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Fig. 99. — PhijUontocliila ravana. 



900. Phyllontochila ravana, Kirk. (Sakimtala) J. Bombay N. H. Soc 

 xiv, p. 298 (1902); Dist. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlvii, p. 51 

 (1903). 



Antennae piceous, the third joint 

 castaneous ; head piceous, the ante- 

 rior spines luteous ; pronotum pale 

 luteovis, the disk and suffusion to 

 lateral produced margins piceous ; 

 elytra with the discoidal and sub- 

 costal areas ochraceous, opaque ; 

 costal area hyaline witli black- 

 margined areolets ; a transverse 

 (sometimes broken) central fascia, 

 preceded and followed by a small 

 spot on costal area and a larger spot 

 near apex of costal area, piceous ; 

 sutural ai'ea piceous mottled with 

 luteous ; body beneath, femora, and tarsi piceous, tibise^ochraceous. 



Length 6 millim . ,^ . \ 0- "^ ^ ^^* 



Hah, Ceylon ; Peradeniya ( Green). 



Larva and adult frequent the blossoms of Vitex trifoUa (E. E. 

 Green). 



901. Phyllontochila dentata, Fieher (Monanthia), i'ra;;. Momqr. p. 71, 



pi. vi, ff. 2-4 (1844) ; St&l, En. Hem. iii, p. 128 (1873).' 



Yellowish ; lateral areas of pronotum broad, quadrangular, tlieir 

 margins tridentate, lateral ridge straight, shortened anteriorly; 

 reticulated elytra oval, finely pilose, marginal area broadened 

 posteriorly, with a large brown spot before middle and another 

 near apex, several smaller spots on the central and lateral areas ; 

 head and antennae concealed ; anterior margin of pronotum with 

 a quadrangular projecting hood, disk of pronotum transversely 

 convex, finely punctured, ridge very slightly elevated, lateral 

 ridges abbreviated in front, the lateral areas very broad, leaf-like, 

 quadrangular, truncated anteriorly, with a dentate point on neck, 

 and with three similar angulations on lateral margins ; lateral 

 angles with five series of small areolets, several of which form a 

 brown spot at the posterior angle : body beneath and legs obscure 

 yellow. , . , ^ ^ 



Length 5 millim. '1 ' \ - ' '"'' 



Hub. " East India " {Heifer). 



I only know this species by Fieber's figure and description. 



Genus AMMIANUS, nov. 



Type, A. erosus, Fieb. 



Distribution. Oriental and Ethiopian Eegions. 

 Allied to Phyllontochila, but differing by the more depressed and 

 laminately expanded body and elytra, the much more produced 



