186 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



above in places distinctly paler ; extreme costal and apical 

 margins of tegmina ochraceous, the apical area also slightly 

 mottled with ochraceous; legs ochraceous ; other characters 

 as in generic diagnosis. 



Long., inch tegm., 7-8 mm. 



Hah. Laccadive Islands ; Minikoi ((zarcZ/rjgr, Brit. i[us.). 



Subfam. AcuTLiNjE. 

 Deferunda, gen. nov. 



Vertex of head longer than breadth between eyes, pro- 

 minently produced in front of eyes, slightly upturned apically, 

 the lateral margins distinctly upturned, the disk depressed ; 

 face much longer than broad, distinctly produced before 

 eyes, centrally and laterally carinate, distinctly foveate 

 anteriorly; clypeus small, about half the length of face, 

 the margins distinctly carinate ; pronotum narrow, centrally 

 tricarinate, tjie lateral angles moderately ampliate ; meso- 

 notum broad, tricarinate, considerably broader than long, 

 the lateral angles subacute ; abdomen broad, moderately 

 robust; posterior tibipeunspined ; tegmina about three times 

 as long as broad, moderately angulate and then ampliate 

 beyond clavus, claval vein about reaching claval apex, a 

 distinct series of apical cells, beyond clavus a distinct sub- 

 quadrate cell, above and beyond which are a cluster of 

 anteapical cells; wings much broader and a little shorter 

 than tegmina. 



A genus to be placed near Faventia, Stal, by the face 

 distinctly produced before eyes and the small clypeus. 



Deferunda si'ujmatica, sp. n. 



Vertex and jnonotum greyish white, the first with longi- 

 tudinal black lines; mesouotum with three irregular trans- 

 verse fascia?, one at anterior raargir, one near middle, and 

 the third, which is strongly waved, behind middle; abdomen 

 above piceous ; face and clypeus greyish white, the former 

 with a transverse sinuate bhick fascia belbre middle ; 

 sternum and legs more or less ochraceous; abdomen beneath 

 blackish, with the margins of the segments greyish white ; 

 tegmina with the basal two-thirds more or less ochraceous, 

 the apical third greyish, the veins more or less minutely 

 spotted or granulated with black, much less prominently so 

 on apical third, a distinct car/nine-rtd stigmatal spot, in- 

 teriorly margined with black ; wings fuliginous. 



Long., excl. tegm., 4 mm. ; exp. tegm. 9 mm. 



Hah. Bengal ; Chapra {Mackenzie, Brit. Mu^.). 



