. Rhynchota ... near base. It is distinguished fromPhijrnatostetha by the greater breadth of the pronotura. This is a very extensive genus and is largely represented ni thefauna of British India. The species are very difficult to groupby structural characters which generally in allied species are ofinconstant or secondarv character, though further study maydiscover a better method. They are found, however, ui groups niwhich the markings of the tegmina provide much guidance ; theseI have largely used as most helpful to the readers of this bookin British India, at the same time describing the st
. Rhynchota ... near base. It is distinguished fromPhijrnatostetha by the greater breadth of the pronotura. This is a very extensive genus and is largely represented ni thefauna of British India. The species are very difficult to groupby structural characters which generally in allied species are ofinconstant or secondarv character, though further study maydiscover a better method. They are found, however, ui groups niwhich the markings of the tegmina provide much guidance ; theseI have largely used as most helpful to the readers of this bookin British India, at the same time describing the structuralcharacters of each species. A. Terjmina ivith transverse pale fascue. a. Pronotum blacl; bluish blade, or castaneous. 2302. Cosmoscarta heroina, sp. n. Head (including face), pronotum, and prosternura dark, shiningbluish-black; meso- and metasterna, legs, and abdomen above andbeneath sanguineous : tegmina black, basal area anda transversefascia before apical area sanguineous ; wings pale fuliginous, base. Fig. 95.—Cosmoscarta heroina, and costal margin narrowly sanguineous; head transverselyimpressed before eves; prouotum with a central longitudinalcarination on its anterior half; mesosternum with two well-developed central tubercles between which the rostrum passesand about reaches the intermediate coxae ; face globosely pro-minent, transversely striate; tegmina very thickly and finelypunctate, the reticulate veins on the apical area prominently TOL. IV, ^ 130 OERCOPIDyE. raised, costal margin evenly convexly arehed from base ; posteriortibicB with one sti-ong spine beyond middle. Length excl. tegm. 12 to 15 ; exp. tegin. 30 to 40 millim. Hah. Assam ; jN;iga Hills (Dohert;/), Margherita (Ind. Mus.). This species is allied to the Chinese species, C. heros, Fabr., thetype of the genns. 2303. Cosmoscarta montana, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1900, p. 678. Head (including face), pronotum, and prosternum bluish-black;meso- and metasterna, legs, and abdomen above and beneathochraceous;
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