some new Hoinoptcra. 445 



Vulturnus ornatus, sp. n. 



Vertex pale ochraceous, finely speckled with brownish ; 

 pronotum very pale castaneous, thickly blackly reticulate, 

 the posterior margin and a central transverse fascia greyish 

 white ; scutellura ochraceous, with black reticulations, which 

 are more dense near basal margin and less so on lateral 

 areas ; body beneath (including face) and legs black ; basal 

 margin of head beneath between eyes, anterior and inter- 

 mediate tibiae and tarsi, minute spots to posterior tibiae, 

 bases and apices of posterior tarsi, and a lateral marginal 

 spot to metasternum ochraceous ; tegmina ochraceous, finely 

 blackly reticulate, clavus with a discal black patch enclosing 

 about four small white spots, its apex also whitish; a large 

 central, longitudinal, costal white spot, which contains two 

 small black spots and is followed by a larger black spot, and 

 a cluster of subapical white spots ; vertex a little broader 

 than long, with an indistinct central longitudinal carination. 



Long., inch tegm., 4 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon; Peradeniya {Green). 



Vulturnus speciosus, sp. n. 



Vertex ochraceous ; a black submarginal apical line not 

 reaching eyes, and with three testaceous discal spots, the 

 central one transverse, the other two shorter and oblique ; 

 eyes black ; pronotum ochraceous or very pale ca>taneous, 

 thickly blackly reticulate, the posterior margin and a central 

 transverse fascia greyish white ; scutellum piceous, with 

 four greyish-white spots, two before apex and two near basal 

 margin ; body beneath (including face) and legs black ; basal 

 margin of head beneath containing a few minute dark spots 

 and anterior and intermediate tibise and tarsi ochraceous ; 

 tegmina ochraceous, finely, thickly, blackly reticulate, a 

 small black patch in clavus containing about three white 

 spots, some white spots on claval suture, a small white spot 

 on disk of tegn\en, three whitish spots on costal margin, and 

 a small cluster of subapical white spots : vertex slightly 

 longer and a little more narrowed anteriorly than in V. or- 

 natus, with a central dark incised line extending from base 

 about halfway to apex. 



Long., incl. tegm., Z\ mm. 



Hab, Ceylon ; Peradeniya {Green). 



Haranga borneensis, sp. n. 

 Black, more or less finely punctate ; membrane bronzy 



