HESICOSMLUS. 393 



their apices. Thorax with the mesonotum suhinfuscate, closely 

 punctate and with short white pubescence ; " the base of the 

 [median] segment deeply and widely depressed, the depression 

 stoutly longitudinally keeled in the middle; the apex in the 

 middle broadly deeply triangularly depressed. This basal part is 

 bordered by a stout transverse keel ; in front of this the segment 

 is irregularly longitudinally striated ; the apical half stoutly 

 striated, the strise curved, almost semicircular;" propleurae closely 

 and obliquely striate ; mesopleurae closely punctate, with their 

 apices broadly impressed below, and the base sinuately carinate 

 on the lower half. Scutellum gradually and distinctly constricted 

 upically, laterally carinate and basally closely punctate, with the 

 apex rugose, subpunctate and trans-aciculate, " at the apex below 

 there is a stout, curved keel, from the end of which on either 

 side, a curved keel runs to a transverse one." Abdomen immaculate. 

 Legs paler than the body, with the tibia? and tarsi flavidous. 

 Wings hyaline, with a single oblique, elongate and apically obtuse 

 corneous spot in the glabrous area ; stigma fulvous, nervures 

 blackish ; basal nervure not continuous through the median. 



Length 16-24 millim. 



ASSAM: Khasi Hills (Rothney, type); BHUTAN, vii. 95 (6'. G. 

 Dudgeon). CHINA ; SINGAPORE ; SARAWAK. 



Type in the Oxford Museum. 



This species is said by its author to be known from H. reti- 

 culatus by its smaller size, immaculate thorax and abdomen, the 

 basal nervure not continuous, " by the scutellum not being dis- 

 tinctly narrowed towards the apex " (cf. supra), nor longitudinally 

 aciculate, but more distinctly carinate laterally. It is allied to 

 //. ceylonicus, but the metanotum is striate and not coarsely 

 shagreened, and the glabrous alar area bears but a single corneous 

 spot. 



290. Henicospilus orientalis, sp. n. 



<3 $ . A large dull and pale testaceous species, with only a 

 small black mark at the base of front wings behind the tegulse. 

 Head paler and stramineous, sulcate between the antennae to a 

 small carina above the face. Antenna} 25 millim in length. 

 Metanotum dull and shagreened beyond the subobsolete transverse 

 carina, with fine and indistinct trans-aciculations and the broad 

 central sulcus not deeply impressed. Wings with the basal nervure 

 not continuous through the median; first cubital cell strongly 

 convex above; radius strongly sinuate basally, with a single linear 

 corneous mark, higher at apex than base, beneath the centre of 

 its basal abscissa. 



Length 23 millim. 



CENTRAL INDIA (Hearsey) ; BOMBAY : Thana, nearPoona, xii. 85 

 (It. C. Wroughton) ; CEYLON (TJiwaites, type). 



Type in the Oxford Museum. 



