150 PHTMATID^. 



Genus GLOSSOPELTA. 



Gioasopelta, Handl. Ann. Hofmus. Wien, xii, p. 215 (1897). 



Type, G. acuta, Handl. 



Distribution. Oriental Region. 



Head very long, anteocular as long as postocular portion ; 

 scutellum very long, reachiug apex of abdomen, its apex truncate ; 

 abdomeu slightly or prominently dilated on each side. Very 

 peculiar and distinct characters exist on the underside of the 

 head, as described by Handlirsch, but as the primary end of this 

 book is to afford the easiest means of recognition by which the 

 British Indian species may be identified, they are not further 

 alluded to in this place. 



923. Glossopelta trimcata, sp. n. 



Pale brownish-ochraceous ; posterior area of pronotum and 

 bases of scutellum and corium infuscate ; an- 

 tennae mutilated in specimen described ; pro- 

 notum with a very broad and profound central 

 sulcation extending over rather more than 

 posterior half, the sulcated area moderately 

 punctate, the remaining posterior area very 

 coarsely punctate, anterior angles subacutely 

 porrect, posterior angles broadly truncate ; 

 scutellum with a narrow central cari nation, 

 broadened near base, where there is also a 

 transverse carination, lateral margins strongly 

 concavely sinuate before middle, its whole sur- 



Pig 110. Glosso- f^'Ce finely granulate, more coarsely so near 



pelta truncata. base ; connexivum couvexly ampliated on each 

 side. 



Length 11 ; breadth between pronotal angles 4 millim. 



Hah. Burma ; Euby Mines {Doherty). 



924. Glossopelta acuta, Handl. Ann. Hofmus. Wien, xii, p. 216, t. vi, 



f. 4, t. ix, fi. 55, 56, 65 (1897). 



Dull ochraceous ; head, anterior lobe of pronotum, connexivum, 

 body beneath, and legs reddish-ochraceous ; antennae pale, with 

 the apical joint longer than the two preceding joints taken 

 together ; pronotum with ,^ the anterior angles short, obtusely 

 porrect, lateral angles obtusely angulate and with a short angulate 

 point on about the middle of their posterior lateral margins, two 

 distinct central carinas at junction of anterior and posterior 

 lobes, the posterior lobe very coarsely granulate on its lateral 

 areas ; scutellum with faint indications of a narrow central 

 carination ; connexivum moderately and somewhat couvexly angu- 

 lated, the posterior angles of the segments moderately prominent. 



Length 10 to 11| : breadth between pronotal angles 3| millim. 



Hah. Bui'ma ; Karennee (Fea). — Also recorded from Sumatra. 



