OOTACAMUNDUS. 



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areas of posterior half; (scutellura mutilateil) ; abdomen beneath 

 more or less shaded with pieeous ; legs ochraceous ; tegiuina 

 greenish-ochraceous, with darker tessellate markings and a large 

 oblong bluish spot near middle of costal area ; structural characters 

 as in generic diagnosis. 



Length iiicl. tegra. 3 millim. 



Hah. Eastern Himalayas. 



Genus OOTACAMUNDUS, nov. 



Type, 0. tyincus, Dist. 

 Distribution. South India- 

 Vertex of head in a Hne with outer margins of eyes, narrowed 

 and subconically produced anteriorly, more than half as long as 

 width at base; (face indistinctly seen in car</efZ typical specimen); 

 pronotum siibet[ual in length to scutellum, about half as long as 

 breadth at base, convex, anterior margin convexly rounded, 

 posterior margin a little concave; scutelluui about lialf as long as 

 breadth at base, the apex acute, the lateral margins slightly sinuate, 

 transversely impressed before apex; tegmiiia nearly four times 

 as long as "broad, three long apical cells ; posterior tibiae slightly 

 curved and strongly spinulose. 



3578. Ootacamundus typicus, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath and legs pale fuscous- 

 brown ; apices of anterior femora and tibise distinctly paler ; 



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 Fig. '29. — Ootacamundus fijpkus. 



tegmina dull fuscous-brown, the subapical area paler and more 

 ochraceous, with oblique darker spots ; structural characters as in 

 generic diagnosis. 



Length inch tegm. 4 millim. 



Hah. South Lidia; Ootacamund (T. V. Camphell). 



