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3517. Penthimia nitida, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) x, p. 444 (1912). 



Head pronotum, scutellum, and tegmina (excluding apical area) 

 shining black, apical area of teg'nen greyishly subhyaline. outwardly 

 and inwardly ochraeeous, more or less extending upward to the 

 opaque black area; body beneath black, the legs ochraceous, 

 anterior femora basnlly suffused with black ; head rounded in 

 front, the anterior margin somewhat acutely reflexed ; pronotum 

 moderately convex, slightly wrinkled, and sparingly coarsely 

 punctate; scutellum opaquely black, thickly finely punctate; 

 tegmiua (excluding apical area) coarsely punctate ; posterior legs 

 suffused with black, posterior tibise strongly spinose, the tarsi 

 ochraceous. 



Length 4 millim. 



If ah. Burma ; Moulmein. 



A species to be recognized by the strongly punctured upper sur- 

 face ; it may be -placed near P. erebus, Dist. 



PENTHIMIA SCAPULARIS. (Vol. IV, p. 244.) 

 PENTHIMIA MACULOSA. (Vol. IV, p. 244.) 



Since I described these species I have examined a large number 

 of specimens derived from various localities and find that the 

 specific distinctions cannot be maintained. The testaceous spot 

 near the posterior angles of the pronotum, as described in scapularis, 

 is frequently absent, as are also, sometimes, the maculate markings 

 to the scutellum. The two descriptions afford a guide to the ? 

 variations of the species, which musi take the first name used 

 viz. scapularis. 



Add: Hob. South India; Coitnbatore. Sikkim; Lebong (II. M. 

 Leffoy). Burma (R. D. Shroff). 



3518. Penthimia fraterna, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum and scutellum black, the latter with a small 

 obscure spot at each basal angle, and a similar spot near middle of 

 each lateral margin ; face black ; legs black, apices of femora and 

 anterior and intermediate tibiae and tarsi ochraceous ; tegmina 

 black, thickly speckled with brownish-ochraceous, a pale spot near 

 middle of claval area, a similar spot near middle of costal margin, 

 and a cluster of greyish and ochraceous spots on apical area. 



Allied to P. scajjularis, Dist., but a more elongate species ; macu- 

 late markings different. 



Length incl. tegm. 6 millim. 



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



3519. Penthimia quadrinotata, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum and scutellum black; pronotum with an obscure, 

 central, longitudinal brownish-oehraceous fascia (in some speci- 

 mens this is more or less obsolete) ; face black, its lateral and 

 posterior margins ochraceous; body beneath atid legs black or 



