C80 Mr. W. L. Distant's 



Cosmoscarta turaja, sp. n. 



Body black, abdomen bluisli-black ; pronotuni with the lateral and 

 posterior margins — broadly — , scutellum witli tlie lateral margins — 

 very narrowly—, prosternal margins — broadly — , and anterior and 

 intermediate legs — excluding tarsi— reddish-ocliraceous ; posterior 

 legs very dark castaneous ; tegmina black, with a narrow basal area, 

 a transverse fascia before middle — completely crossing tegmina and 

 claviis — , and a large fasciate spot about one-third before apex — 

 extending from near costa to about centre of tegmina — reddish- 

 ochraceous ; wings fuscous hyaline. 



Pronotum thickly and finely punctate with an obscure central 

 curination, its lateral and posterior margins reflexed and its posterior 

 margin slightly concavely sinuate ; posterior tibiae with a moderate 

 sized spine at about one-third from apex. 



Long. excl. tegm. 17 millim. Exp. tegm. 43 millim. 



Hob. Celebes (Dolierty — Coll. Dist.). 

 Allied to C. daphne, St?il. 



Cosmoscarta thoracica, sp. n. 



Head black ; pronotum ochraceous, its anterior margin — broadly 

 — the lateral margins — narrowly — and a very broad fascia between 

 tlie lateral angles — sometimes divided centrally and not quite reach- 

 ing tha lateral angles — black ; scutellum ochraceous, black at base ; 

 abdomen, body beneath and legs ochraceous ; basal area of face, 

 lateral margins of prosternum, and apex of abdomen black ; tegmina 

 black, with three transverse ochraceous fasciae, — one at base, one 

 about one-third from base, and the other at about one-third from 

 apex ; wings very pale smoky hyaline. 



Pronotum thickly and finely punctate, with two foveate impres- 

 sions near anterior margin and a narrower elongate one near each 

 lateral angle, the latei'al inai'gins strongly reflexed, the posterior 

 margins subtruncate ; face with a broad central impunctate impression, 

 the transverse striations moderate ; posterior tibiai with a very short 

 spine near base, and a long spine a little beyond middle. 



Long. excl. tegm. 9 millim. Exp. tegm. 18 to 19 millim. 



Hah. British India, Trivandrum (Atkinson Coll. — 

 Brit. Mus.). 



A species to be located near C. dccisa, Walk. 



Cosmoscarta futamara, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum very dark olivaceous ; lateral and 

 posterior margins of pronotum, lateral margins, and apex of scutellum, 



