820 PEXTATOMIDJB. 



^ery pale ocbraceous, legs a little darker in hue ; rostrum with the 

 apex piceous, and reaching tlie second abdominal segment ; sixth 

 abdominal segment with two small black spots at apex ; pronotal 

 spines red beneath as above. 



Length 17 ; breadth between pronotal angles 11 millim. 



Hah. North India {BucJrlei/). 



518. Sastragala edessoides, Disf. A.M. N. H. (7) vi, p. 228 (1900). 



Luteous, coarsely and darkly punctate ; antennae luteous, apical 

 half of third and all the fourth and fifth joints piceous ; second 

 joint a little longer than the third ; pronotum and scutellum 

 somewhat sparingly punctate, the corium much more thickly so ; 

 pronotal lateral angles long, robust, slightly ascending ; abdomen 

 above pale sangnineous, margins of counexivum ochraceous : body 

 beneath and legs ochraceous, small stigmatal black spots, and two 

 similar spots at the margin of apical segment. 



Length 14 to 15 ; breadth between pronotal angles 94 to 

 10.1 millim. 



Hah. Sikhim (Atl-inson Coll., Brit. 2Ius.) ; ISViga Hills 

 (Doherti/). 



The long robnst pronotal angles prove this species distinct. It 

 has a striking structural resemblance to some species of the 

 American genus Edessa. 



519. Sastragala nmrreeana, Disl. A. M. N. H. (7) vi, p. 228 (1900). 



(Ochraceous, coarsely black-punctate ; lateral pronotal spines red, 

 blackly punctate, long, directed forward and up\\ard ; body 

 beneath and legs ochi-aceous, abdomen with reddish apical spots ; 

 antennae with the second joint much longer than the third, apical 

 half of third and all the fourth and fifth joints piceous ; pro- 

 notum and corium somewhat thickly and coarsely punctate, the 

 scutellum more sparingly so. 



Length 14 to 15; breadth between pronotal angles 8^ to 

 1() millim. 



llah. Punjab ; Murree {AfkinsoH Coll.). 



520. Sastragala hampsoni, Bisf. A. M. N. 11. (7) vi, p. 229 (1900). 



Olivaceous, coarsely and darkly punctate ; pronotal angles acute, 

 directed outwardly ; anal appendage provided with two long red 

 forceps ; antennje olivaceous, apical half of third and the whole of 

 fourth joint piceous (fifth joint mutilated in type), third joint 

 siiffhtly longer than second; head impunctate ; the pronotum, 

 scutellum, and corium about equally coarsely and sparingly 

 punctate ; body beneath and legs very pale yellowish-green. 



Len"-th 13 : breadth between pronotal angles 9 millim. 



Ilab. Nilgiri Hills {JIampson). 



5->l Sastragala elongata, I)aU. (Acanthosoma) Lid Hem. i, 

 (1851) ; Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) vi, p. 22S (1900). 



300 

 Elono-ate ; above yellowish-green, punctured with black ; head 



