ivtieulate, its apex obliquely reticulate, but less distiuctly in tlio 

 centre below, its base glabrous ; pro- and lueso-pleurae closely 

 punctate, witb the former centrally, and the latter below, closely 

 striate ; mefcapleuwc shagreened above and sparsely striate apically 

 below. Scutellam with stout carintc ; its apex closely and longi- 

 tudinally striate. Abdouien apiciiWy black. Lfyi' concolorous with 

 the body; hind tarsi slightly but distinctly longer than the tibia?, 

 and the anterior twice their length. Wings clear hyaline, with 

 the stigma and nervures iufuscate ; tirst cubital cell with two 

 corneous marks, the basal dilated and rounded behind, with its 

 upper part some\A hat triangular, the apical suboval ; basal nervure 

 not continuous through the median. 



Lemjih 14 millim. 



3IALUIVE Islands: JIulule, Male Atoll, i. or ii. 1900 {Prof. 

 Stanlei/ Gardiner, type) ; PirNJAU : Kangra A'^alley, 4500 ft., x. 9'J 

 (G. G. J)adr/2on) ; Euii.MA : Karen Hills, ;3000-37bO ft., vi, 88, and 

 Bhamo, vii. 81) (L. Fea). Malay States : Penang {H. N. l{i.dle)j), 

 Selangor, ii. 08 (G^. 2Ii'adc- Waldo) ; Binding Islands ; Sarawak ; 

 Celebes ; Ceram. 



This species must not be confused with the same author's 

 earlier one under the same uame ; but since I have placed that in 

 a distinct genus, the present name may be allowed to stand. 



2^5. Heiiicospiliis merdarius, Grav. 



Ophioii vicn/ariiis, Graveiihorst, Ichn. Eur. iii, 1829, p. 608 ; C'urti.', 



Brit. Eiit. xiii, 18:3(), no. 600 ; liatzeburg-, Iclm. d. Forst. i, p. 101 ; 



Holmgren, Sv. Ak. Ilaudl. IBoS, pt. 8, p. 11 ; Aolleuiioven, . 



Pinac, pi. \i,Y>.U(S^). K 



JEincospilu.<< merdarius, Thomson, Opusc. Ent. xii, 1888, p. 1188 ; 



Brauns, Arch. Nat. xMeckleub. 1889, p. 90 { d $ ). 

 JEniirospilus xanthocepJudtig, Cameron, Spolia Zevlanica, 1905, 



HeiiicospUus merdarius, Bridgnian X: Fitch, Entomologist, 1^84, 

 p. 177(c?$). 



d 5 . A testaceous, glabrous and nitidulous species, with sparse 

 flavnus and black markings. Head pale flavous, with the ocellar 

 region black, the occiput and a central facial line red ; clypeus 

 apically broadly rounded. Aatetinai testaceous red. Thorax with 

 the basal slope of metanotum with a carina in the centre anil one 

 on the sides; the basal region smooth, the apical almost smooth 

 in the centre, the sides transversely striated ; mesopleura; tinely 

 punctate above, finely and longitudinally striate below. Scutelhna, 

 ])ale flavous. Ahdometi testaceous, with the basal two-thirds of 

 the first segment flavous, and the anus black from the fifth 

 segment. Legs immaculate. Wings clear hyaline, \\'\\\\ the 

 stigma clear testaceous, the oosta and nervures black ; glabrous 

 area with two corneous marks, the basal and larger broadly 

 rounded above, slightly and gradually constricted to its transverse 

 apex, the apical and nuich smaller mark about tlu'ice as long as 

 broad, basally oblique and apically constricted; trausveree cubital 



