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scutellum, its anterior margin couically, almost subacutely pro- 

 duced; tegmina distinctly finely granulose and punctate; bases of 

 spinules to posterior tibiae sometimes black, the extreme apices of 

 posterior tibiae black. 



Length incl. tegm. 6 millim. 



Hab. Nilgiri Hills ; Lovedale (T. V.Campbell). 



3508. Penthimia montana, sp. n. 



Vertex of head and scutellum ochraceous, pronotum a little 

 paler and more pale greeuish-ocbraceous ; vertex with a black 

 spot at apex, sometimes nearly the whole apical margin black, 

 ocelli black ; pronotum with two darker spots near anterior 

 margin ; scutellum with a black spot near each basal angle, two 

 small spots and a transverse line on disk black, (these dark 

 markings sometimes fused) ; face (excluding anterior margin) 

 black ; body beneath and legs black ; apices of femora, anterior 

 and intermediate tibiae and tarsi pale ochraceous, these tibiae 

 longitudinally streaked with black, bases of posterior tibiae and 

 tarsi pale ochraceous ; tegtuina testaceous, thickly maculately 

 mottled, two small black spots at apex of claval area, the apical 

 area paler and uniformly coloured, its inner margin with some 

 black suffusions ; scutellum a little longer than vertex of head, 

 transversely impressed near middle; vertex of head with the 

 anterior margin subconically produced ; pronotum obscurely 

 transversely wrinkled. 



Length incl. tegm. 5 millim. 



Hab. Nilgiri Hills ; Lovedale (T 7 . V. Campbell). 



3509. Penthimia badia, sp. n. 



Vertex of head, pronotum, scutellum and tegmina ochraceous,. 

 with obscure darker suffusions or mottlings ; some minute spots 

 on lateral margins of scutellum, and a spot at apex of claval area, 

 black ; apical area of tegmina with black suffusions ; body beneath 

 and legs pale ochraceous. A broad, robust species, the scutellum 

 distinctly longer than the vertex of head, and transversely, 

 roundly impressed near its middle ; pronotum irregularly trans- 

 versely wrinkled, declivous towards vertex which is conically 

 rounded in front; posterior tibiae longly but not robustly 

 spinulose. 



Length incl. tegm. 6 millim. 



Hab. South India; Chikkaballaptira (T. V. Campbell). 



Allied to P. castanea, Walk. 



351 0. Penthimia vittatifrons, sp. n. 



Body above and beneath pale castaneous ; legs paler and more 

 pale testaceous ; anterior margin of face between eyes ochraceous ; 

 apical area of tegmina more or less distinctly spotted with white ; 

 vertex of head in length equal to about half the breadth between 



TOL. VII. 



