BY WALTKK W. FROGGATT. 323 



Spondylaspts hirsutus, n.sp. (Plates iv., fig. 6; v., figs. 4 and 5). 



Lerjj convex, rounded, broadest across centre, light chocolate 

 brown, of a laminated structure, closely attached all round the 

 edges to a leaf, with a flange at base, the whole of the central 

 portion of the lerp clothed with curled filaments, hooked or 

 turned down at tips; IJ lines in length. 



Pupa. — General colour bright red, thorax dull yellow; blotches 

 behind eyes, spots on dorsal surface of thorax, wing-covers, tarsi, 

 bases and tips of antennae, and apex of abdomen black. Head 

 small, rounded in front; antennae moderately long, slender, stand- 

 ing out in front of head; eyes large. Thorax long, not wider 

 than base of head; legs short; abdomen swelling out from tip of 

 wing-covers, rounded to apex. 



Imago. — Length 0-085, antennae 025 inch. General colour 

 reddish-brown; head, pronotum, outer margins of dorsulum and 

 scutellum light yellow ; abdomen barred with black down the 

 €ontre of each segment; antennae and legs ochreous, except the 

 tips of the former, which are fuscous; wings slightly opaque, 

 nervures light brown. Head arcuate in front, sloping down 

 behind base of antennae, rounded behind eyes; flattened on summit, 

 with a dark median suture, and a very slight fovea on either side. 

 Face lobes very long, slender, rounded on the tips, and separated 

 to near base. Antennae short, thickened, thickened also at tip; 

 1st joint very short, broad, 2nd small, the following ones longer. 

 Eyes large, flattened, deepty arcuate on inner margins; central 

 ocellus small, at base of dorsal suture; lateral ocelli small, on 

 upper edge of margin of eyes. Thorax : prothorax ribbon-shaped, 

 curved, with a slight fovea on either side in line with lateral 

 ocelli, broadest and rounded at the extremities; dorsulum short, 

 broad, rounded in front; mesonotum large, slightly arcuate in 

 front, rounded on sides and behind; scutellum arcuate in front, 

 with a slight spur on either edge, but rounded behind, overlajDping 

 the mesonotum. Legs moderately long; hind tibiae swollen at 

 apex and armed with stout spines. Wings rounded on front 

 margins, pointed at apex, more than twice as long as broad 



