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3517. Penthimia nitida, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) x, p. 444 (1912). 



Head pronotuni, seiitellum, and tegmina (excluding apical area) 

 shining black, apical area of teg-nen greyishly subl.yalme, outsvardly 

 and inwardly ochraceous, more or less extending upward to tlie 

 opaque black area; body beneath black, the legs ocliraceous, 

 anterior femora basally sutfused with black ; bead rounded ui 

 front, the anterior margin somewhat acutely reflexed ; pronotum 

 moderately convex, slightly wrinkled, and sparingly coarsely 

 punctate; scutellum opaquely black, thickly finely punctate; 

 tetnniua (excluding apical area) coarsely punctate ; posterior legs 

 suffused with black, posterior tibiaj strongly spiuose, the tarsi 

 ocbraceous. 



Lengtb 4 millim. 



Hah. Burma; Moulmein. 



A species to be recognized by the strongly punctured upper sur- 

 face ; it may be placed" near P. erebns, Dist. 



Penthimia scapularis, (Vol. IV, p. 244.) 



Penthimia maculosa. (Vol. IV, p. 244.) 



Since I described these species I have examined a large number 

 of specimens derived from various localities and hnd tliat the 

 specific distinctions cannot be maintained. The testaceous spot 

 near tl,e posterior angles of the pronotum, as described m sea pu arts, 

 is frequently absent, as are also, sometimes, the maculate markings 

 to the scutellum. The two descriptions afford a guide to the 

 variations of the species, which must take the first name used 

 y'vA. scajndaris. / tt ^r 



Add : Hab. South India ; Coimbntore. Sikknn ; Lebong {11. M. 



Li'froy). Burma {U. D. Shroff). 



3518. Peutliimia fraterna, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum and scutellum black, the latter with a small 

 obscure spot at each basal angle, and a similar spot near middle of 

 each lateral margin ; face black ; legs black, apices of femora and 

 anterior and intermediate tibiiE and tarsi ochraceous ; tegmina 

 black, thicklv speckled with brownish-ochraceous, a pale spot near 

 middle of claval area, a similar spot near middle of costal margin, 

 and a cluster of greyish and ochraceous spots on apical area. 



Allied to P. scapularis, Dist., but a more elongate species ; macu- 

 late markings different. 



Length incl. tegm. 6 millim. 



Hah. South India ; Koduikanal {T. V. Campbell). 



3519. Penthimia quadrinotata, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum and scutellum black; pronotum with an obscure, 

 central, longitudinal brownish-ochraceous fascia (m some speci- 

 mens this IS more or less obsolete); face black, its lateral and 

 posterior margins ochraceous; body beneath and legs black or 



