OSTUMUS. — OROSIUS. 



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black spots between eyes ; pronotvim dull greyish, witb an anterior 

 submarginal transverse series of black linear spots ; scutellum 

 black; tegiiiina dull greyish, two obscure darker transverse fasciae 

 near middle and a number of small black spots on apical area ; 

 body beneath and legs more or less ochraceous ; posterior tibiae 

 spotted witb black ; structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Length incl. tegm. 3 millim. 



Hah. South India; Chikkaballapura (T. V. CampheU). 



Genus OROSIUS, nov. 



Type, 0. alhicinctas, Dist. 



Distribution. South India. 



Vertex of head about as long as breadtb between eyes, anteriorly 

 subconically produced ; face longer than broad, the lateral margins 

 moderately convex, gi'adually moderately narrowed towards 

 clypeus ; scutellum more than half as long as broad, anterior 

 margin strongly convex, posterior margin truncate, the lateral 

 margins oblique ; scutellum about twice as broad at base as loug, 

 apically subactite, centrally transversely impressed near middle; 

 tegmina about four times as long as broad, their apices broadly 

 rounded, a network of cells on apical area (shown better in figure 

 than by description) ; posterior tibiae strongly spinulose. 



3622. Orosius albicinctiis, sp. n. 



Head and pronotum ochraceous with irregular blackish mottlings, 

 of which the more distinct are two small spots near apex of vertex 



Fig. 49. — Orosius alhicincius 



and two at inner margin of each eye, on pronotum an irregular 

 transverse series of small spots near anterior margin ; face pale 



