CORTXA. 341 



Hah. Simla Hills ; Theog (Annandale-). Nepal ; Khatmandu 

 Sikhim ; Gaugtok, 6150 ft. Naini Tal (Ind. Mus.). Bengal 

 Asansol (Paiva $ Gaunter). Ceylon ; Hakgala (Green).- Japan' 

 (Letvis, Coll. Disl.). 



3116. Corixa promontoria, 8 p. n. 



Head ochraceous, prominent, considerably longer than width 

 at base between eyes, about half as long as breadth of anterior 

 margin of pronotum, with a central longitudinal ridge from the 

 base of which a more obscure roundly oblique ridge proceeds on 

 each side extending along the inner margins of the eyes ; pronotum 

 brownish ochraceous with about six transverse black lines, the 

 lateral margins short and obtusely roundly angulate ; the posterior 

 margin moderately but distinctly convex ; elytra brownish ochra- 

 ceous mottled with blackish markings, those on the clavus being 



Fig. 201. Corixa promontoria. 



distinctly more linear and transverse, the costal margin broadly 

 paler, on posterior half finely irregularly mottled with blackish ; 

 body beneath and legs more or less pale ochraceous ; face long 

 and of almost regular width throughout; posterior tarsi longer 

 than the tibiae and on upper surface streaked with black. 



Length 6 millim. 



Hob. Lucknow (Ind. Mus.). Arnmangarh, Nairn Tal (hid. 



The salient character of this species is found in the long and 

 prominent head. 



3117. Corixa affinis, sp. n. 



Allied to the preceding species C. promontoria, but differing in 

 the following characters : The head is shorter and broader, being 

 about as long as breadth between eyes, on the facial region the 

 inner margins of the eyes are more apically inturned, the face 



