8S CERC'OPlDiE. 



as long as broad, costal margin convex, apices nari'owed ; wings 

 about one-fourth shorter than tegmina ; posterior tibipe with two 

 spines. 



It is in the Ethiopian Eegion that this genus is represented by 

 the largest and most beautiful species. 



2231. Ptyelus nebulosus, Fabr. (Cercopis) Si/st. Ent. iv, p. 50, 14 

 (1794) ; i(l Syst. llhywj. p. 94 (1803) ; SiM (Clovia), Kern. Fahr. 

 ii, p. 16 (1869) ; Atkhis. J. A. ,S. B. liv, p. 21 (1885). 



Ptvehis quadrideiis, JJ'all,-. List Horn, iii, p. 711 (1851) : Stal, 

 Ofv. Vct.-Ak. Fork. 1802, ]). 493. 



Ptjelus giittifer. Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 712 (1851) ; Stil (Clovia), 

 Hem. Afr. iv, p. 75 (1866) ; Atkins. J. A. S. li. liv, p. 20 

 (1885). ■ ' ^ 



Very pale yellowish-grey, distinctly and thickly pilose; two 

 small black sj^ols on anterior margin of head, visible both above 

 and beneath ; tegmina obscurely or darkly fuscous, with a very 

 oblique anterior fascia, a somewhat large spot varied with fuscous 

 at the commissure, an obliquely transverse spot beyond the middle 

 of the_ costal margin, and a minute costal spot towards the apex, 

 yellowish-grey ; in some specimens the pronotum possesses two 

 central, more or less abbreviated dark longitudinal lines and a 

 lateral subtriangular spot, but in the specimens I have examined 

 these are generally absent, the lateral margins of the scutellum are 

 also sometimes fuscescent ; the vertex is slightly shorter than the 

 pronotum at middle, and is subangularly rounded in front ; the 

 pronotum has two small but distinct foveate spots near its anterior 

 margin and is posteriorly angularly sinuate ; the face is distinctly 

 transversely striate on its lateral areas ; tegmina about two and a 

 half times as long as broad. 



Length 9 to 10 milHm. 



Hah. North Bengal {Miss Camphell, Brit. Ilns.) ; Jamalpur 

 (Lefroy) ; Calcutta (Brit. Mus.) ; Bombav {Di.voyi) ; Igatpuri, 

 Dacca (ie/jw/) ; Bangalore {Cameron, Incl Mus.); Madras iColi 

 Dist.). Ceylon ; Eppawela {Green). 



2232. Ptyelus affinis, sp. n. 



A larger species than P. neJmlosvs, with the vertex of head pro- 

 portionally shorter to length of pronotum. 



Dark fuscous-brown ; thickly ])ilose ; vertex, anterior marginal 

 area of pronotum, sometimes more than half the area, face, two 

 costal spots, a large irregular (both in shape and size) inner mar- 

 gmal iascia, and the apical area of the tegmina, ochraceous • body 

 beneath and legs ochraceous; face with two black spots at anterior 

 margm. ^ 



Var. rt. Above nearly uniformly pale brownish, the pale ochra- 

 ceous markings much more obscure, and the head and pronotum 

 MlToUy ot that colour with obscure longitudinal darker lines. 



Var. 6. lace with a central longitudinal piceous fascia. 



