U2 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



Hah. Malay Peninsula ; Perak {Boherty, Brit. Mus.). 



Allied to P. conspicna, Dist., bnt (littering by the shorter 

 vertex, the lateral margins o£ wliich are perpendicular for a 

 siiort distance in front c£ eyes, difterent markings to face, &c. 



Ledrotypa, gen. nov. 



Vertex of head flat, the margins moderately laminately 

 reflexed, about as long as prouotum and scutellum together, 

 the anterior margin broadly rounded, the lateral margins 

 slightly sinuate before eyes, ocelli near base, nearer to eyes 

 than to each other, eyes posteriorly elongate ; face concave, 

 moderately convex on the apical area; pronotum short, 

 deflected from base, scarcely longer than scutellum, distinctly 

 fovente ])efore each lateral margin, anterior margin centrally 

 truncate, posterior margin angularly concave before base of 

 scutellum ; scutellum broader than long, posteriorly deflected 

 from base, the apex acute ; tegmina with tlie veins prominent ; 

 posterior tibiae four-cornered, curved, armed with numerous 

 spines, the outer edge slightly expanded,, and strongly 

 spinous. 



Type, L. spatulata, Dist. 



In the enumeration of the Indian species tliis genus may 

 follow Petalucephala. 



Ledrotypa spatulata, sp. n. 



? . SomcAvhat uniformly dull ochraceous ; a short black 

 fascia between and outside the anterior and intermediate 

 coxBS ; vertex of head very finely and obscurely punctate, its 

 posterior margin levigate ; pronotum with the disk very 

 finely transversely striate^ foveate on each side a little behind 

 anterior margin, very obscurely centrally longitudinally 

 impressed ; scutellum with a transverse impressed line before 

 apex ; posterior tibite a little curved, with numerous some- 

 what remote fine S|!ines on outer margin. 



Long., inch tcgm., 11 mm. 



Hab. "Himalayas" (Brit. Mus.); Bhogaon, Purneah 

 Distr., N. Bengal {Paiva, Ind. and Brit. Muss.). 



Ledrotypa gj-eeni, sp. n. 



Body and legs brownish ochraceous ; (abdomen muti- 

 lated) ; t{>gmina pale ochraceous, the veins darker and with 

 piceous markings which consist of two long subcostal linear 

 streaks, four similar streaks (three short and one long) on 

 subapical area^ the lowermost streak followed by one or two 



