HEXICOSPILUS. 391 



with the stigma and nervures black ; the glabrous area with two 

 corneous marks, the larger triangular, laterally rounded, with a 

 long curved tail, the smaller about twice as long as broad, rounded 

 behind, with the apex transverse ; submarginal nervure one-third 

 the length of the apical abscissa of the internal cubital nervure 

 and about a fourth shorter than the recurrent. 



Length 12 millim. 



BOMBAY: Igatpuri, vii. 04 (Pusa coll.); CEYLON: Kandy, 

 iii.03, iv. 05, vi.09 (E. E. Green, type; Eoivland Turner), Galle, 

 vi. 07 (T. B. Fletcher). 



The specimen from Igatpuri differs from the above description 

 only in having the central mesonotal lobe apically blackish. 



287. Henicospilus atricornis, Mori. 



Henicospilus atricornis, Moiiey, Kevis. Iclin. Brit. Mus. 1912. 



c? $ . A testaceous and slender species, with the ocellar region, 

 antennae, anus and stigma black, and the mesonotum centrally 

 infuscate anteriorly. Head without flavous markings, very 

 strongly constricted behind the eyes. Antennce entirely black and 

 elongate. Thorax unicolorous testaceous, with only the central 

 mesonotal lobe apically infuscate; petiolar area finely and 

 subgranulately trans-aciculate throughout, and not impressed. 

 Scutellum almost glabrous and distinctly carinate laterally to its 

 extreme apex, where the carinae coalesce. Abdomen abruptly 

 deep black from apex of fourth segment. Legs with tarsal claws 

 densely pectinate to near their apices. Wings with the costa and 

 stigma entirely black : first cubital cell with but a single triangular 

 ferruginous corneous mark, produced apically below ; nervulus 

 autefurcal. 



Length 16-17 millim. 



BENGAL : Chapra (Mackenzie, type Pusa coll.) ; CENTRAL 

 PROVINCES : Nagpur and Chikla, Bafaghat (Pusa coll.) ; CEYLON : 

 Namunakule, 6600 ft., ii. 10 (E. E. Green). 



Type in the Pusa collection. 



This species has the facies of H. repentinus, Holmg., but the 

 petiolar area is trans-aciculate, the head extremely narrow 

 posteriorly, the radius is much more curved and the apex of the 

 first cubital cell is also appreciably more sinuate; the stigma, 

 costa, anus, antennae, and ocellar region are black. It also bears 

 some close affinity to //. melanocarpus, Cam., but is at once 

 recognised from that species by its larger size and by the possession 

 of but a single corneous alar mark ; further, the submarginal 

 nervure is fully half the length of the apical abscissa of the 

 internal cubital nervure and about as long as the recurrent 

 nervure. 



In the Pusa collection there are some females bred from th 

 Pyralid moth, Sylepta deror/ata, F. 



