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and apex sanguineous ; body beneath and legs piceous ; coxal spots, 

 bases and apices of femora, tarsi excluding apices, and a broad central 

 area to posterior tibiaj dull reddisli ; face and lateral margins of 

 prosternum reddisli-ochraceous ; tegmina dull brownish-ochraceous, 

 with eight oehraceous spots, of which two are basal — claval and 

 discocellular — three in transverse series about one-third from base, 

 two about two-thirds from base, and one subapical; apical margin 

 paler; wings smoky hyaline, narrowly purplish-red at base. 



Pronotum tlnely wrinkled and obscurely punctate, lateral margins 

 reflexed; face finely longitudinally sidcate; posterior tibite with a 

 strong spine near base and a longer spine about centre. 



Long. excl. tegm. 17 millim. Exp. tegm. 42 millim. 



Habitat. British India, Naga Hills (Doberty — Coll. 

 Dist.). 



Phymatostetha rengma. (Plate IX, fig. 11.) 



Head, pronotum, and sciitellum oehraceous; basal area of liead, 

 two large anterior spots to pronotum, base and apex of scutellum 

 piceou.s ; body beneath and legs i^iceous ; face and lateral margins of 

 prosternum oehraceous ; abdomen above purplish-black, apex and 

 lateral margins oehraceous; tegmina piceous, their apical margins 

 much paler, a claval fascia connected with the costa and an inner 

 costal spot, two discal and a subapical spot oehraceous ; wings smoky 

 hyaline. 



Pronotum finely wrinkled and somewhat coarsely punctate, the 

 black spots subfoveate, the lateral margins reflexed; face finely and 

 obscurely centrally sulcate ; jjosterior tibiae with a strong spine near 

 base and a longer spine about centre. 



Long. excl. tegm. 16 millim. Exp. tegm. 40 millim. 



Habitat. BRITISH India, Naga Hills (Doherty — Coll. 

 Dist.). 



Phymatostetha harenia, sp. n. (Plate IX, fig. 12.) 



Head reddish-ochraceous narrowly piceous at base; pronotum 

 pale luteous; scutellum, abdomen above, body beneath and legs 

 bluish-ljlack or piceous; face reddish-ochraceous; margins of pro- 

 sternum and two spots near anterior coxae, luteous ; tegmina piceous, 

 their apical margins oehraceous, with four luteous spots— two about 

 one-third from base, and two about one-third from apex; wings pale 

 piceous and subhyaline. 



Pronotum thickly and finely punctate, with an obscure central 



