38 APPEX-uix. — jassim:. 



margins of tegmin:i for about two-tliirds of their length pale 

 ochraceous, after wliich there is an oblique marginal sput of the 

 same colour and a rather darker subapical transverse fascia ; body 

 beneath and legs ochraceous ; vertex of head with a central longi- 

 tudinal carinate line ; face centrally longitudinally carinate, lateral 

 areas obscurely transversely striate ; posterior tibiae robustly 

 spinulose. 



Length inch te^m. 6 millim. 



Hah. E. Himalayas; Kurseoug, and Ghumti, Darjiling Distr. 

 {F.H. Gravely). 



3544. Platyretus himalayaniis, sp. n. 



Vertex of head, pronotum and scutellum black ; vertex finely 

 spotted with ochraceous on anterior margin, a central longitudinal 

 ridge and narrow posterior margin also ochraceous ; face brownish- 

 ocliraceous, the posterior area and clypeus black ; tegmina pale 

 fuscous-brown with some irregular jjale greyish and ochraceous 

 spots, the costal margin for about half its length broadly pale 

 ochraceous, a prominent notched greyish-white spot on costal 

 ai*ea at about two-thirds from base, before apex an almost united 

 transverse sei'ies of small ochraceous spots ; body beneath and 

 legs ochraceous ; vertex of head with the lateral and anterior 

 margins prominently ridged and slightly recurved, and with a 

 strong central longitudinal ridge ; scutellum with a straight 

 transverse incision near middle ; face with a prominent central 

 longitudinal ridge, the lateral areas distinctly transversely, obliquely 

 striated. 



Length inch tegm. 7 millim. 



Hah. Eastern Himalayas. 



3545. Platyretus albosignatus, sp. n. 



Vertex of head, pronotum and scutellum castaneous-brown, 

 anterior margin of vertex, two transverse lines on posterior 

 margin, and a very large angulated central spot to scutellum 

 greyish-wiiite, the hitter containing two small brown spots ; face, 

 body beneath and legs very pale ochraceous ; tegmina brownish- 

 ochraceous, with bluish-grey spots, of which two prominent ones 

 are found on inner claval margin, a large oblong pale spot near 

 middle of costal margin, and a simihir but smaller spot near apex 

 of costal margin, in addition to these spots are scattered dark 

 castaneous markings of which the best defined are five oblique 

 transverse costal lines, three before and two beyond the pale 

 subapical costal spot ; vertex of head with a central longitudinal 

 ridge, the anterior margin not ridged ; the large pale spot to 

 scutellum centrally depressed and angulated on each side ; face 

 with a fine longitudinal central ridge and very finely striate on 

 each lateral area. 



Length inch tegm. 7 millim. 



Hah. Darjiling. 



