TA.MBILA. 



declivous; scutellum transversely impressed near middle, behind 

 which it is transversely striate ; posterior tibiae strongly spinulose,. 

 the spinules dark ochraceous. 



Length incl. tegm. 4^ millim. 



Hab. South India; Nandidrug (T. V. Campbell). 



Genus TAMBILA. (Vol. IV, p. 247.) 



3522. Tambila opulenta, sp. n. 



Vertex of head, pronotum and scutellum reddish-ochraceous ;. 

 vertex with two curved black fasciae ; pronotum with two black 

 fasciae commencing behind eyes, centrally connected and each 

 then angularly extended posteriorly on disk ; body beneath black ^ 

 margins of the sternal and abdominal segments sanguineous; leg& 

 mostly black, anterior legs, intermediate tibiae and tarsi, and 

 extreme apices of the posterior femora sanguineous ; tegmina 

 black, minutely and obscurely spotted with testaceous, the apical 

 area paler and minutely spotted with greyish ; vertex of head 

 about half as long as breadth between eyes, its apex rounded ; 

 scutellum about as long as vertex, its basal margin only slightly 

 longer than lateral margins, transversely roundlv impressed near 

 middle, before \\hich it is centrally, longitudinally carinate; 

 posterior tibiae somewhat longly spinulose. 



Length incl. tegm. 5 millim. 



Hab. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (E. E. Green}. 



Allied to T. greeni, Dist. " Bred from Persea gratissima" 

 (Green). 



3523. Tambila fletcheri, sp. n. 



Vertex of head, pronotum and scutellum ochraceous ; body 

 beneath and legs ochraceous ; a broad transverse fascia at base of 

 head beneath, and under surface of legs (more or less) dark 

 castaneous; tegmina dark castaneous, lateral margins of the apical 

 areas paler and with some small greyish-white spots ; vertex of 

 head broad, about half as long as breadth between eyes, the apex 

 broadly rounded; lateral margins of the pronotum nearly obliquely 

 straight ; scutellum about as long as vertex, its basal margin only 

 slightly longer than lateral margins, transversely impressed near 

 middle ; tegmina moderately attenuated on apical area. 



Length incl. tegm. 6 millim. 



Hab. Ceylon ; Nuwara Eliya (Bainbrigye Fletcher). 



3524. Tambila gravelyi, sp. n. 



Body above and tegmina testaceous brown, more or less speckled 

 with black ; scutellum pale, bright ochraceous, extreme basal angle- 

 and a few minute spots on basal margin testaceous ; apical area* 

 of the tegmina paler and spotted with greyish white; body beneath 



