64 e. J. GAHAN 



behind the middle, and somewhat roughly i-homboidal in form. 

 The anterior border of tliis plaga and the posterior borders of the 

 lateral plagae are somewhat mixed with grey. At the base of each 

 elytron, just about the middle of the lateral border of the basal 

 triangular plaga, there is a fascicle of black and fulvous hairs. 



151. Niphona ornata, sp. n. Pule ochraceo-alba dense vestila, 

 elylris basi supra humeros et plaga magna angulata dorsali fuscis; 

 prot/wrace supra sparsim punciato, medio breviter carinato, late- 

 ribus utrisque antice uni-dentato; elylris aculealis , basi utrinque 

 fasciculalo-cristatis; apicibus oblique truncalis sat dense irregulari- 

 terque fimbriatis; antennis quam corpore vix longioribus (</")/ 

 paullo brevioribus ( 9 ), subtus ciUatis, articulis 5° ad 11""'^ el apice 

 quarti, fuscis; larsis nigris. Long. 12^/0-16 mm. 



Garin Mts. (Gheba district), alt. 900-1100 m. 



Glothed with a dense pubescence which differs in shade on 

 different parts of the body according to the predominance of 

 the white or of the fulvous -brown hairs of which it is mostly 

 composed. The head and basal joints of the antennae are of a 

 pale fulvous-brown colour , the prothorax , patches on the sides 

 of the elytra^ the underside of the body and of the legs are of 

 a more or less whitish colour. Between the basal crest and the 

 shoulder of each elytron there is a dark fulvous brown patch 

 which is interrupted in the middle by a whitish line. A large 

 angular dark-brown plaga occupies a little more than the me- 

 dian third of the disk. Its anterior borders — directed obliquely 

 backwards on each side from the suture — and its outer bor- 

 ders are sharply defined ; while posteriorly it passes indefinitely 

 into the pale fulvous-brown of the hinder part of the elytra. 

 Prothorax with a rather strongly marked tooth placed anteriorly 

 and low down on each side; the disk with a short median ca- 

 rina which is very narrow anteriorly, but which slightly widens 

 and bears a feeble groove posteriorly; the anterior border of 

 the pronotum bears a series of very small fuscous spots. The 

 elytra , broad at the base , are much narrowed from thence to 

 the apex , where they are each somewhat obliquely truncate 

 and fringed with rather long hairs. 



