448 Mr. W. L. Distant on the 
species several times over, is equally to be dreaded when 
he writes synthetically. 
12. Pyrops javanensis. 
Pyrops javanensis, Dist., Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 
ser. 5, vol. xil., p. 242 (18838). 
Hab. Java (coll. Dist.). 
18. Pyrops affinis. 
Fulgora afinis, Westw., Trans. Linn. Soe., xviii, 
p. 144, t. 12, f. 6 (1841). 
Pyrops punctata, Walk. (part), List. Hom., ii., p. 268, 
3 (1851); Atkins (part), J.A.S. Beng., vol. liv., 
pt. ii., n. 3, p. 140, 22 (1885). 
Pyrops affinis, Kirby (part), Journ. Linn. Soce., Zool., 
vol. xxiv., p. 133 (1891). 
Hab. Continentat Inp1a: Nepaul, Silhet (Brit. Mus.), 
Sikkim (Cale. Mus.), Naga Hills (coll. Dist.), Ceylon 
(Brit. Mus.). Manay ArcurpELaco: Java (Brit. Mus.). 
Cuina: Hong Kong (Brit. Mus.). 
Mr. Atkinson followed Walker in placing this species 
as a synonym of P. punctata, Oliv., which was founded 
on a figure given by Stoll of an insect he recorded from 
Guinea. Though Stoll’s habitats are not always with- 
out doubt, neither is his figure in this instance capable 
of being applied to the Indian species of Westwood. 
14. Pyrops chinensis, n. sp. 
Head, thorax, tegmina, and legs sordidly greyish, slightly tinged 
with ochraceous; cephalic process with a few black spots, more 
numerous at base, its apical margin ochraceous ; thorax somewhat 
thickly spotted with black; tegmina thickly spotted with black, 
the spots slightly larger and more prominent at anterior and 
apical areas, the venation ochraceous ; wings lacteous; abdomen 
black, more or less tinged with cretaceous, the posterior segmental 
margins obscurely brownish; legs prominently and irregularly 
spotted with black. Cephalic process about as long as the abdo- 
men, its apex obliquely truncate and moderately excavated ; its 
surface marked with eight narrow longitudinal carine, some of 
which are much waved, and become obscure towards base. Long. 
from eyes to apex of abdomen, 19 millim.; cephalic process from 
eyes to apex, 14 millim.; exp. tegm. 60 to 65 millim. 
Hab. Cuina: Chia-Hou-Ho, 1700 ft. 
