34:2 EEDFYiiD-i:. 



luteou? ; corium luteous, with the veins black ; membrane pale 

 bronzy : postocular portion of the head much longer than the 

 auteociilar portion : second joint of rostrum much longer than the 

 first : head about as long as the pronotum : posterior pronotal 

 lobe broadly sulcated. anterior lobe huely deeply suleate ; posterior 

 pronotal angles subpromineut, rounded. 



Length to apex of membrane 8| millim. 



Hah. Nilgiri Hills ; Yhik^uxunA {AtTclnson^ Brit. Mus.). 



1:247. Sphedanolestes dives, sp. u. 



Pale luteous ; head, antennse, rostrum, anterior lobe and a large 

 basal fascia divided at centre of posterior lobe of pronotum, 

 scutellum (excluding apex), disk of abdomen above, disk of sternum, 

 coxte. trochanters and legs, and transverse linear spots to 

 connexivum black ; margins of abdomen above and beneath 

 ochraceous ; coxal spots and head beneath pale luteous ; head a 

 little shorter than pronotum, postocular a little longer than ante- 

 ocular area of head : first joint of rostrum reaching eyes, a little 

 longer than anteocular area of head ; first joint of antennie as 

 long as anterior femora ; pronotum broadly centrally impressed, 

 the impression continued to middle of posterior lobe ; apical areas 

 of femora distinctly nodulose. 



Length 7 to 7? millim. 



Hah. Burma ; Mandalay {Bingham, Brit. Mvs.), Toungoo (Binrj- 

 Jiara, Brit. Alus.). 



D. Pronotum hi colour ed ; marhiiKjs variable. 



124S. Sphedanolestes variabilis, sp. ii. 



Luteous : head above and lateral areas behind eyes, anterior 

 lobe of pronotum, scuteilum (excluding apex), spots to connexivum 

 above and beneath, anterior area of prosternum, the meso- and 

 metasterna and eoxse black ; antennse, rostrum, and legs pale 

 castaneous ; apex of rostrum, basal, central and broad apical 

 annulatious to femora, bases and apices of tibiae, and the tarsi 

 black ; first joint of rostrum reaching eyes, shghtly longer than 

 anteocular area of head, which is about equal in length to post- 

 ocular area ; head about as long as pronotum ; both lobes of 

 pronotum sulcately impressed ; first joint of antennae a little 

 shorter than antei-ior femora, which have their bases and apices 

 infuscated. 



Var. a. Posterior lobe of pronotum uiore or less infuscated ; 

 legs wholly black. 



Yar. h. Eesembling var. cr, but Avith the pronotum black, a small 

 central luteous spot on posterior lobe. 



Length 7 to 8 millim. 



Hah. !Nilgiri Hills; Kotagiri (.l/7i-//<5y/i, Brit. Mus.), Utakamand 

 {Athlnson, Brit. Mv.s.). 



