472 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi,. XVI, 



curved downwards^ the second and third segments finely punc- 

 tured. 



General colour dark with brown and yellow markings. 



Head. Ground colour dark ; the mandibles except the teeth, one 

 oval spot on each side of the clypeus, one small spot at base of each 

 antenna , the inner and outer orbits of the eyes (the outer somewhat 

 broadly) , a minute spot in front of the anterior ocellus, and the lateral 

 margins of the occiput yellow. Antennae ferruginous ; the scape 

 and distal end of the flagellum slightly darker. The face, front 

 and occiput dark in colour but the latter has a V-shaped reddish- 

 brown mark, the two limbs of the mark diverging towards the eyes 

 on each side of the ocellar region. In addition there is also a 

 fulvous red streak on each side of this V-mark, and there is a faint 

 small reddish spot just behind and between the two posterior 

 ocelli. 



Thorax. Prothorax dark ferruginous, two somewhat conical 

 spots at the base near the head one on each side of the mid- 

 dorsal line, the anterior lateral flattened region, and one prominent 

 mark on each pleura yellow. Scutellum completely fulvous yellow. 

 Three transverse lines on the post-scutellum (all three in a line 

 but not touching each other, the middle one being longer and 

 broader), two large irregularl}^ oval spots on median segment one 

 on each side of the median line, one small spot at the mesopleural 

 region under the wings, and two slightly larger spots at the nieta- 

 pleural region also yellow. The legs — coxae black with yellow mark, 

 trochanters fulvous ; femora, tibiae and tarsi reddish to ferruginous 

 brown. 



Abdomen. The abdomen is dark ferruginous brown. One small 

 triangular spot on the first segment near its junction with the 

 second, a transverse stripe on its ventral side, a broad transverse 

 band at the distal region of the second segment and similar ones on 

 the following segments yellow ; those on the posterior segments are 

 broadly interrupted at the median line. There is a tinge of reddish- 

 brown on the second and third segments in front of the yellow band. 



Wings fuscotransparent with a fuscous spot at the radial 

 region. Tegulae yellowish. 



Length 8 mm. 



Pulney Hills, 3600 feet, Madura district. Collected by P. Sus- 

 ainathan ; May 1917. 



2. Poecilogonalos kcrala, n. sp. 



Though in some features this insect is similar to the above 

 species from the Pulneys there are some marked differences which 

 are as below. 



It is quite different in general form and colour from Poecilo- 

 gonalos fulvoscuicllala. The head is very broad and appears 

 shining and gibbous, although on closer examination it is found 

 punctured very finely. The rhandibles are prominent and show 

 four big teeth. The dorsal grooves on the pronotum are some- 



