Phylloceplialina?, Urolabidinai, ««</ Acanthosomiiuu. 2'M 



Elasmostethus nebulosus^ sp. ii. 



Ocliraceous, with coarse brown punctures ; basal spot to 

 head, two anterior mar<;inal spots to pronotum, and marginal 

 spots to connexivuni bhick. Pronotum witli brownish suffu- 

 sions princijtally un posterior area ami at lateral angles ; 

 scutellinn much suffused with dark brownish at base, disk, 

 and at each apical margin; a small pale levigate spot in each 

 basal angle ; corium with a transverse central and a broad 

 apical brown suffusion ; abdomen above reddish brown, with 

 ihe extreme apex piceous. 



Anteniiie with the two basal Joints ocliraceous, the re- 

 maining joints fuscous, second joint subequal to or slightly 

 shorter than the third. Body beneath and legs ochraceous ; 

 prosternum and femora darkly punctate; sternal spots near 

 coxa?, stigmatal spots, and outer marginal spots at segmental 

 incisures black. 



Long. 10 millim. ; exp. pronot. angl. o| millim. 



Uab. N. India, Naga Hills {Doherly, Coll. Dist.). 



Elasmostethus nilgirensis, sp. n. 



Ochraceous ; basal areas of pronotum and scutellum, claval 

 and apical marginal areas of corium, castaneous or reddish 

 castaneous ; pronotal angles, a basal submarginal line to 

 corium, and apical angle of corium black ; membrane hyaline, 

 fuscous at base and apex ; abdomen above reddish, with the 

 apical area black ; lateral margins of the ])ronotum, a small 

 spot in each basal angle of the scutellum, and a faint longi- 

 tudinal central line traversing the pronotum and scutellum 

 levigate pale ochraceous. 



Antennje brownish ochraceous, second joint distinctly 

 longer than the third, apical joint somewhat infuscated ; pro- 

 notum, scutellum, and corium coarsely and sparingly punc- 

 tate, the central marginal area of corium much less punctate. 

 Body beneath and legs pale luteous ; the odoriferous apertures 

 and two small subapical abdominal spots black ; apex of 

 abdomen reddish. 



Long. 9 millim.; exp. pronot. angl. 4^ millim. 



Jlab. Nilgiri Hills (Sir Q. F. Ifampson, Coll. Uist.) ; Uta- 

 kamand (Brit. ]\[us.). 



Allied to the Chinese E. Jiu/n'luSf Dall., but differing 

 structurally by the much greater length of the second joint of 

 the antennae. 



