18 APPENDIX. JASSID^E. 



eyes, anteriorly conic-ally rounded ; scutellum longer than vertex, 

 its basal margin longer than lateral margins, transversely incised 

 near middle ; pronotum anteriorly declivous in a line with head. 



Length incl. tegm. 6-6 millim. 



ffab. Ceylon ; Maha Illupalama (J. C. F. Fryer), Peradeniya 

 (E. E. Green). 



3511. Penthimia majuscula, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum and scutellum ochraceous ; face (imperfectly 

 seen in unique carded type) black, excluding narrow anterior 

 ochraceous margin \ sternum black, with some lateral paler spots ; 

 abdomen beneath very pale ochraceous, with a central, segmental 

 series of transverse black spots ; femora black, their apices 

 narrowly ochraceous, anterior and intermediate tibiae and tarsi 

 ochraceous, bases of tibiae black or blackish, posterior tibiae and 

 tarsi black, apices of the tibiae and bases of the tarsi ochraceous ; 

 tegmina dark chocolate-brown, costal margin on apical third 

 spotted with ochraceous ; scutellum transverse, broader than long, 

 longer than vertex, its apex subacute, its lateral margins oblique, 

 a slightly curved transverse impression near middle ; pronotum a 

 little longer than scutellum, roundly deflected towards head, its 

 basal margin moderately sinuately excavate ; vertex of head 

 anteriorly convexly rounded ; posterior tibiae strongly spinulose. 



Length incl. tegm. 6 millim. 



Hob. South India ; Chikkaballapura (T. V. Campbell). 



3512. Penthimia variabilis, sp. n. 



<$ . Bodv above and tegmina pale ochraceous or greyish, thickly 

 and irregularly mottled and suffused with black ; vertex of head 

 with a large apical spot, and a small spot near inner margin of 



cf 

 Fig. 6. Penthimia variabilis. 



each eye, pale ochraceous ; pronotum with the anterior area pale 

 ochraceous, with some black spots near anterior margin ; scutellum 



