44 APPEXDIX.^JASSID^. 



narrow, broadly convex ; pronotum finely transversely sti'iate ; 

 sciitellum transversely incised and depressed before apical area; 

 face with strong, transverse, dark striation between eyes, and more 

 or less darkly striate on lateral areas. 



Length iucl. tegm. 5-5i niillim. 



Hab. South India; Chikkaballapura (I'. V. Campbell). 



Genus THAGRIA. (Vol. IV, p. 315.) 



3555. Thagria capitata, sp. n. 



Vertex of head, pronotum and scutellum brownish-ocbraceous, 

 apical area of vertex piceous, pronotum with fine black granules ; 

 face black ; sternum and body beneath black or blackish ; legs and 

 abdominal segmental margins pale ochraceous ; tegnjina brownish- 

 ochraceous, thickly speckled with black ; vertex of head about 

 twice as long as broad ; scutellum a little longer than pronotum, 

 distinctly impressed before apex, centrally longitudinally carinate ; 

 apex of vertex oF head distinctly produced and obtusely acute, the 

 lateral margins strongly ridged. 



Length inch tegm. 6-6| millim. 



Hab. Nilgiri Hills : Cooiioor (2'. V. Campbell). 



Allied to T. pedestris, Dist. (vol. iv, p. 316), but distinguished 

 by the more elongate and much narrower vertex of the bead. 



3556. Thagria difformis, sp. n. 



Vertex of head, pronotum and scutellum dull ochraceous, vertex 

 with two black spots — one near apex, the other near middle, two 

 small black spots on disk of pronotum and two similar spots at 

 base of scutellum, pronotum also finely, darkly speckled ; face darlc 

 ocbraceous, blackly transversely striate, a pale spot at base and 

 apex, lateral areas before eyes black, cheeks greyish with some 

 darker speckles ; body beneath black or blackish ; legs ochraceous, 

 apices of posterior tibiae black, posterior tarsi black, annulated with 

 ochraceous ; tegmina ochraceous, \^■ith black and greyish speckles, 

 two lai'ge greyish spots near claval apex and a smaller greyish spot 

 on costal margin near apex ; bead almost twice as long as broad, 

 apex angular, lateral margins some\\hat acutely ridged : scutellum 

 distinctly shorter than pronotum. 



Length inch tegm. 5^ millim. 



Hab. Ceylon; Hakgala (£■. E. Green). 



A species at once recognised by the small scutellum, which 

 contrasts with a generic character of Thagria and allies it to 

 Mukwana (vol. iv, p. 317). 



Genus VARTA. (Vol. lA', p. 320.) 



VaETA EUBEOPASCIAXA. (A^ol. IV, p. 321.) 



Add: Hab. S. India; Chikkaballapura ( 7'. V. Campbell). 

 Assam-Bhutan frontier, Mangaldai (S. W. Kemp, lad. Mas.). 



