242 .TASSIDiE. 



before a transverse impression separating it from the apical area 

 which is distinctly transversely striate ; tegmiua punctate, the 

 clavus more strongly so ; posterior tibiae strongly spinose, the 

 spinules castaneous. 



Fig. 153. — Tcnihimia mclanoccphala. 



Length 4 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon ; Newera-Ellia {fide Motsclmls'kij). Bhaudarawella 

 {Mus. Hongrois). Tenasserim ; Myitta {Bolierty). 



The figure represents a specimen contained in the National 

 Museum at Budapest. 



2482. Penthimia compacta, Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 842 (1851); 

 Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 113 (1885). 



Head black, eyes greyish ; pronotum ochraceous tinged with 

 testaceous, the anterior margin broadly black ; scutellum testaceous 

 with a black spot at each basal angle ; tegmina ochraceous with 

 dense piceous reticulate markings, inner margin of claval area 

 more unicolorous, apical margins hyaline, the veins ochraceous 

 and with some scattered fuscous spots ; body beneath black, 

 abdomen paler with the segmental margins ochraceous ; legs 

 testaceous, the femora more or less black ; pronotum anteriorly 

 sparsely punctate, posteriorly smooth; scutellum finely punctate, 

 obliquely deflexed to near apex, where there is a transverse 

 impression ; posterior tibiae longly, strongly spinulose. 



Length 6 millim. 



Hab. " North India" (IFrtrmc/c, 5y{^. ilfws.). Punjab; Kangra 

 \q\\qj {Dudgeon). Bengal; Pusa (Le/Vo^). Bombay (i)icroM). 



Walker's description of this species is inadequate. 



