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cretaceously pilose on its lateral areas ; wings pale creamy white, 

 the veins pale ochraceous ; femora ochraeeous, annulated with 

 black near apex, and with a few small black spots between the 

 annulation and base ; tarsi with the apices of the joints more or 

 less fuscous. 



Length excl. tegm. 34 ; head 14| to 15 ; exp, tegm. 49 to 55 

 millim. 



Hah. Madras Province ; Trivandrum. Ceylon {Green). — Java 

 {Coll. Dist.). 



Dr. Melichar {supra) has unfortunately plunged this species 

 into the greatest confusion. He has referred to it as punctata, 

 Oliv., a well-known Ethiopian species, and one which Olivier 

 described from Stoll's tigure, representing a species which Stoll 

 stated was from the coast of Guinea. Melichar (mixing two 

 African species) also quotes in his synonymy Germar, Gray, and 

 iSpinola ; all which three authors give the proper Ethiopian 

 habitat. But Melichar goes farther ; he places Pyrops clohrni, 

 StSl, as a synonym of Saiva coccinea of Walker (well tignred by 

 Ivirkaldy), to which it has absolutely no resemblance. This error 

 the difference in coloration alone should have prevented. More- 

 over, Stal himself, when he examined Walker's types, stated that 

 '•'■ Hotinus coccinena, Walk, = -£foi!<u»s guttlfer, Stal" (Ofv. Yet.-Ak. 

 Eorh. 1862, p. 485). 



B. Abdomen above blade. 



a. Head including cephalic process about as long as abdomen 

 and only prominently punctate on its basal area. 



1684. Pyrops chinensis, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1893, p. 448. 



Head, thorax, tegmina, and legs sordidly greyish, very slightly 

 tinged with ochraceous ; cephalic process with a few black spots, 

 more numerous on its basal area, its apical margin ochraceous ; 

 thorax somewhat tliickly spotted with black ; abdomen black, more 

 or less tinged with cretaceous, the posterior segmental margins 

 obscurely brownish ; legs prominently and irregularly spotted 

 with black ; tegmina thickly spotted with black, the spots slightly 

 larger and more prominent on anterior and apical areas, the vena- 

 tion ochraceous ; wings lacteous, the venation pale brownish- 

 ochraceous ; cephalic process about as long as the abdomen, its 

 apex obliquely truncate and moderately excavate, exhibiting eight 

 narrow longitudinal carinse, some of which are much waved and 

 become obscure towards base. 



Length excl. tegm. 34 to 35; head 14; exp. tegm. 60 to 65 

 millim. 



Hah. Naga Hills (DoAer^y).— China ; Chia-Hou-Ho {Coll. Dist.). 



Besides differing in colour from the preceding species, P. chi- 

 nensis may also be differentiated by the more robust cephalic 

 process. 



