SAMA^'TIGA. 



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distinct central carinatioii becoming evaueseetit posteriorlv, and 

 practically terminating on a somewhat A^ell-defined transverse 

 ridge situate a little before clypeus ; clypeiis and legs thickly 

 mottled Avith piceous-brown ; coxte, apices of posterior femora, 

 basal abdominal segment, two discal spots and posterior margin of 

 second abdominal segment pale ocbraceoas, remainder of abdomen 

 beneath iimber-brown, obscurely centrally and laterally piceous- 

 brown ; pronotum and mesonotum mottled with piceous-bro\\ ii ; 

 tegmina umber-brown with a broad irregular transverse piceous 

 fascia a little beyond base, and the costal area largelv suffused 

 with the same colour, the venation coarsely distinct and marked 

 with a few small tubercles, the inner margin very strongly con- 

 cavely sinuate and beyond the claval area strongly convexlv 

 gibbous. 



Length incl. tegm. 6| millim. 



Hah. Nilgiri Hills (Hampaon). 



Genus SAMANTIGA, nov. 



Type, S. ahdominalis , Dist. 



Distrihution. British India. 



Head (including eyes) a little wider than pronotum ; vertex 

 transverse, broader than long, the margins strongly ridged, its 

 disk concave, with a central obsolete carination, base of face seen 

 in front of vertex ; face a little broader tiian long, slightly ampliate 

 posteriox-ly, with a very distinct central carination, and a narrow 

 subobsolete linear submarginal carination on each side connected 

 transversely a little before basal margin; clypeus non-carinate; 

 eyes large, slightly sinuate posteriorly before the insertion of the 

 antennae ; pronotum a little shorter than the mesonotum, anteriorly 

 subtrianguiarly produced, its posterior margin truncate ; tegmina 

 broad, a little ampliated posteriorly, costal margin obliquely straight 

 to a little before middle, whence it is straightly deflected to apex, 

 apical margin somcAAhat couvexly truncate, some transverse veins 

 before middle giving the appearance of a distinct radial area, 

 a distinct transverse submarginal vein enclosing a narrow apical 

 marginal area : legs moderately short and robust, posterior libice 

 not spined. 



1910. Samaiitiga abdominalis, 



sp. n. 



Body, tegmina, and legs pale 

 ochraceous ; abdomen beneath 

 with a broad central maculate 

 piceous fascia ; face very finely 

 an dobsoletely granulate ; vertex 

 with a small obscure fuscous 

 spot on each side ; pronotum 

 with, a transverse discal series 

 with two larger obsciu-e 



Samantiga abdominal it<. 



of three small tubercles ; mesonotum 



