182 fulgoridtE. 



1685. Pyrops chennelli, sp. u. 



Head, prouotum, body beueatb, legs, and tegmina pale ocbra- 

 ceous ; head coarsely blackly punctate, sparingly above at base, 

 and more thickly so on basal half of each lateral area ; thorax 

 above and sternum sparingly blackly punctate ; femora with a 

 subapical macular black annulation, the tibia? blackly punctate 

 beneath ; abdomen above black, the posterior segmental margins 

 ochraceous, abdomen beneath more or less shaded with piceous ; 

 tegmina finely spotted with black, the spots a little larger on upper 

 half, smaller and denser on the posterior half ; wings lacteous with 

 the venation ochraceous ; head including caphalic process about 

 as long as abdomen, the central cariuae faint both above and 

 beneath, the apex ridged, and \\ith a subapical ridge connected 

 with the apex by a longitudinal carina, face strong, marginally 

 ridged. 



Length excl. tegm. 25 ; head 10 ; exp. tegm. 47 millim. 



Hab. Assam ; Naga Hills (ChenneU). 



aa. Head including cepludic process longer than abdomen and 

 lyrominently punctate nearly tliroughout its entire length. 



168(3. Pyrops affinis, Westiv. (Fulgora) Trans. Linn. Soc. sviii, p. 144, 

 t. xii, f. 6 (1841) ; Hist. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1893, p. 448 ; id. (part.) 

 Kirby, J. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv, p. 133 (1891). 

 Pyrops punctata (part.), Walk. List Horn, ii, p. 208 (1851) ; 

 id. (part.) Atkins. J. A. S. Beng. liv, p. 140 (1885). 



This species is allied to the preceding (P. chennelli)., from ^^■hich it 

 differs by the head including cephalic process being coarsely blackly 

 punctate nearly throughout its entire length, and also by being 

 considei'ably longer than the abdomen ; the abdomen beneath is 

 blackly muculate, not suffused with piceous. 



Length excl. tegm, 27 to 28 : head 12 to 12^ ; exp. tegm. 51 to 

 58* millim. 



Hab. Sikhim {Coll. Dist.). 



This species appears to have been originally described and 

 figured from one of Gen. Hardwicke's drawings of the baustellated 

 insects of Nepaul, now contained in the library of the British 

 Museum. 



Genus FULGORA. 



Fulgora, Linn. Si/st. Nat. (ed. xii.) i, p. 703 (1767) ; Stal, Hem. Afr. 



iv, p. 133 (18«6). 

 Hotinus, Am7/. ^- Sen: Hem. p. 490 (1843). 

 Pyrops, Kirk. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xiv, p. 47 (1902) ; Melich. 



Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. ii (1903). 



* According to WestwoocVs figure. 



