Contrilmtions to a Knoivledgc of the Bhyncliota. 675 

 Long. excl. tegm. 11 millim. Exp. tegiu. 28 milliiu. 



HaUtat. Ceylon (Coll. Dist.). 



Cosmoscarta raja, sp. n. 



Head and pronotam indigo-blue, lateral margins of the pronotum 

 reddish-ocliraceous ; scutellum and abdomen above sanguineous ; 

 body beneath and legs sanguineous, anterior and intermediate tarsi 

 piceous ; tegmina sanguineous, apical tliird piceous, sanguineous 

 portion marked with six piceous spots, — three oblique near base, 

 followed by a discal irregularly rounded spot, an outer oblique spot 

 from costa, and a larger spot connected with the posterior margin ; 

 wings fuscous hyaline. 



Pronotum finely punctate, the lateral margins moderately reflexed, 

 the posterior margin slightly concavely sinuate ; face bluish-black 

 above, sanguineous beneath ; posterior tibioe with a strong spine about 

 one-third from apex and a short but distinct spine at apex. 



Long. excl. tegm. 9 to 10 millim. Exp. tegm. 22 millim. 



Habitat. Brit. India, Upper Assam, Marglicrita 

 (Doherty— Coll. Dist.). 



Cosmoscarta ophir, sp. n, (Plate IX, fig. 8.) 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, and margins of prosternum bluish- 

 black ; abdomen and body beneath and legs ochraceous ; tegmina 

 ochraceous, costal and apical areas — broadly — a discoidal transverse 

 oblique spot connected with costal area, claval margins and apical 

 fourth of tegmina bluish-black, the last with the venation reticulate 

 and ochraceous ; wings smoky hyaline. 



Pronotum globose, very finely punctate, its margins moderately 

 reflexed, somewhat foveate behind each lateral angle and with a 

 distinct slender central carination ; face moderately compressed and 

 laterally strongly carinate ; posterior tibioe with a strong spine about 

 one-third from apex. 



Long. excl. tegm. 10 millim. Exp. tegm. 30 millim. 



HaUtat. Malay Peninsula, Perak (Ridley — Brit. Miis., 

 Doherty — Coll. Dist.), Singapore (Ridley — Brit. Mus.) ; 

 SiAM (Flower — Brit. Mus.). 



There is a variety of this species in which the dark 

 costal area of the tegmina is very narrow, and the basal 

 ochraceous area possesses two oblique series of small spots. 



