greeni, Dist. "Bred from Persea gratissima" 

 (Green). 



3523. Tambila fletcheri, sp. n. 



Vertex of head, pronotum and scutellum ochraceous; body 

 beneath and legs ochraceous ; a broad transverse fascia at base of 

 head beneath, and under surface of legs (more or less) dark 

 castaneous; tegmina dark castaueous, lateral margins of the apical 

 areas paler and with some small greyish-white spots ; vertex of 

 head broad, about half as long as breadth between eyes, the apex 

 broadly rounded; lateral margins of the pronotum nearly obliquely 

 straight ; scutellum about as long as vertex, its basal margin only 

 slightly longer than lateral margins, transversely impressed near 

 middle ; tegmina moderately attenuated on apical area. 



Length hicl. tegm. 6 millim. 



Hah. Cevlon; Nuwara 'Eliya (Bainbrigge Fletcher). 



3524. Tambila gravelyi, sp. n. 



Body above and tegmina testaceous brown, more or less speckled 

 with black ; scutellum pale, bright ochraceous, extreme basal angle 

 and a few minute spots on basal margin testaceous ; apical areas 

 of the tegmina paler and spotted with greyish white; body beneath 



