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3668. Empoanara sternalis, sp. n. 



Head, pronotuin and scutellum dull greyish-white; vertex of 

 head with three dull testaceous longitudinal spots (in a second 

 specimen scarcely discernible); pronotuin with a transverse series 

 <>t small dull testaceous spots near anterior margin, a dark central 

 longitudinal line, and an oblique black longitudinal spot near 

 each basal angle ; sternal segments prominently black, their 

 margins narrowly pale ochraceous; face pale ochraceous, the 

 clypeus and cheeks dull greyish-white ; base of abdomen beneath 

 black; tegmina greyish -white, excluding apical area, with a pale 

 stramineous tint, small dull testaceous spots on inner claval and 

 subapical margins, and two similar small spots on disk ; vertex of 

 head very broad and short, about three times as broad between 

 eyes as long; face about twice as broad as long, narrowing 

 towards clypeus. 



Length incl. tegm. 4 millim. 



Hob. E. Himalayas; Darjiling Distr., Tonglu (C. W. Beebe). 



3669. Empoanara lineolata, sp. n. 



Vertex of head and pronotuin dull obscure brownish-olivaceous, 

 a central black longitudinal line continued through both ; vertex 

 with two small brown spots at base situate one near each eye ; 

 pronotuin with two broad longitudinal dark fasciae on each side 

 of the central black line ; scutelluni somewhat pale ochraceous ; 

 face ochraceous ; legs ochraceous, much longitudinally suffused 

 with brown; tegmina greyish white, talc-like, the veins somewhat 

 prominent and darker; pronotum convex; scutellum finely trans- 

 versely incised near middle ; abdomen beneath imperfectly seen in 

 carded type, hut apparently black, with its apex ochraceous. 



Length incl. tegm. 4 millim. 



Hob. Manipur. 



Genus CHIKKABALLAPURA, nov. 



Type, C. maculosa, Dist. 



Distribution. South India. 



Vertex of head in length about half the breadth between eyes, 

 couvexly rounded anteriorly, in a line with the outer margins of 

 the eyes ; face very long, a little more than twice as long as its 

 greatest breadth : pronotum about half as long as broad at base, 

 its anterior margin convex, posterior margin concavely sinuate ; 

 scutellum large, as long as pronotum, its apex acute, strongly 

 transversely incised nearer base than apex : tegmina nearly four 

 times as long as broad, the costal margin concavely sinuate at 

 commencement of apical area, two large apical cells ; posterior 

 tibiae strongly, thickly spinulose. 



