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Head and pronotum dull black ; apex of head^ anterior margin 

 and posterior portion of lateral angles of pronotum, reddish 

 ochraceous ; lateral margins of head and anterior area of pronotum 

 greyishly pubescent; antennae ochraceous, apices of first and 

 second joints and the whole of the fourth joint fuscous, second joint 

 shortest, fourth longest, first and third subequal in length, third 

 joint very slender; pronotum with a transverse patch produced 

 narrowly backwards but not reaching basal margin, situated im- 

 mediately behind the ochraceous fascia on anterior margin and 

 two almost contiguous spots at basal angle jet black ; hemelytra 

 pale brownish, a longitudinal streak on clavus connected with a 

 small spot at basal angle of corium, a large spot on disk of corium, 

 a large, furcate mark near base of membrane, a rounded spot near 

 apical angle of corium. a series of linear spots on inner margin 

 and a large subrectangular spot on apical area of membrane greyish 

 white ; legs pale ochraceous, apices of tibiae and tarsi infiiscate ; 

 underside black, greyishly pubescent. 



Length i'75 millim 



Type No. 8378/Hi in the collection of the Zoological Survey 

 of India. 



Perittopus maculatus^ sp. nov. 



PI. xxxiv, fig. 4. 



Described from six carded specimens from above Tura, Garo 

 Hills, 3^500-3,900 ft., 15.vii-31.viii.1917. Also found in a well in 

 dense jungle above Tura, 3,800 ft., 15.vii-3r.viii. 17, 



Macropterous form — Bright reddish ochraceous, with a large 

 patch on each antero-lateral margin of pronotum black ; the entire 

 insect covered with erect hairs, those on the disk of the pronotum 

 very short ; head globosely arched, almost perpendicularly deflected 

 anteriorly, a short longitudinal sulcation between eyes; antennae 

 shining black, inserted below the eyes on a level with the clypeus, 

 first joint stout, curved outwards, longer than any of the remain- 

 ing joints, second and fourth subequal, slightly longer than the 

 third, first three joints with long black hairs on inner margins; 

 pronotum about as long as broad, lateral margins strongly sinuate, 

 lateral angles broadly prominent, basal angle subangulate, disk 

 moderately raised, minutely punctured, anterior margin depressed 

 behind head, the whole surface covered with hairs which are most 

 conspicuous on the lateral areas ; hemelytra reddish-brown, with 

 the claval margins and the basal and apical margins of corium 

 black, clothed with short greyish hairs; membrane dusky grey, 

 body beneath bright ochraceous, an irregular lateral fascia extend- 

 ing from the metasternum to the sixth abdominal segment black ; 

 legs bronzy black, coxae, trochanters, anterior femora and the 

 bases of the intermediate and posterior femora pale ochraceous. 



Apterous form. — Similar in colour to the macropterous form ; 

 lateral and basal angles of pronotum rounded ; a slight transverse 

 impression between the anterior and posterior lobes of the pro- 



