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XXIX. Descriptions of neto species of Hemiptera- 

 Homoptera. By W. L. Distant. 



[Read Novemlier Gth, 1878.] 



My friend, Mr. F, Moore, having submitted his fine col- 

 lection of Indian Honioptera to me for identification, I 

 found, in addition to many rare insects, the three follow- 

 ing new species of Cercopidce. I have also added diag- 

 noses of some other undescribed Homopterous forms from 

 the collections of Mr. F. J. Horniman and my own. 



Fam. CERCOPID.F:. 



Genus CosMOSCARTA, Stal. 



Cosmoscarta horealis, n. sp. 



Pilose. Head and pronotum luteous ; antennas black ; 

 abdomen and tegmina roseate ; ocelli black, placed much 

 nearer to each other than they are from eyes. Face 

 tumid, much compressed, transversely strigose, and deeply 

 and broadly sulcated in front. Eyes prominent, luteous, 

 thickly covered with irregular blackish markings. Pro- 

 notum deflexed towai'ds head, on which portion is a 

 raised central longitudinal line, and an irregular fovea 

 behind eyes (much more distinct in some specimens than 

 in others); Avings pale fuscous. Pectus, coxre and femora 

 luteous, fore and intermediate tibias black, hind tibifB 

 luteous with apex black. Apex of rostrum, tarsi and 

 strong, spine near apex of posterior, tibite black. 



Long. ex. tegm. 6 mill; exp. tegm. 17 mill. 



Khasia Hills ; W. Yunnan. Coll. Moore ; Distant. 



Allied to the Bornean species C. semirosea, Walk., from 

 which, in addition to other characters, it can be at once 

 distinguished by the colour of the prouotum and fore and 

 intermediate tibiae. 



Cosmoscarta Moorei, n. sp. 



Black, shining, irregularly pilose. Tegmina thickly and 

 finely punctured, with the base, both above and below, 

 carmine. This coloration consists of a narrow straight 

 subcostal streak of about 3 mill, in length, and a bi'oader 



TRANS. ENT. SOC. 1878. — PART IV. (dEC.) 



