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pale ochraceous, with a broad, transverse, basal testaceous fascia ; 

 body beneath and legs ochraceous ; tegmina brownish-ochraceous 

 spotted with greyish-white, the largest of tliese spots being on the 

 claval area near middle aud divided by a curved black line, a 

 cluster of smaller spots at base, sometimes some larger ones on 

 central costal area, a longitudinal series of about four outside 

 claval area, and a small subapical series, some of these spots being 

 margined with black, apical area dull ochraceous margined with 

 black; vertex of head subtriangular, slightly conical at apex, 

 almost as long as width between, eyes, the base deeply concave ; 

 face longer than broad, in some specimens a little darkly tessellate; 

 pronotum gibbous on basal area and declivous towards head; 

 scutellum slightly shorter than pronotum, the extreme apex slen- 

 derly, acutely produced. 



Length inch tegm. 6-7 millim. 



Hah. South India ; Ivodaikanal, aud ]S^ilgiri Hills, Lovedale 

 {T. r. Camphell). 



A species allied to B. festimis, Matsum. (vol. iv, p. 372). 



3590. Scaplioideus nutans, sp. n. 



Head ochraceous, vertex with a transverse testaceous fascia 

 between eyes and two small testaceous spots on anterior margin 

 divided bv a central longitudinal line of the same colour; face 

 with the lateral margins broadly testaceous ; pronotum ochraceous, 

 a transverse series of three or four small testaceous spots near 

 anterior inargin and two large testaceous transverse spots only 

 narrowly divided at base (in a second specimen the pronotum is 

 almost wholly testaceous); scutellum pale ochraceous, the basal 

 area mottled \\ ith testaceous and with four small black marginal 

 spots, one on each lateral margin near base and one on each side 

 near apex ; body beneath and legs ochraceous ; tegmina pale 

 brownish-ochraceous with irregular greyish-white spots, the most 

 prominent being on inner claval margin, outside the claval area 

 and on basal area, about posterior half of costal area with obliquely 

 transverse black lines, apical area greyish-white narrowly margined 

 with black ; vertex of head subtriangular, apex slightly subconical, 

 almost as long as width between eyes, deeply subangularly excavate 

 at base; scutellum slightly shorter than pronotum, strongly 

 transversely impressed before apex, which is slenderly, acutely 

 produced. 



Length inch tegm. 5 millim. 



Hab. South India ; Ivodaikanal {T. V. Camphell). 



3591. Scaphoideus hieroglyphiciis, sp. u. 



Head dull ochraceous, vertex with two apical transverse lines 

 between which the colour is pale ochraceous, face with some 

 obscure transverse black lines ; pronotum ochraceous, thickly 

 mottled with fuscous-brown, the central anterior margin and lateral 

 areas pale ochraceous, on the latter an oblique dark spot which 



voii. VII. r 



