nExicospiLus. 391 



A\ith the stigma and nervnres black ; the glabrous area with two 

 corneous marks, the larger triangular, laterally rounded, with a 

 long curved tail, the smaller about twice as long as broad, roundeil 

 behind, with the apex transverse ; submarginal nervure one-third 

 the length of the apical abscissa of the internal cubital nervure 

 and about a fourth shorter than the recurrent. 



Length 12 millim. 



Bombay: Igatpuri, vii. 04 (Pusa coll.); Ceylon: Kandy, 

 iii.03, iv. 05, vi.OU {E. E. Green, type; Rowland Turner), Clalle, 

 vi. 07 (T. B. Fletcher). 



The specimen from Igatpuri diifers from the above description 

 only in having the central mesonotal lobe apically blackish. 



2S7. Henicospilus atricornis, MorJ. 



Henicospiltis atricornis, Morley, lievis. Ichu. Brit. Mas. 1912, 

 P-46(d$). 



c? 2 . A testaceous and slender species, with the ocellar region, 

 antennae, anus and stigma black, and the mesonotum centrally 

 infuscate anteriorly, Jhad without flavons markings, A^ery 

 strongly constricted behind the eyes. Antennce entirely black and 

 elongate. Thorax uuicolorous testaceous, with only the central 

 mesonotal lobe apically infuscate; petiolar area finely and 

 subgranulately trans-aciculate throughout, and not impressed. 

 Smtellum almost glabrous and distinctly carinate laterally to its 

 extreme apex, where the cariuje coalesce. Abdomen abruptl}' 

 deep black from apex of fourth segment. Legs \\\i\\ tarsal claws 

 densely pectinate to near their apices. Wings with the costa and 

 stigma entirely black : first cubital cell with but a single triangular 

 ferruginous corneous mark, produced apically below ; nervulus 

 autefurcal. 



Ijength l(j-17 millim. 



Bengal: Chapra {Maclcenzie, type — Pusa coll.); Central 

 Provinces : Xagpur and Chikia, Balaghat (Pusa coll.) ; Ceylon : 

 Namunakule, 6(500 ft., ii. 10 {E. E. Green). 



Type in the Pusa collectiou. 



This species has the facies of 7/. repentimis, llolmg., but the 

 petiolar area is trans-aciculate, the head extremely narrow 

 posteriorly, the radius is much luore curved and the apex of the 

 first cubital cell is also appreciably more sinuate; the stigma, 

 costa, anus, autennte, and ocellar region are black. It also bears 

 some close affinity to //. melanomrpus, Cam., but is at once 

 recognised from that species by its larger size and by the possession 

 of but a siugle corneous alar mark ; further, the submarginal 

 nervure is fully half the length of the apical abscissa of the 

 internal cubital nervure ami about as long as the recurrent 

 nervure. 



In the Pusa collecliou there are some females breil from th© 

 Pyralid moth, Sijlepta t/erogala, F. 



