228 Mr. W. L. Distant on Dinidoringe, 



Genus Sastragala. 



Sastragala firmala. 

 Cuspieonafirmata, Walk. Cat. Het. iii. p. 569 (1868). 



Sastragala murreeana, sp. n. 



Ochraceous, coarsely black punctate ; lateral pronotal spines 

 red, blackly punctate, long, directed forwards and upwards. 

 Body beneath and legs ochraceous, abdomen with reddish 

 apical spots. 



Antennae with the second joint much longer than the third, 

 apical half of third piceous ; remaining joints mutilated. 

 Pronotum and corium somewhat thickly and coarsely punc- 

 tate, the scutellum more sparingly so. 



Long. 14-15 millim. ; exp. pronot. angl. 8^—10 millim. 



Hah. N. India, Murree (Atkins. Coll., Brit. Mus., and 

 Coll. Dist.). 



Sastragala heierospila. 



Acanthosoma heterospila, Walk. Cat. Het. ii. p. 394. n. 15 (1867). 

 Sastragala aj/mis, Atkins. Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. vol. lvii. p. 344 

 (1889). 



Sastragala edessoides, sp. n. 



Luteous, coarsely and darkly punctate. Antennas luteous, 

 apical half of third joint and fourth and fifth joints piceous. 



Second joint of antennas a little longer than the third; 

 pronotum and scutellum somewhat sparingly punctate, the 

 corium much more thickly so; pronotal angles long, robust, 

 slightly ascending ; abdomen above pale sanguineous, mar- 

 gins of connexivum ochraceous. Body beneath and legs 

 ochraceous, small stigmatal black spots and two similar spots 

 at posterior margin of apical segment. 



Long. 14-15 millim.; exp. pronot. angl. 9^-10£ millim. 



Hah. Sikkim (Atkins. Coll., Brit. Mus.); Naga Hills 

 (Doherty, Coll. Dist.). 



The long robust pronotal angles render this species distinct, 

 and it has a striking structural resemblance to some species 

 of the American genus Edessa. 



Sastragala elongata. 



Acanthosoma elongatum, Dall. List Hera. i. p. 309. n. 17 (1851). 

 Acanthosoma elongata, Atkins. Notes Ind. Rhynch. Het. v. p. 24 (1888), 



