Contrilmtions to a Knoidcdgc of the TJiynclwia . G81 



abdomen, body beneath and legs, reddisb-ochracenus ; tegmina 

 reddish-ocbraceous, a dif5cal spot about one-third from base and the 

 apical third, black ; wings smoky hyaline. 



Pronotum somewhat coarsely and thickly punctate, with two 

 foveate impressions near anterior margin and a more elongate im- 

 pression near each lateral angle, margins distinctly reflexed, posterior 

 margin very slightly concavely sinuate ; posterior tibiie with a long 

 distinct spine about one-third from aj^ex. 



Long. excl. tegm. 10 millim. Exp. tegm. 23 millim. 



Hah. British India, Malabar (Coll. Dist.). 

 Allied to G. affinis, Atkins. 



Cosmoscarta nilgircnsis, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum dark castaneous ; abdomen, body 

 beneath and legs dull reddish ; tegmina pale castaneous ; wings 

 smoky hyaline. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum and tegmina distinctly closely pilose ; 

 pronotum strongly foveate in each anterior lateral area, its lateral 

 margins somewhat laminate, scarcely reflexed, its surface finely 

 punctate, its posterior margin subtruncate ; face very broadly sulcate 

 centrally, with its sides deeply transversely striate ; posterior tibiae 

 with a very strong spine about one-third from apex. 



Long. excl. tegm. 7 millim. Exp. tegm. 24 millim. 



Habitat. British India, Nilgiri Hills (Coll. Dist.). 

 Allied to C. borcalis, Dist. 



SYNONYMICAL NOTES. 



Cosjnoscarta fuscijjcimis. 



Gercopis fuscipeomis, St. Fargeau et Serville, Enc. Meth., 



X, p. 605, n. 6 (1827). 

 Gosmoscarta lurida, Atkins., Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng., Ivii, 



p. 335 (1889). 



Gosmoscarta inexada. 



Ccrcopis incxada, Walk., Journ. Linn. Soc, vol. x, p. 280, n. 



301 (1887). 

 Gosmoscarta aganippe, Breddiu, Abh. Senckenb. Ges., xxv, p. 



185, tab. ix, figs. 16, 17 (1900). 

 The pronotum in Walker's type is dark castaneous, thus 

 agreeing with the description given by Breddin of "far. c," 



