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16. CosmoscarTa porstmacuLa, Walker. 
Cercopis dorsimacula, Walker, List Hom. B. M. iii. p. 658, (1851) : J. L. S. Zool. 
i. p. 95, (1856) : ibid. p. 165, (1857). 
Cercopis quadrimaculata, Walker, 1. c. p. 661, (1851). 
Cosmoscarta dorsimacula, Butler, Cist. Ent. i. p. 259, (1874). 
Walker’s Cercopis dorsimacula in List Hom. 1. c. p. 6638, No. 41, is 
different and was renamed by him Cercopis tomentosa in J. L. S. Zool. 
x. p. 284, (1867): it now stands as Phymatostetha stellata, Guérin (q. v). 
Bright red shining: head with a short transverse streak along each 
side of the hind border; thorax with two very large black spots on each 
side of the dise and two smaller spots in front ; pectus and abdomen to- 
wards the base, black : a row of black spots on each side of the abdomen, of 
which the underside, except the hind borders of the segments, is black ; 
tegmina red with seven black spots, six large and more or less confluent 
form two curved bands; reticulated part lurid: wings lurid, red at the 
base; veins brown, red towards the base (Walker). Body long 12—14: 
exp. teg. 36—39 millims. 
Var. a. abdominal segments with black bands. 
Var. b. Body and tegmina testaceous with the usual spots. 
Reported from N. Bengal. 
17. CosmoscarTa FICTILIS, Butler. 
Cosmoscarta fictilis, Butler, Cist. Ent. i. p, 259, (1874). 
Allied to preceding but differs in its usually smaller size, narrower 
thorax, duller and more uniform colouring and much smaller and more 
regularly uniform black spots (Butler). Body long 12: exp. teg. 32 
millims. 
Reported from Penang, India, Silhat. 
18. Cosmoscarta porsaLis, Walker. 
Cercopis dorsalis, Walker, List Hom. B. M. iii. p. 658, (1851). 
Cercopis connexa, Walker, List 1. c. p. 663, (1851). 
Cercopis ramosa, Walker, Ins. Saunds. Hom. p. 85, (1858). 
Cosmoscarta dorsalis, Butler, Cist. Ent. i. p. 260, (1874). 
Walker describes C. dorsalis, thus :—“‘ Piceous shining ; shield very 
minutely punctured, impressed on each side in front; tibive and feet 
ferruginous ; tegmina red, black on the reticulated part; eight large, 
partly confluent, black spots on membranous part: wings brown, veins 
black.” Body long 9: exp. teg. 25 millims. 
Reported from N. India. 
