44 APPEXDIX. JASSI1X3E. 



narrow, broadly convex ; pronotum finely transversely striate ; 

 scutellum transversely incised and depressed before apical area ; 

 face with strong, transverse, dark striation between eyes, and more 

 or less darkly striate on lateral areas. 



Length incl. tegrn. 5-5| millim. 



Hab. South India; Chikkaballapura (T. V. Campbell}. 



Genus THAGRIA. (Vol. IV, p. 315.) 



3555. Thagria capitata, sp. u. 



Vertex of head, pronotum and scutellum brownish-ochraceous, 

 apical area of vertex piceous, pronotum with fine black granules ; 

 face black ; sternum and body beneath black or blackish ; legs and 

 abdominal segmental margins pale ochraceous ; tegmina brownish- 

 ochraceous, thickly speckled with black; vertex of head about 

 twice as long as broad ; scutellum a little longer than pronotum, 

 distinctly impressed before apex, centrally longitudinally carinate ; 

 apex of vertex of head distinctly produced and obtusely acute, the 

 lateral margins strongly ridged. 



Length incl. tegm. 6-6=1 millim. 



Hab. Nilgiri Hills ; Coonoor (T. V. Campbell}. 



Allied to T. pedestris, Dist. (vol. iv, p. 316), but distinguished 

 by the more elongate and much narrower vertex of the head. 



3556. Thagria difformis, sp. n. 



Vertex of head, pronotum and scutellum dull ochraceous, vertex 

 ith two black spots one near apex, the other near middle, two 

 " black spots on disk of pronotum and two similar spots at 

 scutellum, pronotum also finely, darkly speckled ; face dark 

 ous, blackly transversely striate, a pale spot tit base and 

 , lateral areas before eyes black, cheeks greyish with some 

 rker speckles ; body beneath black or blackish ; legs ochraceous, 

 'pices of posterior tibiae black, posterior tarsi black, anuulated with 

 ochraceous ; tegmina ochraceous, with black and greyish speckles, 

 two large greyish spots near claval apex and a smaller greyish spot 

 on costal margin near apex ; head almost twice as long as broad, 

 apex angular, lateral margins somewhat acutely ridged ; scutellum 

 distinctly shorter than pronotum. 

 Length incl. tegm. 5| millim. 

 Hab. Ceylon; Hakgala (E. E. Green). 



A species at once recognised by the small scutellum, which 

 contrasts with a generic character of Thagria and allies it to 

 MuK'wana (vol. iv, p. 317). 



Genus VARTA. (Vol. IV, p. 320.) 

 VAKTA EUBBOFASCIATA. (Vol. IV, p. 321.) 



Add: Hab. S. India; Chikkaballapura ('/'. V. Campbell}. 

 Assam-Bhutan Frontier, Mangaldai (S. W. Kemp, Ind. Alus.}. 



