PENTHIMIA.. 19 



dull brownish-ochraceous, with a dark spot near each basal angle 

 and two small dark spots on apical area ; face pale ochraceous, 

 the basal half mottled with black ; legs blackish, apices of the 

 femora, basal halves of intermediate tibiae, the whole of the 

 anterior tibiae, anterior and intermediate tarsi and base of posterior 

 tarsi, ochraceous ; tegmina pale fuscous, mottled with black and 

 greyish white. 



$ . Larger and paler than rf ; vertex of head aud scutellum 

 almost entirely ochraceous; tegmina duller ochraceous, the 

 claval area with darker suffusions ; face almost entirely ochraceous, 

 vertex only a little longer than half the breadth between eyes ; pro- 

 notuiu moderately convex, its anterior area declivous ; scutellum 

 transversely impressed near middle ; spinules to the posterior 

 tibiae strong and ochraceous in hue. 



Length inch tegm., 4|-5 ; $ 5|-6 millim. 



Hub. South India; Kodaikanal (f. V. Campbell). 



Dr. Campbell has sent home these two forms as the sexes of the 

 same species and is doubtless correct in so doing. 



3513. Penthimia funebris, sp. n. 



Vertex of head, pronotum and scutellum black ; anterior half 

 of each lateral margin of scutellum pale brownish ; body beneath 

 and legs black, apices of femora, the anterior and intermediate 

 tarsi, and the sphiules to posterior tibiae, pale brownish ; tegmina 

 brownish-ochraceous, more palely maculately mottled and with 

 some obscure suffusions of black, two small spots near middle of 

 each claval area, a small spot near middle of costal margin, and 

 two small subcostal spots near base of apical area, greyish white; 

 scutellum only a little longer than vertex, roundly transversely 

 impressed near middle; pronotum finely transversely wrinkled; 

 vertex anteriorly conically rounded. 



Length inol. tegm. 5 millim. 



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



3514. Penthimia thoracica, sp. n. 



Vertex of head and scutellum pale testaceous; pronotum greyish 

 white; face ochraceous; clypeus, body beneath, and legs black; 

 apices of femora, anterior and intermediate tibiae and tarsi, bases 

 of posterior tarsi and spinules to posterior tibiae, ochraceous : 

 tegmina pale testaceous, two small black spots at apices of claval 

 areas ; pronotum finely transversely striate ; scutellum f oveately 

 impressed, a little longer than vertex which is anteriorly convexly 

 rounded. 



Var. Tegmina with four small black spots at apices of claval 

 areas, two spots on middle of tegmen and two others before apical 

 area, black. 



Length incl. tegm. 5 millim. 



Hub. South India ; Kodaikanal (T. V. Campbell). 



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