90 CEKCOPID^. 



tlie basal side of tlie pale space ; the whole insect is so thickly 

 covered with short pale bristles as to entirely conceal the sculp- 

 ture." {Kirhy.) 



I have thoiiglit it best to give Mr. Kirby's original description. 

 Tiie head is about as long as the medial length of the prouotum. 



Length 8 to U millim. 



Hah. Ceylon ; Putlam, Colombo, Kandy {Green). — Malay Pen- 

 insula ; Perak, 



223'). Ptyelus siilcatiis, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and scutelluui ochraceous-brown ; body beneath 

 and legs paler : tegmina fuscous-brown, a spot near base and an 

 oblique central fascia extending from clavus to costal margin 

 black ; three pale ochraceous spots on costal margin, one before 

 middle, another beyond middle, and the third small and subapical; 

 tarsal claws black ; body above somewhat thickly and palely pilose; 

 eyes black ; head shorrer than medial length of pronotum and 

 subangularly rounded in front ; pronotum centrally longitudinally 

 sulcate from anterior margin to disk, its posterior mai'gin sub- 

 angularly sinuate ; tegmina two and a half times as long as broad. 



A slender elongate species to be recognized by the sulcate 

 pronotum. 



Length 8 millim. 



Hah. Nepal ; 8oondrijal. 



223G. Ptyelus majusculus, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, and tegmina castaneous-brown ; 

 abdomen above, body beneath and legs black or piceous ; margin 

 of abdominal segments ochraceous ; wings pale fuliginous with 

 some darker basal streaks, and the veins fuscous ; vertex and 

 pronotum very shortly finely pilose, the first about half of the 

 medial length of the latter : scutelhim with faint transverse stria- 

 tions ; anterior margin of head beneath pale castaneous ; face 

 regularly transversely striated but medially interrupted ; posterior 

 tibia; with two long spines. 



Length excl. tegm. 12^ ; exp. tegm. oo millim. 



Hah. Assam ; Margherita {Coll. Dlst.). 



This is the largest species from British India with which I am 

 acquainted. 



2237. Ptyelus inconspicuus, sp. u. 



Vertex of head, pronotum and scutellum brownish ochraceous, 

 very thickly, finely and shortly ])ilose ; body beneath and legs 

 black or piceous ; abdomen above shining black, the abdominal 

 segmental niargins ochraceous ; base of rostrum testaceous ; teg- 

 mina ochreous-brown ; wings slightly fuliginous, a little more so 

 on apical areas, the veins fuscous ; head beneath and sternum 

 thickly, finely, palely pilose, face broadly centrally black, laterally 



