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  411 
  

  

  clypcus, 
  stevimm, 
  and 
  legs 
  purplish 
  red, 
  intermediate 
  and 
  

   posterior 
  tibipe 
  black 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  beneath 
  bright 
  ochraceous, 
  

   with 
  central 
  transverse 
  s])ots 
  and 
  the 
  apex 
  black 
  ; 
  tegniina 
  

   ochraceous, 
  witli 
  a 
  hirge 
  central, 
  basal, 
  longitudinal, 
  purplish- 
  

   red 
  spot, 
  a 
  subiipical 
  greyish 
  transverse 
  fascia 
  united 
  with 
  a 
  

   brownish 
  apical 
  margin 
  ; 
  wings 
  greyish 
  white, 
  with 
  a 
  promi- 
  

   nent 
  black 
  spot 
  on 
  upper 
  margin 
  near 
  apex; 
  vertex 
  (including 
  

   eyes) 
  about 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  pronotum 
  ; 
  face 
  considerably 
  broader 
  

   tiian 
  long, 
  tiie 
  lateral 
  angles 
  subacute; 
  posterior 
  tibise 
  with 
  

   five 
  spines. 
  

  

  Long., 
  excl. 
  tegnu, 
  11 
  mm.; 
  exp. 
  tegm. 
  25 
  mm. 
  

  

  Bah.-S. 
  India; 
  Yercaud 
  (T. 
  V. 
  Camphell), 
  

  

  Messena 
  aJbifasciata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Head, 
  ])roiiotiimj 
  and 
  mesonotum 
  testaceous, 
  with 
  irregular 
  

   darker 
  niai 
  kings 
  ; 
  face 
  and 
  clypeus 
  as 
  above, 
  but 
  paler 
  and 
  

   more 
  brightly 
  marked 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  sanguineous 
  ; 
  sternum 
  and 
  

   legs 
  ochraceous, 
  with 
  black 
  markings, 
  tibiae 
  darker 
  and 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  black 
  ; 
  tegmina 
  with 
  about 
  basal 
  two-thirds 
  (not 
  

   leaching 
  costal 
  margin 
  and 
  narrowed 
  outwardly) 
  testaceous, 
  

   irregularly 
  marked 
  and 
  spotted 
  with 
  black, 
  the 
  claval 
  area 
  

   dull 
  ochraceous, 
  spotted 
  and 
  marked 
  with 
  black, 
  remaining 
  

   area 
  greyish 
  white 
  with 
  the 
  venation 
  ochraceous, 
  a 
  large 
  sub- 
  

   apical 
  transverse 
  ochraceous 
  spot 
  with 
  black 
  markings, 
  pre- 
  

   ceded 
  by 
  two 
  similar 
  spots, 
  but 
  smaller 
  in 
  size, 
  and 
  a 
  submar- 
  

   ginal 
  series 
  of 
  small 
  black 
  spots 
  ; 
  wings 
  pale 
  fuliginous, 
  the 
  

   apical 
  area 
  black 
  crossed 
  by 
  an 
  oblique 
  white 
  fascia, 
  the 
  apical 
  

   margin 
  also 
  white; 
  posterior 
  tibise 
  with 
  six 
  spines. 
  

  

  Long., 
  excl. 
  tegm., 
  9 
  mm. 
  ; 
  exp. 
  tegm. 
  3-4 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Nilgiri 
  Hills; 
  Hillgrove, 
  4000 
  ft. 
  (Brit. 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  iiy. 
  sinuata, 
  Atkins. 
  The 
  specimen 
  was 
  received 
  

   from 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  Bainbrigge-Fletcher. 
  

  

  Subfam. 
  DlCTYOFHARIN^. 
  

  

  Dittyopharu 
  cvimbatorensis, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Body 
  and 
  legs 
  virescent; 
  in 
  one 
  specimen 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  

   wholly 
  ochraceous, 
  in 
  another 
  the 
  apex 
  only 
  is 
  of 
  that 
  colour; 
  

   tegnuua 
  and 
  wing.s 
  hyaline, 
  the 
  first 
  without 
  any 
  macular 
  

   markings 
  ; 
  head 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  pro- 
  and 
  mesonota 
  

   together, 
  S/ightly 
  narrowed 
  and 
  upturned 
  at 
  apex, 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   margins 
  strongly 
  ridged 
  ; 
  face 
  tricaiinate, 
  the 
  lateral 
  carina- 
  

   tions 
  converging 
  anteriorly 
  and 
  not 
  extending 
  posteriorly 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  eyes; 
  clypeus 
  centrally 
  carinate 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  and 
  

   mesonotum 
  tricarinate, 
  posterior 
  tibiae 
  with 
  four 
  spines. 
  

  

  