^2 E. T. Atkinson — Notes on Indian Rliyncliota. [No, 1, 



19. CosMOSCARTA PALLIDA, Walker. 



Cercopis pallida, Walker, List Horn. B. M. iii. p. 657, (1851). 

 Cercopis ferruginea, Walker, List 1. c. p. 660, (1851). 

 Cosmoscarta pallida, Butler, Cist. Ent. i, p. 265, (1874). 



Walker describes G. pallida, thus :— " Testaceous, head blacky 

 transversely striated, very convex in front : rostrum testaceous : abdo- 

 men brown, testaceous at the base, and at the tip : tips of the feet 

 brown : tegmina lurid, brown towards the tips : wings grey, veins 

 brown," Body long 11-13 : exp. teg. 29-33 millims. 



Reported from India. 



20. Cosmoscarta elegantula, Butler. 



Cosmoscarta elegantula, Bntler, Cist, Ent, i. p, 265, (1874). 



Allied to preceding : head and thorax metallic greenish black : 

 abdomen purplish black, castaneous at the tip : tegmina piceous, veins 

 of basal half testaceous : base and a transverse band at end of second 

 third re d dish- orange : wings slightly fuscescent ; base rufescent (Butler). 

 Body long 8 : exp. teg. 20 millims. 



Reported from India. 



21. Cosmoscarta pictilis, StaL 



Cercopis pictiUs, Stal, Ofvers. Kong. Vet. Aka. Forh. p. 249, (1854). 

 Cosmoscarta pictilis, Butler, Cist, Ent. i. p, 266, (1874), 



Obscurely green chalybeous ; scutellum on both sides at the base 

 and at the apex weakly spotted with cinnabar : tegmina sordidly white, 

 basal margin and two bands weakly cinnabar ; two spots, one smaller 

 before the first band and the other between the bands and the apex 

 nigro-fuscous : femora red ; tibiae blackish. Long, 16 ; breadth of prone- 

 turn 6 millims. Butler writes that it seems allied to P. signifera, Walker 

 from the description and in that case would be a Phymatostetha. 



Reported from E. India. 



22. Cosmoscarta borealis, Distant. 

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



Head and pronotum luteous, antennae black : abdomen and tegmina 

 roseate, ocelli black, eyes luteous thickly covered with blackish markings : 

 wings pale fuscous : pectus, cox£e, and femora luteous, fore and median 

 tibiee black, hind tibiee luteous with the apex black : the tip of the 

 rostrum, tarsi, and a strong spine near the apex of the hind tibiaa, black. 

 Body long 6 : exp. teg. 17 millims. 



Reported from the Khasiya hills. 



