IgI0.] W.L. Distant: Rhynchota Malayana. III. 333 
Nephesa sandakanensis, sp.n. (Pl. xxii, figs. 11, IIa.) 
Head and pronotum pale brownish; pronotum with two 
longitudinal spots on anterior area and two longer spots on disk, 
fuscous-brown; abdomen above greyishly tomentose; body beneath 
and legs greyish brown, the body more or less greyishly tomentose ; 
tegmina tawny brown with numerous small white spots, the inner 
area above clavus a discal sublunate spot beyond middle, above 
which is an obscure transverse costal spot, pale ochraceous brown, 
extreme inner margin distinctly darker ; wings milky-white ; vertex 
transverse, with three longitudinal ridges ; eyes piceous; tegmina 
about twice as long as broad; clavus distinctly but moderately 
granulose. 
Long. excl. tegm. II mm. Exp. tegm. 38 mm. 
Hab.—Borneo; Sandakan (Douglas Cator—Brit. Mus.). 
Allied to N. vorida, Walk. 
Genus PARATELLA. 
Paratella, Melich., Ann. Hofmus. Wien, xvii, p. 117 (1903). 
Type, P. todipennis, Guér. 
Paratella decolor. 
Nephesa decolor, Walk., Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., x, p. 176 
(1868). 
Cromna chlorvospila, Melich. (part), Ann. Hofmus. Wien, xvii, 
p- 61 (1903). 
Sephena rufilinea, Melich. (part), Joc. cit., p. 127. 
Hab.—Mysol, Waigiou. 
Closely allied to P. intacta, Walk. 
Paratella amata. 
Nephesa amata, Walk., Journ. Inn. Soc. Lond., x, p. 17: 
(1868). 
Sephena rufomarginata, Melich. (part), Ann. Hofmus. Wien, 
XVil, p. 129) (1903): | 
Hab.—Waigiou. 
Paratella subcincta. 
Paratella subcincta, Walk., MS. - 
Paratella wmbrimargo, Melich., (nec. Walk.) Ann. Hofmus 
Wien, xvii, p. 121, t. iv, f. 10 (1903). : 
Hab.—New Guinea, Ternate. 
The species described and figured by Melichar as the P, umbri- 
margo, Walk. is not that species, but P. subcincta, Walk. 
Walker’s MS. name therefore becomes available. 
AI 
Paratella tnvasa. 
Nephesa invasa, Walk., Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool., x, 
p. 178 (1868). 
Hab.—Waigiou. 
Closely allied to P. subcincta, Walk. 
