Contrihv lions to a Knowlcdijc of the Rhyncliota. 079 



angle, posterinr margin truncate ; posterior tibite with a strong spine 

 at about one-tliird from apex. 



Long. excl. tegm. 9 millim. Exp. tegm. 25 to 26 millira. 



Habitat. Brit. India, Naga Hills (Doherty — Coll. Dist.). 

 Allied to the preceding species G. nagasana, Dist. 



Cosmoscarta mctallica, sp. n. 



Body dark iudigo-blne ; apex of abdomen, cox;e and femora coral- 

 red ; tibia? and tarsi fuscous ; apical margins of abdominal segments 

 beneath dull reddish ; tegmina bluish-black with two irregularly- 

 sliaped sanguineous transverse fasciae, one about one-third from base, 

 tlie other about one-third from apex, — both these fascite are much 

 angulated and slender towards inner margin, the innermost connected 

 with base by a slender longitudinal fascia ; wings smoky hyaline. 



The pronotum is thickly and finely pnnctate, strongly foveate on 

 each side near anterior margin and more narrowly so near each 

 lateral angle, the lateral margins reflexed ; face strongly prominent ; 

 posterior tibiae with a long spine at about one-third from apex. 



Var. Tegmina with the transverse fascial luteons, not sanguineous. 



Long. excl. tegm. 11 millim. Exp. tegm. 26 millim. 



Habitat. Burma, Ruby Mines (Doherty — Coll. Dist.). 



Cosmoscarta sanguinolenta, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath and legs, reddish- 

 ochraceous ; abdomen above sanguineous ; tegmina pale brownish- 

 ochraceous, with the base and two transverse fasciae sanguineous, — 

 these fascia3 are slightly curved outwardly and situate one at about 

 one-third from base and the other at about one-third from apex ; 

 apical area strongly reticulate ; wings pale hyaline with the basal 

 area sanguineous. 



Pronotum finely and obscurely punctate, foveate on each side near 

 anterior margin and more elongately so near each lateral angle, 

 lateral margins reflexed, 2:)osterior margin subtruncate ; face strongly 

 globose ; posterior tibi?e with a strong spine at about one-tliird from 

 apex. 



Long. excl. tegm. 11 millim. Exp. tegm. 29 millim. 



Habitat. China (Coll. Dist.). 



I have no more precise locality for this species than the 

 elastic and unsatisfactory one of " China." It is allied to 

 C. iro-esoluta, Walk. 



