BRACHYPLA.TYS. » 



I. Pronotum with ochraceous markings. 



A. Lateral margins of abdomen somewhat narrowly ochraceous. 



a. Head distinctly sjiotted or marled ivith ochraceous. 



6. Brachyplatys cingalensis, Stal, Ofr. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1855, p. 181 : 



oj). cit. 1856, p. 54; Did. A. 31. A'. H. (7) iv, p. 2U (1899). 

 Brachyplatys silphoides, Kirby {nee Mihr.), J. Lintt. Soc, Zool. xxiv, 

 p. 79 (1891). 



Olivaceous-black, shining; head with eyes and seven small 

 spots (two on disk and five between eyes) ochraceous ; pronotum 

 with the lateral margins and an oblique linear fascia connected 

 with the subanterior margin ochraceous ; sciitellum with the 

 basal lateral margins and the basal margin of corium ochraceous. 

 Head and abdomen beneath shining olivaceous-black ; sternum 

 opaque black ; legs and rostrum brovvnish-ochraceous ; extreme 

 lateral margins of abdomen narrowly ochraceous, with a sub- 

 marginal series of inwardly augulated ochraceous spots. 



Length 8 ; max. breadth 7 millim. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



7. Brachyplatys humeralis, Muntcmd. Aim. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1896, p. 446. 



Black, shining, thickly and finely punctured ; head with two 

 small spots on the central lobe, on each side of the uppermost is 

 a larger waved spot, on each side of the lowermost a transverse 

 hnear spot almost reaching eyes ; sublateral margins of pronotum, 

 also an oblique sublateral linear fascia connected with the sub- 

 anterior margin, and a perpendicular linear spot near each lateral 

 angle, four small spots on basal margin of scutellum, the outer- 

 most linear and almost connected with a narrow lateral and 

 posterior margin, ochraceous. Body beneath black, the head and 

 sternum opaque, the abdomen shining ; central area of head, 

 rostrum, and legs ochraceous ; lateral margins of abdomen ochra- 

 ceous, strongly notched anteriorly, with a sublateral series of 

 linear black spots and a smaller inner series of black spots, one on 

 each alternate notch. 



Length 7| ; breadth between pronotal angles 5 millim. 



Hab. North Lidia. 



b. Head entirely or almost entirely blacTc and unspotted. 



8. Brachyplatys pauper, Voll. Faun. Ind. Neerl.i, p. 54 (1863). 



Above shining black ; head almost entirely black, sometimes 

 exhibiting three small ochraceous spots ; pronotum with the sub- 

 lateral margins and a small hnear streak at the lateral angles 

 ochraceous ; scutellum with the lateral and posterior margins very 

 narrowly ochraceous: body beneath shining black, sternum opaque; 



