yigiijAntius. 203- 



3425, Eoscarta ferruginea, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, sciitelluiii, and tegmina pale ferruginous 

 brown ; face and abdomen above and beneath sanguineous ; 

 sternum and legs brownish ochraceous ; face with a distinct, broad, 

 longitudinal furi'ow, the lateral carinations pronounced, vertex of 

 head rugose, in places punctate, and in some specimens margined 

 with sanguineous ; pronotum finely punctate and transversely 

 wrinkled ; scutellum centrally foveate ; posterior tibia) with a 

 strong spine beyond middle. 



Lengtli excl. tegm. 5-8 ; exp. tegm. IS millim. 



Hah. South India ; Kodaikanal (2'. V. Cam/>bell). 



Genus VIGILANTIUS, nov. 



Type, V. fascicdis, Dist. 



Distribution. South India. '^ 



Vertex of head wrinkled and tuberculate, broader than long,, 

 subtriangular, the apex rounded ; face longer than broad, centrally 

 longitudinally sulcata, its lateral areas transversely striate, com- 

 pressed ; pronotum about twice as broad as long, centrally, finely,, 

 liiieately sulcate, anterior margin behind head subtruncate, the 

 lateral margins moderately convex to base of tegmina and tiien^ 

 concave to base of scutellum, posterior margin concavely sinuate, 

 the disk declivous towards head ; scutellum about as long as 

 broad, centrally foveate ; legs moderately slender, posterior tibiae- 

 with a single spine; tegmina more than three times as long as- 

 broad, three apical cells. 



3426. Vigilantius fascialis, sp. n. 



Dull dark ochraceous ; apical area of vertex and central area of 

 face sanguineous ; ])rouotum thickly finely punctate and faintly 





Fig. 155. — Vi(jilantii(.sJ'usfialis. 



transversely wrinkled, the anterior margin levigate, behind which 

 on each side is a foveate depression ; tegmina faintly, finely 



