328 Mr. W, L. Distaut's Ilhyuclwtal Notes. 



globose, centrally distinctly but shallowly longitudinally 

 sulcate ; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxEe ; posterior 

 tibiae with a moderately long spine beyond middle and a 

 short spine near base ; tegmina a little more than two and 

 a half times longer than broad. 



Long., excl. teom., 10 mm. ; exp. tegra. 26-29 mm. 



Hah. North India (Brit. Mus.). 



Cosmoscarta assamensis, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum black ; a broad transverse 

 fascia across anterior area of pronotum and the basal area of 

 the scutellum pale dull reddish ; abdomen above shining 

 castaneous ; body beneath black ; rostrum and legs dull 

 castaneous ; tegmina dull blackish, base of costal membrane, 

 basal area of clavus, an irregular transverse fascia near 

 middle, and another much outwardly angulated fascia before 

 apical area, dull sanguineous ; wings pale fuliginous, the 

 extreme base sanguineous ; scutellum distinctly depressed at 

 base, transversely striate ; face globose, central longitudinal 

 sulcation broad but shallow; rostrum reaching the inter- 

 mediate coxEe ; tegmina a little less than two and a half 

 times as long as broad ; posterior tibia; with a long robust 

 spine beyond middle and a short spine near base. 



Long., excl. tegm., 12 mm.; exp. tegm. 32 mm. 



Hah. Assam ; Margherita (Brit. Mus.). 



Allied to the Chinese species G. himacula, Walk. 



Cosmoscarta imrayi, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum shining black ; lateral and 

 posterior margins of pronotum and a transverse fascia before 

 middle sanguineous, lateral margins and nearly apical half of 

 scutellum sanguineous ; abdomen above blackish, with the 

 segmental margins pale sanguineous ; body beneath shining 

 black ; posterior half of face, greater part of prosternuu), 

 coxse, trochanters, and legs pale sanguineous, tarsi black ; 

 tegmina dark shining ocliraceous, apical area and six spots 

 shining black, the spots in two transverse series of three 

 each, the two largest on costal membrane, the smallest in 

 middle of inner series ; wings very pale fuliginous ; face 

 rather prominently longitudinally sulcate ; rostrum reaching 

 the intermediate coxse ; tegmina nearly tw^o and a half times 

 as long as broad ; posterior tibia? with a moderately long 

 spine beyond middle and a short spine near base. 



Long., excl. tegm., 10 mm.; exp. tegm. 21 mm. 



Hah. Travancore ; Peermaad [R. S. Imrar/, Brit. Mus.). 



Allied to C.fora, Dist. 



