BRIXIA. 



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Beyond this pi'omiiient differential character the other points 

 of distinction are too small to be adequately described by words. 



Length excl. tegin. 4 ; exp. tegm. 12 millim. 



Hah. " East India " (5r?7. J/«s.). Ceylon; Puttalam (&'ree>i). 



The typical specimen labelled " East India " was from the 

 collection made by Archdeacon Clerk. 



B. T'egmina with the veins not minutely setosehf maculate. 



1812. Brixia tortriciformis, Kirht/, J. Linn. Soc, Zool. x\iv, p. 138, 

 t. V, f. 12 (1891) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. .'34 (1903). 



Body above brownish ; pronotiim tricarinate, these carinas, the 

 inner edge of the two interocular carinse, and an oblique lateral 

 fascia on each side of pro- and mesonota yellowish-white ; body 

 beneath and legs very pale ochraceous ; marginal and central area 

 to face and suffusions near apex of abdomen black or piceous ; 



Fio-. 124. — Brixia tortriciformis. 



legs with fuscous lines ; tegmina very pale ochraceous, subhyaline, 

 with paler suffusions and fuscous markings as in figure (suj^ra), 

 which affords a better description than can be expressed in words ; 

 wings very palely infuscate, the veins darkly fuscous ; in this 

 species the veins of the tegmina are not setosely maculate. 



Length excl. tegm. 4 to 4| ; exp. tegm. 12 to 14 millim. 



Hab. Ceylon ; Nawalapitya, Kandy (Green). 



1813. Brixia albomaculata, sp. n. 



Body above dark brown ; head, pronotum, and abdominal 

 segmental margins dull ochraceous ; body beneath dull ochra- 

 ceous ; the legs and transverse fasciae to abdomen dark brown, 

 legs linearly streaked with ochraceous ; tegmina very pale 

 fuscous-brown with creamy-white markings, of which there are 

 four spots in radial area, a large triangular spot beneath its basal 

 half, a transverse fascia from its apex to inner margin of tegmen, 

 a claval longitudinal streak, a somewhat large irregular patch on 

 apical area (containing a pale fuscous spot), a triangular spot near 

 apex of costal margin, and two transverse spots near apical 

 margin ; commencing near apex of inner margin is a longitudinal 



