186 JASSlDiE. 



2398. Idiocerus fasciolatus, sp. u. 



Vertex and proiiotiini greyish ; vertex with two oblique central 

 testaceous stripes and two black spots at anterior margin ; 

 pronotum with two curved discal testaceous stripes and four black 

 spots, one near each lateral angle and two on anterior margin ; 

 scutellum suffused with pale testaceous, a black spot near each 

 basal angle and two piceous spots on disk ; head beneath pale 

 ochraceous, a transverse testaceous fascia, which is deflected on 

 each side, between eyes and beneath this fascia two black spots 

 with pale centres, posterior margins of face and the clypeus black ; 

 body beiieath and legs pale ochraceous ; tegmina pale bronzy sub- 

 hyaline, the veins fiiscous, costal margin to near middle and a 

 basal transverse fascia stramineous ; near middle of costa is a 

 linear black spot and a small spot of the same colour at apex ; 

 posterior costal area hyaline. 



Length 4 to 4| millim. 



Hah. Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doherty). 



In some specimens the vertex is without the testaceous stripes 

 and black spots, both being replaced by a large but very obscure 

 pale fuscous transverse spot. 



2399. Idiocerus atkinsoni, Leth. J. A. S. B. Iviii, p. 252 (1889) ; 

 Atkins. Ind. Mus. Notes, i, no. i, p. 6 (1889) ; id. torn. cit. no. iv, 

 p_. 187 (1891). 

 ? Idiocerus quiuquepunctatus, Melich. Hojn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 146 

 (1903). 



c? and 5 . Elongate, flavescent ; vertex infuscate in middle, 

 with a basal spot and two spots on anterior nuirgiu black ; head 

 beneath 3'ellow with a small black spot ou each side of face at 

 base ; clypeus yellow, with a small median black longitu.dinal line 

 and with minute lateral fuscous striae ; pronotum yellow, its disk 

 fuscous, a narrow median darker fuscous longitudinal line and two 

 black spots near anterior margin ; scutelluni with a ti'iaugular 

 black spot near each basal angle and with a central narrow fuscous 

 streak dilated anteriorly and posteriorly, a small fuscous spot on 

 each side of its posterior termination : tegmina verypale ochraceous, 

 subhyaline, veins fuscous, posterior costal area hyaline, costal 

 margin ochraceous ; body beneath and legs yellow, two black spots 

 on disk of prosternum, legs sometimes streaked with fuscous. 



Length 4| to 5 milHm. 



Hah. Bengal ; Buliganj, Calcutta {Ind. Mus.) ; Manickganj, Pusa 

 (Lefroy); Bomha.y (Dia'on) ; iiurat (Lefroy). Ceylon; Peradeniya? 

 {Jide Meliclmr). 



I have carefully studied Melichar's description of his I. quin- 

 quejnmctatiis, founded on a single 5 specimen, and 1 cannot 

 separate it from /. atkinsoni, Leth. 



