. Rhynchota ... ourth of tegmina, sternum and legs, sanguineous ; a black spot behind each an-terior coxa; abdomen beneathblack; the black tegmina aredistinctly darker behind scu-tellum to a little beyond middle ;tarsi black, base of posteriortarsi sanguineous ; above finelypilose ; pronotum finely gran-ulose ; tegmina very finely andthickly punctate. Length 6 to 7 Bombay (i)?>on). Cey-lon ; Pundaluoya, Putlam(Green, Brit. 3Ins.), Peradeniya,Negombo, Weligama (JideMeUchar). A very variable species; tliecolour of the pronotum varies from red to black, and the red atthe base of th
. Rhynchota ... ourth of tegmina, sternum and legs, sanguineous ; a black spot behind each an-terior coxa; abdomen beneathblack; the black tegmina aredistinctly darker behind scu-tellum to a little beyond middle ;tarsi black, base of posteriortarsi sanguineous ; above finelypilose ; pronotum finely gran-ulose ; tegmina very finely andthickly punctate. Length 6 to 7 Bombay (i)?>on). Cey-lon ; Pundaluoya, Putlam(Green, Brit. 3Ins.), Peradeniya,Negombo, Weligama (JideMeUchar). A very variable species; tliecolour of the pronotum varies from red to black, and the red atthe base of the tegmina is sometimes almost obliterated. All thesj)ecimens I have received from Bombay are of the melanic form,and are also the smaller sized specimens. Genus , Bredd. Soc. Enf. xvii, p. 58 (1902j. Type, E. eos, Bredd., from British India and Malaya. Vertex of head fiat, forwardly reclined ; ocelli about as farapart from eyes as from each other; face strongly laterally i2. Fig. 88.— Caloscart:i capitata. 116 CEKCOPIDiE. compressed, behind the middle obliquely directed downwards, beforethe middle with a furrowed longitudinal impression, basal marginof pronotum truncate or very slightly sinuate; tegmina smooth,apical veins weakest, apical areas not or sometimes excavate ; wingswithout triangular costal appendage; hind tibia? with one longitudinally sulcate face is a typical character for this genus ;the body is elongate in form, and the pronotum is not laterallydilated. 2278. Eoscarta semirosea, Walk. (Cercopis) Joum. Linn. Soc, , p. 105 (1857); Bredd. (Eoscarta) Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1903,p. 100; Jacvhi, ML Mas. Berlin, iii, p. 22 (1905). Body and legs ochraceous ; tegmina pale semihyaline, base, claval area, and sometimesthe costal area, ochraceous,apical area rosaceous with afew small fuscous spots inthe cellular areas; face broadlylongitudinally sulcate beforemiddle, transversely striateon its compressed sides ;shor
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