PETALOCEPHALA. 167 



anterioi' and broader posterior suffusions to pronotum, an elongate 

 spot near each basal angle of scutellum and apical area to same, 

 anterior area of head beneath extending as far as eyes and tlie 

 tibiae and tarsi, more or less pale castaneous-brown ; tegmina dark 

 castaneous-brown, a little paler at basal costal area ; vertex of 

 head about as long as breadth between eyes, finely and obscurely 

 punctate, the lateral margins reflexed and strongly centrally longi- 

 tudinally carinate ; pronotum more coarsely punctate, especially so 

 on anterior and posterior areas, two prominent foveations on 

 anterior disk ; scutellum finely granulose at base, transversely 

 striate on apical area ; tegmina thickly punctate, vei'y coarsely so 

 on claval area ; posterior tibiae with six short spines. 



Length inch tegm. $ 13 millim. 



Hah. "North- West India" (C. Home, Brit. Mus.). 



Allied to P. latifrons, Walk., but differs in the more conically 

 rounded vertex, lateral margins of the pronotum coucolorous, not 

 black, the spotted scutellum, &c. 



2372. Petalocephala bicolor, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath and legs ochraceous ; 

 broad lateral margins to vertex of head and pronotum and the 

 whole of the tegmina umber-brown or very pale castaneous ; apical 

 mai'gins of tegmina narro\\'ly piceous ; vertex about as long as space 

 between eyes, narrowed to apes which is obtusely angulate, no 

 perceptible central carination, very obsoletely punctate, the margins 

 wrinkled, lateral areas deflexed, apex slightly upturned ; pronotum 

 obsoletely punctate, with an obscure central line on disk ; scutellum 

 obsoletely punctate ; tegmina thickly finely punctate, inner margin 

 of clavus a little darker ; head beneath very prominently foveate 

 on each side at inner margins of eyes. 



Length inch tegm. 12 millim. 



Hab. Ceylon ; Kandy (Green). 



Mr. Green sent me a single specimen of this species, which in 

 addition to its peculiar markings, may be recognized by the obso- 

 lete puncturation to the vertex and pronotum. 



2373. Petalocephala insignis, sp. u. 



5 . Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath and legs ochra- 

 ceous ; vertex wdth the sublateral margins for about half their 

 length from eyes, and the apical area of the central carination, 

 black ; sublateral margins to the pronotum black ; anterior pro- 

 longation of face and basal sublateral margins in front of eyes 

 black ; abdomen above testaceous ; tegmina greyish-ochraceous, 

 costal area for half its length stramineous, beneath which the 

 tegmen is broadly suffused with piceous from base and apically 

 transversely deflexed to disk ; tegmina hyaline with the veins 

 brownish ; vertex about as long as breadth between eyes ; the 

 lateral margins ridged, centrally strongly longitudinally carinate, 



