924 CATALOGUE OF 
longer than the third ; fourth much longer than the third and than the 
fifth, which is testaceous at the base. ‘Thorax, scutellum and fore wings 
partly and slightly clouded with brown. Thorax with a transverse im- 
pression, in front of which there are four black spots; hind angles black, 
smooth, shining, globose. Scutellum attenuated towards the base. Pectus 
with a black patch on each side containing three testaceous dots. Abdo- 
men beneath with a furrow which extends to the hind border of the fourth 
segment, with a piceovus apical patch, and with two black stripes which 
include testaceous lateral spots. Legs long, setulose; femora black- 
speckled ; tibia piceous towards the tips. Membrane of the fore wings 
cinereous, with broad brown streaks between the veins. Length of the body 
7 lines. ~ 
It is narrower than D. nodifera, with which it agrees in the structure 
of the hind angles of the thorax. 
a. Hindostan. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
17. DALPADA TECTA. 
Pallide testacea, elliptica, aspere punctata, neo conspersa, sublus 
lutea ; caput thorace perpaullo brevius, lobo medio lobos laterales vix 
superante ; rostrum apice nigrum, abdominis seymentum 3um altin- 
gens ; antenne lulea, graciles, nigro consperse ; thorax vilta glabra, 
angulis posticis obtusts ; pedes graciles, nigro conspersi; ale antice 
vitta brevi nigra, membrana fusca. 
Pale testaceous, elliptical, thickly and coarsely punctured; punctures 
geneous; under side luteous. Head very little shorter than the thorax; 
middle lobe hardly extending beyond the lateral lobes ; a thinly punctured 
space on the hind border. Eyes rather prominent. Rostrum black towards 
the tip, extending a little beyond the fore border of the third abdominal 
segment. Antenne luteous, slender, black-specklea ; first joint not ex- 
tending to the front of the head; second shorter than the third. Thorax 
with a smooth longitudinal line, which is dilated on the transverse impres- 
sion; hind angles obtuse, prominent. Scutellum extending rather beyond 
the angle of the corium, with a smooth interrupted longitudinal line which 
is dilated on the fore border and at the tip. Pectus and under side of 
abdomen thinly and minutely punctured on each side; punctures black. 
Legs slender, black-speckled. Fore wings with a short black stripe in the 
disk; membrane brown. Length of the body 6 lines. 
It is shorter than D. affinis, and the hind angles of the thorax are not 
convex nor smooth. 
a. Silhet. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 
18. DALPADA BREVIVITTA. 
Sordide lurida, elliptica, subtiliter punctata, acervatim nigro  con- 
spersa; caput thorace paullo brevius, lobo medio lobos laterales non 
superante; rostrum abdominis segmentum lum paullo superans ; 
antenne gracillime, corpore multo breviores ; thorace transverse tm~ 
pressus, vitta postica lata lurida, angulis posticis subacutis ; pedes 
longiusculi, sat graciles, femoribus. tibiisque apice tarsisque nigris ; 
ale antice nigricante biplagiate, membrana cinerea fusco unistrigala 
ef submarginata. 
