of the Huimypterous family Fidguridce. 281 



Loxoccphala castanea, n. sp. 



Body and legs ochraceous ; anterior margin of front, central 

 portion of anterior margin of pronotum, transverse fasciae to abdo- 

 men above, a longitudinal fascia to the anterior tibiie, apices of 

 tarsi, and base of apical segment of tlie abdomen beneath, black. 

 Tegmina bright castaneous, minutely spotted with greyish, the 

 apical area bright ochraceous, containing a central black macular 

 fascia, the apical margin also black. Wings greyish white, the 

 apex bright ochraceous, with its margin black. 



Long. excl. tegm., 10 millim. Exp. tegm., 28 — 30 millim. 



Hah. Continental India; Naga Hills {Doherty). 



Allied to L. decora, Walk., from which it differs by the 

 different colour of the tegmina, absence of the basal 

 black fascia to same, and also by the absence of the 

 black subapical spot to the wings, and the black fascia 

 to the mesonotum. 



Eiiryhrachys apicata, n. sp. 



Body and legs dull sanguineous ; head — excluding eyes — pale 

 ochraceous. Tegmina pale olivaceous green, the extreme base and 

 a broad transverse fascia at apex dull reddish. Wings pale greyish, 

 with nearly the basal half dull reddish. 



Long. excl. tegm., 8 millim. Exp. tegm., 18 millim. 



Hah. " India," su'. .' 



A species to be readily recognised by its distinctive 

 colour markings. 



Platyhrachys signata, n. sp. 



Head, thorax and legs fuscous, speckled with testaceous ; abdo- 

 men sanguineous; coxae, base of anterior and intermediate tibia;, 

 and the posterior legs, pale sanguineous. Tegmina brownish, 

 speckled and irregularly spotted with fuscous ; a series of small 

 greyish spots on costal margin, of which one is very large at about 

 two-thirds fi'om base, a transverse greyish fascia a little before 

 apex, after which the colour is dark fuscous, containing either one 

 or a few very small greyish spots. In some specimens there is a 

 distinct and somewhat large fuscous spot at about centre of clavus. 

 Wings blackish, the basal area ochraceous, and with two large 

 greyish marginal spots, one at apex and the other at about centre 

 of posterior margin. 



Var. a. Tegmina with a transverse fuscous fascia near base. 



TRANS. ENT. SOC. LOND. 1892. — PAKT IV. (DEC.) Z 



