90 



ticem posticum superans. MesotTiorax tricarinatus. Pedes breviusculi, 

 sat validi. Alee latse, apice rotundatse ; anticse areolis costalibus ordinariis, 

 discalibus plurimis abnormibus. 

 Body almost linear. Head nearly as broad as the thorax ; vertex much 

 longer than broad ; front flat, much longer than broad, forming a rounded 

 angle on the middle of each side, with the borders slightly elevated and 

 with a slight middle keel. Antennae short ; 2nd joint much shorter than 

 the 1st j bristle not long. Prothorax keeled, arched, extending over the 

 hind part of the vertex. Mesothorax longer than broad, with three keels. 

 Legs rather short and stout. Wings broad, rounded at the tips. Fore 

 wings with a row of regular areolets along the costa ; discal areolets nu- 

 merous, very irregular in size and shape. 



28. Conna GTTTTIFEKA, n. s. Testacea, capite guttis sex nigris, verticis tho- 

 racisque discis fuscescentibus, abdominis vitta dorsali fusca, segmentorum 

 marginibus posticis albidis, alis hyalinis, anticis subtestaceis guttis paucis 

 fuscescentibus, posticarum margine ex parte fusceseente. 



Testaceous. "Vertex and thorax with brownish disks. Head with two black 

 dots on each side, and four in front. Abdomen with a brown dorsal stripe; 

 hind borders of the segments whitish. Wings hyaline. Fore wings some- 

 what testaceous, with a few slight brownish dots. Hind wings with a 

 brownish tinge along part of the hind border. 



Length of the body 3£ lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



Malacca. 



G-en. Befna, n. g. 



Corpus sat gracile. Caput carinatum, thorace paullo angustius, lateribus 

 elevatis, fronte compressa elongato-subfusiformi. Antennce breviusculse. 

 Thorax tricarinatus. Prothorax brevissimus. Abdomen basi halteribus 

 duobus capitatis, oviductu longo arcuato. Pedes longiusculi, sat graciles. 

 Alee latse, apice rotundatse ; anticse areolis discalibus brevioribus, bag^hbus 

 et marginalibus longioribus. 



Body rather slender. Head a little narrower than the thorax, with a keel 

 which extends from the back of the vertex to the rostrum ; sides also 

 ridged ; front compressed, elongate-subfusiform. First and 2nd joints of 

 the antennae a little shorter together than the breadth of the front ; bristle 

 not long. Thorax with three ridges. Prothorax very short. Abdomen at 

 the base with two lateral capitate appendages like the halteres of Diptera ; 

 tip terminating in a long curved oviduct. Legs rather long and slender. 

 Wings broad, rounded at the tips. Fore wings with about twenty areolets, 

 formed by two irregular bands of transverse veinlets ; the discal areolets 

 generally shorter than the basal and the marginal areolets. 



29. Benna capitulata, fcem. Testacea, abdomine lanuginoso, alis hyalinis, 

 anticis subtestaceis, gutta discali nigra guttulisque duabus fuscis, venis 

 fuscis, basi et apud costam testaceis, venulis transversis ex parte infuscatis, 

 striga apud marginem exteriorem fusca, stigniate testaceo. 



Female. Testaceous. Abdomen with long cottony secretions ; capitate append- 

 ages with white tips. Wings hyaline. Fore wings with a very slight testa- 

 ceous tinge ; veins brown, testaceous towards the base and in front, with a 



