PHYMATOSTETHA. 205' 



blackish spot ou costal and subcostal areas near base, tbe trans- 

 verse veins defining apical area broadly piceous ; prouotum thickly 

 and finely punctate ; face only moderately longitudinally furrowed, 

 the lateral areas finely transversely striate; tegmina very finely 

 punctate, more strongly so on the darker areas ; posterior tibiae 

 with a strong spine beyond middle. 



Length incl. tegm. 7 millim. 



Hab. Assam ; Shillong, The Peak {S. W. Kemp). 



3428. A'ufidus conterminus, sp. n. 



Head and anterior half of pronotuiii pale ochraceous, posterior- 

 area of prouotum and the scutellum brownish ochraceous ; body 

 beneath and legs ochraceous ; lateral areas of presternum, abdo- 

 men beneath (excluding base) and a])ical areas ot posterior femora 

 dark castaneous ; tegmuia pale ochraceous, claval, subclaval, and 

 apical areas fuscous brown ; prouotum very finely punctate ; 

 scutellum discally foveate ; face moderately, centrally, longitu- 

 dinally furrowed, the lateral transverse striations distinch ; posterior 

 tibiae with a strong spine beyond middle. 



Length incl. tegm. 5 millim. 



Hah. Assam — Bhutan Frontier. 



Genus PHYMATOSTETHA. (Vol. IV, p. 118.) 



PhYMATOSTETHA nORSIVITTA. (Vol. IV, p. 124.) 

 Add : Hah. Kumaon ; Bhowali {Incl. Mus.). 



Phymatosti«:t]ia deschampsi. (Vol. TV, p. 128.) 



Add: Hab. Cochin State; Trichur {F. H. Gravehj). Nilgiri' 

 Hills {H. L. Andrews). 



3429. Phymatostetha riifolimbata, Schmidt, Arch. f. Natnry. 76, 



p. 95 (I'JIO). 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum i)ale ochraceous ; a broad 

 transverse fascia at base of head (enclosing the ocelli), basal 

 angles, lateral margins, and apex of scutellum black ; abdomen 

 above black with bluish-grey pilosity, which forms more or less- 

 distinct transverse segmental spots ; body beneath black ; central 

 disk of face, lateral margins of presternum, and coxae (more or 

 less) ochraceous ; abdomen beneath covered with bluish-grey waxy 

 pile ; legs black, femora and tibiae broadly streaked with ochra- 

 ceous, posterior tibiae almost wholly ochraceous ; tegmina pale 

 fuscous, costal and apical margins testaceous, the former more 

 ochraceous near base, six ochraceous spots and the claval area 

 largely of the same colour ; wings pale bronzy- brown, the extreme 

 base sanguineous ; head with a faint central carination on front: 

 and an oblique incised line on each side separating it from ver- 

 tical angles ; scutellum distinctly centrally foveately depressed ;. 



