8 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rlijmchota. [No. 1, 



dorsum of abdomen reddish-orange ; tegmina piceous, almost black ; 

 wings fuscous ; pectus black ; venter and legs red ; segments trans- 

 veiselj banded and laterally spotted with black ; proximal extremities 

 of femora blackish (Butler). Body long 20 : exp, teg. 41 millims. 

 Reported from India. 



7. CosMOscARTA MASONi, Distant, 



Cosmoscarta masoni, Distant, J. A. S. B. xlvii (2) ; p. 194 (1878) : xlviii. (2), 

 p. 40, t. ii, f. 6, (1879). 



Pronotum stramineous with a quadrate black spot on the anterior 

 margin : head (except basal portion), and eyes luteous : tegmina, pectus, 

 legs, and abdomen shining black : presternum with lateral borders stra- 

 mineous : wings dark fuscous with the veins black 2 . Body long (excl. 

 teg.) 17 : exp. teg. 45 millims. 



Reported from Burma, Tenasserim : type from the latter locality in 

 the Indian Museum. 



8. Cosmoscarta viridans, Guerin. 



Cercopis viridans, Gnerin, Yoy. Bel. Ind. Orient, p. 501 ; Atlas, t. 3, f. 7, 7a 

 (1834) : Walker, List Horn. B. M. iii. p. 654, (1851) ; J. L. S. Zool. x. p. 279, (1867). 

 Cercopis latissima, Walker, List Horn. B. M. iii. p. 655, (1851). 

 Cosmoscarta viridans, Butler, Cist. Ent. i. p. 249, (1874). 



Black, shining : tegmina shining metallic blackish-green, convex 

 along the fore-margin which is dilated towards the base ; wings fuscous, 

 veins black, rostrum, feet, and anus coccineous. Body long 15 : exp. teg. 

 46 millims. 



Reported from Coromandel, Java, Sumatra, Mysol, 'New Guinea. 



9. Cosmoscarta egens, Walker. 



Cercopis egens, Walker, List Horn. B. M. SupjDt. p. l7l, (1858). 

 Cosmoscarta egens, Butler, Cist. Ent. i, p. 255, (1874). 



Thorax and head black, shining : scutellum, metanotum, abdomen 

 at the base and along the posterior margin of each segment, and the legs 

 red : tegmina very red at the base and with a roseate band before the 

 reticulated apical third, this band is sometimes narrow or indistinct or 

 even obsolete : wings brown, rosy red at the base and along the adjoining 

 part of the costa. Body long 11 : exp. teg. Si millims. 



Reported from India, Penang : the Indian Museum possesses speci- 

 mens from the l^aga and Khasiya hills. 



10. Cosmoscarta ducens, Walker. 



Cercopis ducens, Walker, List Horn. B. M. iii. p. 655, (1851) : Stal, A. S. E. F. 

 (4 ser.) V. p. 188, (1865). 



Cosmoscarta ducens, Butler, Cist. Ent. i. p. 255, (1874). 



