194 E. T. Atkinson — Kotes on Indian Rliyncliota. [No. 2, 



middle of the costal margin, red. Thorax fairly densely and finely 

 punctured, truncated at the base before the scutellum, margins (anterior 

 excepted) reflexed, lateral angles obtusely rounded : scutellum im- 

 pressed before the middle : tegmina very densely punctulate, scarcely 

 narrowed towards the apex : mesostethium rather distinctly bitubercu- 

 late, posterior margin not elevated before the coxae (Stdl). Long, 8; 

 exp. teg., 23 millims. 



Reported from Malacca. 



97. CosMOSCARTA HEROS, Fabricius. 



Cercopis heros, Fabr., Syst. Rhyng. p. 89 (1803) : Stoll, Cig. p. 104, t. 27, f. 

 149. (1788) : Stal, Ofvers. K. V.-A. Forh. p. 492 (1862) : Walker, List Horn. B. M. 

 iii, p. 654 (1851). 



Cercopis ahdominalis, Westwood in Donovan's Ins. China, p. 39, 1. 16, f. 5 (1843) : 

 Walker, 1. c. p. 654 (1851) : J. Linn. S. Zool. x, p. 286 (1867). 



Cosmoscarta heros, Stal, Hem. Fabr. ii, p. 11 (1869) ; Butler, Cist. Ent.,i, p.2 54 

 (1874). 



c?, 9. Black, shining: head very obtuse and almost globose: 

 thorax gibbous, dull black, spotless : tegmina dull black, the base and 

 a median band, orange-fulvous: abdomen red {Fabr.). Long with 

 teg., 16 ; breadth of thorax, 6| millims. 



Reported from Hong-Kong. 



98. Cosmoscarta discrepans. Walker. 



Cercopis discrepans, Walker, J. Linn. S. Zool. i, p. 95 (1856), 



Blackish-purple, black beneath : tegmina black with an elongated 

 red spot which is contracted in the middle and occasionally interrupted 

 {Walker), Long, 6— 7^ ; teg. 17—19 millims. 



Reported from Singapore. 



99. Cosmoscarta unifascia. Walker. 



Cercopis unifascia. Walker, J. Linn. S. Zool. i, p. 95 (1856). 



Red : thorax dilated on each side : disc of the pectus black : teo-mi-* 

 na with a black band across the middle : wings hyaline ( Walker) . Long, 

 12^ ; teg. 25 millims. 



Reported from Singapore. 



100. Cosmoscarta fulviceps, Dallas. 



Cercopis fulviceps, Dallas, Trans. Ent. Soo. (n. s.) i, p. 10 (1850). 



. Head and thorax bright orange, shining : tegmina reddish 

 black, somewhat obscure, outer margins pitchy red : wings brownish ; 



