168 Mr, W. L. Distant on Undescrihed Genera and 



Tropicoryp^ia signata, sp. n. 



Ochraceous, somewhat sparsely but coarsely and darkly punctate ; 

 eyes, two small central discal spots to pronotum, a spot in each basal 

 angle of the scutellum, basal lateral margins of corium, and the 

 apical margins and apex of the scutellum, piceous ; connexivum 

 brownish-ochraceous, immaculate, but coarsely punctate. Body 

 beneath and legs ochraceous ; sternum and head coarsely and darkly 

 punctate, abdomen darkly punctate at base, and with a lateral fascia 

 of dark punctures on each disk ; spiracles black. Rostrum reaching 

 posterior coxaj, its ajiex black. 



Autennse with the basal joint reaching apex of head (remaining 

 joints mutilated). Abdomen extending beyond the corium from about 

 half its length to apex ; connexivum slightly recurved ; corium with 

 the claval margin and a submarginal discal line, levigate. 



Long. 14 millim. Exp. pronot. ang. 7^ millim. 



Hahitat. South Africa {sic) (Brit. Mus.). 



Tolumniet immaculata, sp. n. 



Brassy-ferruginous, thickly and coarsely punctate ; body lieneath 

 and legs ochraceous, coarsely and darkly punctate, a large central 

 piceous spot to inesosternum, and a very dark castaneous broad 

 irregular central fascia to abdomen ; legs punctured with brownish, 

 femora with two larger brownish spots beneath a little before apex. 

 Antennae ochraceous, fourth and iifth joints and the apex of the third 

 piceous, bases of fourth and fifth joints ochraceous. 



Head long and nari'ovv ; second joint of antenna; a little Icmger 

 than the third, fourth and fifth subequal in length . 



Var. — Colour above ochraceous ; the head, anterior area of pro- 

 notum, and sometimes apex of scutellum only, brassy-ferruginous. 



Long. 8|-10 millim. Exp. pronot. ang. 5-5^ millim. 



Hednteit. Ceylon (E. E. Green — Brit. Mus. ; G. Lewis — 

 Coll. Dist.) ; India, Nilgiri Hills (Sir G. F. Hampson— 

 Coll. Dist.), Kotagira (Atkinson Coll.— Brit. Mus.). 



This species is allied to T. latipcs, Dall., and is separated 

 by its narrower and more attenuated bead ; the absence 

 of si^ots to the scutellum and the fasciate abdomen beneath 

 also serve to distinguish it. 



Caura pulluta, sp. n. 



Above dark olivaceous-green ; lateral margins of pronotum, 

 anteiior-lateral margins of corium, connexivum, and apex of scu- 

 tellum, sanguineous. Body beneath ochraceous ; a double row of 



