COCCOSTEEPIIWS. 



17o 



margin black ; pronotiini and basal black area of the tegniina 

 thicklj punctate, the front pilose; sternum behind eyes with 

 a distinct tomentoselj greyish spot. 



Length 5 millim. 



Hah. E. Himalayas ; Kurseong, 4700-5000 ft. {N. Annandale, 

 Ind. Mus.). 



Genus COCCOSTERPHUS. (Vol. IV, p. 70.) 

 COCCOSTEIIPHUS MINUTUS. (Vol. TV, p. 71.) 

 Add : Hah. N.E. Madras ; Lake Chilka {N. Annandale). 



Fig. Ili9. — Coccosierphus minutus. 



Specimens from Madras (one of which is here figured) seem to 

 agree with Stal's description of this Fabriciau species. 



3384. Coccosterphus paludatus, sp. n. 



Head and pronotum castaneous, finely palely pilose ; pronotal 

 front and face thickly greyislily pilose, the former with two large 

 castaneous spots ; legs ochraceous, the femora (excluding apices) 

 black ; apical area of posterior pronotal process black ; tegmina 

 greyish white, tlie basal area and a transverse fascia beyond 

 middle brownish ochraceous, the dark basal area immediately 



Fig. 130. — Coccosferohus jialudutus, 



followed by a transverse greyish-white line^ the apical area much 

 mottled with brownish ochraceous ; base of pronotum strongly 

 centrally ridged, the ridge finely tuberculate, a broader, convex 

 and less elevated ridge on each side, the pronotal front centrally 

 and transversely ridged, the posterior pronotal process concave at 

 base, the apical area strongly compressed and convex. 



Length 3|-4 ; breadth lat. pronot. angl. 2 -2;! miUim. 



Hab. South India; Chikkaballapura {T. V. CamphelJ). Orissa, 



