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Aspongopus chinensis, Dall. 



Three specimens from above Tura. 

 Common in Sikkim and Assam. 



Megymenum parallelum, Voll. 



One specimen from above Tura. 



Recorded from Sikkim, Assam and the Andamans. 



Eumcnotes obscura, West. 



One specimen from above Tura. 



Previously recorded from Sikkim and Burma. 



Gonopsis coccinea (Walk.). 



One specimen from above Tura, ix.1917. 

 Recorded from Sikkim, Assam and Burma. 



Sastragala hcterospila (Walk.). 



One specimen from above Tura, ix.1917. 



This species was not previously represented in the collection 

 of the Zoological Survey of India. 



Recorded from the Western Himalayas and the Nilgiris. 

 Apparently very widely distributed. 



Sastragala trilineata, sp. nov. 

 PI. xxxiv, fig. I. 



Described from a single specimen from above Tura. 



Head ochraceous with four longitudinal series of punctures, 

 two discal and two marginal, two small, triangular, black spots 

 on basal margin, antennae pale ochraceous with the fourth and 

 fifth joints slightly fuscous ; rostrum luteous, its apex black ; 

 pronotum ochraceous, coarsely but sparingly punctured, anterior 

 area levigate a Httle behind the anterior margin, posterior lateral 

 angles spinously produced, acute, the spines dark castaneous, 

 between the posterior lateral angles a broad castaneous fascia 

 occupies the basal portion of the pronotum, and on the middle 

 of the fascia there are three pale ochraceous, longitudinal fasciae, 

 giving the central area a paler appearance ; sternum pale ochrace- 

 ous ; scutellum light brownish on the basal area, the apical half 

 luteous with a pale fuscous transverse band just before the apex ; 

 extreme basal angles black, the basal area and the apical half 

 sparingly but strongly punctured ; corium luteous, irregularly 

 punctured with a few dark castaneous punctures which are most 

 dense on the disk and at the apical angle ; connexivum ochrace- 

 ous, marked with black at the segmental angles ; the apex of 



