G72 Mr. W. L. Distant's 



HaUtat. New Guinea, Charles Lewis Mt. (van Renesse, 

 van Duvenborg — Brit. Mus.). 



Cosmoscarta whitcheadi, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellnm, lateral margins of sternum, anterior 

 legs, intermediate tibiae and tarsi, apices of posterior tibia; and tlie 

 tarsi, and apex of abdomen, jiale bright ca-taneous ; abdomen, l)ody 

 beneath and legs black ; tegmiiia black, costal and apical margins 

 — the first most distinct near base — castaneous ; the base, a small 

 discal spot and two small spots — one above the other — before the 

 reticulated apical area, sanguineous ; wings pale smoky hj'aliiie. 



Var. Tegmina with two or three small discal spots, and two sub- 

 costal spots, one above tlie discal, the other above the subapical 

 sjiots. 



Pronotum very finely wrinkled, and thickly and finely punctate, 

 wi'.h a central carination, two foveate impressions near anteri(ir 

 margin, and two more elongate ones Ijehind the lateral angles, the 

 lateral margins reflexed, the posterior margin truncate ; face with a 

 broad central sulcation, the transverse striatif)n moderately promi- 

 nent ; posterior tibiaj with a short spine near Imse and a long spine 

 a little beyond middle. 



Long. excl. tcgm. 12 millim. Exp. tegm. 35 millim. 



Habitat. Philippine Islands, Luzon, Cape Engano 

 (Whitehead— Brit. Mns.). 



Allied in its varietal forms to C. scxmacidata, Stal, from 

 whicli the colour of the pronotum will, apart from other 

 characters, at once separate it. 



Cosmoscarta consociata, sp, n. 



Head, pronotum, face, legs, and posterior margin of mesonotum 

 castaneous ; scutelluni, abdomen and body beneath black ; lateral 

 margins of prosternum brownish-ochraceous ; tegmina black ; pos- 

 terior margin of c'avus for more than half its Length, a discal spot 

 about one-third from base, a transverse fascia much attenuated in- 

 teriorly — at base of reticulated apical area, and the costal margin, 

 ochraceous or reddish-ochraceous ; wings pale fuscous hyaline. 



Pronotum finely wrinkled and punctate, with a central carination, 

 two foveate impressions n'^ar anterior margin and an elongate im- 

 pression near each lateral angle, margins moderately reflexed, 

 posterior margin concavely sinuate ; face centrally ochraceous but 



