COSMOSCARTA. 211 



343!). Cosmoscarta assaniensis, Dixt. A. M. X H. (8) xiv, p. '528 



(li)14). 



Head, pronotutii, and scutelluin black ; a broad transverse 

 fascia across anterior area of pronotuin and the basal ai*ea of 

 the scutellum pale dull reddish ; abdomen above shining cas- 

 taneous ; body beneath black ; rostrum and legs dull castaneous ; 

 tegraiua dull blackish, base of costal membrane, basal area of 

 clavus, an irreguhir transverse fascia near middle, and another 

 much outwardly angnlated fascia before apical area, dull sangui- 

 neous ; wings pale fuliginous, the extreme base sanguineous; 

 scutellum distinctly depressed at base, transversely striate ; face 

 globose, centi'al longitudinal sulcation broad but shallow; rostrum 

 reaching the intermediate coxae ; tegmina a little less than two 

 and a half times as long as broad ; posterior tibiae with a long 

 robust spine beyond middle and a short spine near base. 



Length excl. tegin. ll! ; exp. tegm. 132 millim. 



Hah. Assam ; Ma'-gherita {Brit. Mus.). 



Allied to the Chinese species C. bimacula, AValk. 



3J^40. Cosmoscarta imrayi, Bist. A. M. N. H. (8) xiv, p. 328 (1914). 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum shining black ; lateral and 

 posterior margins of pronotum and a transverse fascia before 

 middle sanguineous, lateral margins and nearly apical half of 

 scutellum sanguineous ; abdomen above blackish, with the seg- 

 mental margins pale sanguineous ; body beneath shining black ; 

 posterior half of face, greater part of prosternum, coxae, tro- 

 chanters, and legs pale sanguineous, tarsi black ; tegmina dark 

 shining ochraceous, apical area and six spots shining black, the 

 spots in two transverse series of three each, the two largest on 

 costal membrane, the smallest in middle of inner series ; wings 

 ^ery pale fuliginous ; face rather prominently longitudinally sul- 

 cate; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae; tegmina nearly 

 two and a half times as long as broad; posterior tibiie with a 

 moderately long spine beyond middle and a short spine near base. 



Lengtli excl. tegm 10 ; exp. tegm. 21 millim. 



Hab. Travancore ; Peermaad (ll. S. Tmnvj, Brit. Mus.). 



Allied to C./ora, Di^t. (vol. iv, p. 140). 



3441. Cosmoscarta nympha, Bist. A. M. X. H. (8) xiv, p. r,29 (1914). 



Head and scutellum black ; pronotum ochraceous, with an 

 anterior fascia behind eyes and the posterior margin broadly 

 black ; abdomen above shining black, the posterior segmental 

 margins narrowlv dull ochraceous; body beneath black, legs some- 

 what fuscous ; tegmina pale testaceous, apical area paler, more 

 ochraceous, and there fuscous on the apical margin, beyond middle 

 three fuscous spots in transverse series, the two uppermost small, 

 the lowermost larger and somewhat lunate in shape; wings palely 



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