neiv Oriental Ilomoptera. 645 



vidged, its apex angulatecl ; face long and narrow, the lateral 

 margins very strongly ridged, slightly widened before 

 cl\ peuis, which is shorter tlian the face and with its margins 

 strongly ridged ; pronotum very short, especially behind 

 head, the lateral areas angularly dilated ; mesonotura finely 

 tricarinate; legs o£ moderate length, posterior tibipe not 

 spined ; tegraina about three times as long as broad, a little 

 widened apically, the costal and inner margins nearly 

 parallel, the apical margin a little rounded and sinuate, a 

 series of short irregular apical cells continued round the apex 

 of costal area, on lower portion of which near apex is a short 

 narrow longitudinal cell; wings broader and a little shorter 

 than the tegmina, the radial area long. 

 A genus to be placed near Tapoosa, Dist. 



Chaprma nigromaculata, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and mesonotum ochraceous, more or less 

 greyishly tomentose ; abdomen above fuscous, a greyish- 

 white transverse fascia near base, the apical area ochraceous, 

 with transverse black spots ; head beneath, sternum, and 

 legs more or less ochraceous ; abdomen beneath castaneous 

 brown, its apex ochraceous ; tegmina creamy white, with 

 waved irregular ochraceous maikings, these principally con- 

 sist of some obliquely transverse lines in costal area, a sub- 

 triangular fascia near base continued from about end of clavus 

 to the submarginal area, where it more or less encloses some 

 pale spots, at the apex three distinct black spots ; wings pale 

 creamy white, the veins pale fuscous. 



Long., excl. tegm., 3^ mm. ; exp. tegra. 12 mm. 



Hob. Bengal ; Chapra (Mackenzie). Pusa (found on 

 grass). 



Chaprina vittata, sp. n. 



Body and legs stramineous ; vertex and pronotum greyish 

 white ; tegmina creamy white, with irregular ochraceou."* 

 markings, these are irregular, maculate, and consist of an 

 elongate spot occupying nearly basal half of clavus, another 

 at and rising above claval apex, two in radial area (one at 

 base, the other at apex), one at end of cell beyond radial area, 

 two, almost united, beneath the base of this cell, and some 

 marginal irregular spots of the same colour, a few small dark 

 spots on disk, and at the apex two short dark longitudinal 

 vitta^, with a small dark spot above and below them ; wing^ 

 pale creamy white. 



