1885.] E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rliynchota. 7 



3. CosMOSCARTA MOOREi, Distant. 

 Cosmoscarta moorei, Distant, Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. p. 321 (1878.) 

 Black, shining : tegmina witli the base both above and below car- 

 mine. This coloration consists of a narrow straight subcostal streak of 

 about 3 millims. in length and a broader claval streak of about the same 

 length, gradually rounded and narrowed at its termination : wings fus- 

 cous ; costal edge, for about half the length, narrowly tinged with 

 carmine : eyes luteous : posterior border of scutellum, metanotum, and 

 abdominal segments, apex and lateral borders of abdomen, carmine : 

 anterior legs dull reddish, femora furnished with a strong spine ; inter- 

 mediate legs pitchy : mesosternum with two very large conical, thick 

 teeth. Body long 13 : exp. teg. 35 millims. 

 Reported from Sikkim. 



4i. Cosmoscarta ftjscipennis, St. Fargeau. 



Cercopis fuscipennis, St. Farg. & Serv., Enc. Meth. x. p. 605 (1825.) 



Cercopis plana, Walker, List Horn. B. M. iii. p. 653 (1851) : J. L. S. Zool. i. p. 



95 (1856) : ihid. X. p. 276 (1867). 



Cosmoscarta fuscipennis, Stal, Hem. Fabr. 2 p. 11 (1869) : Butler, Cist. Ent. i. 



p. 246 (1874). 



Black : head, chest, rostrum except its black tip, and the fore-border 



of the tegmina from one to two-thirds of its length, red : wings dark 



grey. Thorax sometimes with two black points. Body long 12 : exp. 



teg. 27 millims. 



Reported from Java, Penang, Mount Ophir, Malabar (WaRer), 



5. Cosmoscarta megamera, Butler. 



Cercopis nigripennis, Walker (nee Fabricius), List Horn. B. M. iii. p. 653 (1851). 

 Cosmoscarta megamera, Butler, Cist. Ent. i. p. 246, t. yiii. f . 3 (1874) : Distant, 

 J. A. S. B. xlviii. (2), p. 38, (1879). 



Form and general coloration of C. fuscipennis (St. Fargeau), but at 

 once distinguished by its much greater size, black legs, the narrower 

 reddish costal edge and less pronounced basal reddish diffusion on 

 tegmina. The colour of the thorax and head also varies from piceous to 

 castaneous and bright testaceous (Butler). Body long 16 — 19 : exp. 

 teg. 39 — 47 millims. 



Reported from Hong-Kong, Laos, Java, Penang, Tenasserim, Silhat : 

 the Indian Museum possesses specimens from Sikkim, Sibsagar, Naga 

 Hills, and Tenasserim. 



6. Cosmoscarta funeralis, Butler. 



Cosmoscarta funeralis, Butler, Cist. Ent. i. p. 247, t. viii, f. 4 (1874). 

 Form of C. fuscipemiis, St. Far. & Serv., but thorax with a distinct 

 central ridge : head and thorax dark castaneous j scutellum piceous, 



