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areas of posterior half ; (scutellura mutilated) ; abdomen beneath 

 more or less shaded with piceous ; legs ochraceous ; tegmina 

 greenish-ochraceous, with darker tessellate markings and a large 

 oblong bluish spot near middle of costal area ; structural characters 

 as in generic diagnosis. 



Length inch te^m. 3 millim. 



Hab. Eastern Himalayas. 



Genus OOTACAMUNDUS, nov. 



Type, 0. lypicus, Dist. 



Distribution. South India. 



Vertex of head in a line with outer margins of eves, narrowed 

 and subconically produced anteriorly, more than half as long as 

 width at base; (face indistinctly seen in carded typical specimen); 

 pronotum subequal in length to scutellum, about half as long as 

 breadth at base, convex, anterior margin convexly rounded, 

 posterior margin a little concave ; scutellum about half as long as 

 breadth at base; the apex acute, the lateral margins slightly sinuate, 

 transversely impressed before apex; tegmina nearly four times 

 as long as broad, three long apical cells ; posterior tibiae slightly 

 curved and strongly spinulose. 



3578. Ootacamundus typicus, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath and legs pale fuscous- 

 brown ; apices of anterior femora and tibiae distinctly paler ; 



Fig. 29. Ootacamundus typicus. 



tegmina dull fuscous-brown, the subapical area paler and more 

 ochraceous, with oblique darker spots ; structural characters as in 

 generic diagnosis. 



Length incl. tegm. 4 millim. 



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



