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the ochraceous abdomen beueath, and containing a large sub- 

 quadrate; olivaceous spot, at apex of clavus a pale brownish spot; 

 yertex of head about halt as long as broad, somewhat angularly 

 produced anteriorly; scutellum strongly transversely incised before 

 apex; tegmina extending far beyond abdominal apex. 



Length incl. tegm. 4^ mill im. 



Hob. Nilgiri Hills (f. V. Campbell). 



1 have placed this species provisionally in the genus Typhlocyba. 



Genus AGURIAHANA, nov. 



Type, A. metallica, Dist. 



Distribution. N.E. India. 



Vertex of head centrally more than half the width at base, coni- 

 cally rouiuled anteriorly, tbe lateral margins almost in a line with 

 the outer margins of eyes ; face considerably longer than greatest 

 breadth, distinctly sinuate near eyes ; pronotum about half as long 

 as broad at base, anterior margin convexly rounded, basal margin 

 truncate; scutellum nearly twice as broad at base as long, sub- 

 triangular; tegmina more than four times as long as broad, 

 apical cells irregular but distinct; posterior tibiae strongly 

 spinulose. 



5. Aguriahana metallica, sp. u. 



Vertex of head dull pale ochraceous, a central line and two 

 small discal spots dark ochraceous ; pronotum dull, dark greyish, 

 with three longitudinal obscure bluish fasciae; scutellum dull 

 ochraceous with a black spot in each basal angle, and two central 

 carinations not passing the transverse incision, between which 

 the colour is somewhat darker ; face, sternum and legs pale 



Fig. 62. Aguriahana metallica. 



ochraceous; abdomen beneath black, ochraceously marked at base 

 and apex; apices of the posterior tibiae and apices and a central 

 spot to posterior tarsi, black ; tegmina vitreous, a large oblique 

 brownish fascia crossing clavus and narrowly reaching costal 



