214 BEROTHA PIEPERSIl. 



Berotha Piepersii, n. sp. 



Among the Neuroplerous Insects of the Leyden Museum 

 1 found a couple of a Berotha-sipecies, collected at Rem- 

 bang, Java, by Mr. M. C. Piepers. It differs in some 

 characters from Brauer's indica from Ceylon, though it 

 agrees in many important characters with this species. 

 As I never saw Berotha indica Brauer, it may be that my 

 species is probably a larger, geographical form of it. 



Head yellow, front and vertex maculated with grey, and 

 with a blackish villosity; occiput yellow with yellow vil- 

 losity. Mouthparts and underside of the head dark, with 

 dark villosity. 



Palpi shining black, with yellow annulations. 



Antennae yellow, first joint longer than the head, with 

 yellow villosity at the underside. Eyes plumbeous. 



Prothorax yellow, with blackish villosity, the sides and 

 underside grey. 



Meso- and metathorax above somewhat darker than the 

 prothorax and with less villosity. 



Legs yellow whitish, with a long grey villosity on tibiae 

 and tarsi. The femora with less yellowish villosity. All 

 annulations black. 



Abdomen reddish, with long yellow hairs and dark 

 annulations. The male has two appendices, pressed to the 

 underside of the abdomen, straight, 1 mM. long, slightly 

 curved inwards, with dense black villosity, somewhat 

 thickened at the tips. 



Wings of the same shape as Brauer describes for his 

 Berotha indica^ viz. : narrower than in the other known 

 species of Berotha. 



Fore wings hamatiform and truncated at the tip, mem- 

 brane grey, with yellow villosity, all cross-veiulets black, 

 with black margins. The longitudinal veins yellow, with 

 dense black points. Costal-veiulets furcated, black; costal 

 area curved outwards near the base and then suddenly 

 diminishing behind the 6th costal veinlet. Pterostigma 



Notes from the L.eyden IVluseutii , Vol. XXI"V. 



