354 Mr. W. L. Distant on llomoptera. 



Putala hrachycephala^ pp. n. 



Head, tliorax, body beneath, and legs brownish ocliraceous; 

 carinations to pro- and raesonota much paler in hue ; abdo- 

 men above piceous, with ochraceous macular markings; apex 

 of clypeus, linear markings to femora, ai)ices of tibiae and 

 tarsi, and apex of rostrum fuscous; tegmina and wings 

 hyaline, the venation fuscous ; tegmina with the stigma and 

 a central longitudinal apical patch fuscous ; head short, only 

 about as long in front of eyes as between them ; face nar- 

 rowed at base, widened towards clypeus, tricarinale; clypeus 

 centrally carinate and on each lateral area obliquely striate ; 

 posterior tibia? with five spines ; mesonotum tricarinate. 



Long., excl. tegm., 7-7i mm.; exp. tegm. 19|-20 mm. 



IJab. Singapore (//. JN. Ridley ^ Brit. Mus.) ; Bombay 

 (Coll. Dist.). 



To be recognized among the Oriental species by the broad 

 and short cephalic process. 



Putala Leioisi, sp. n. 



Head ochraceous, lateral margins of the cephalic process 

 very broadly castaneous ; pro- and mesonota brownish ochra- 

 ceous, the tirst with a central carination and the produced 

 anterior margin pale ochraceous ; mesonotum with a pale 

 central ochraceous line not reaching basal margin ; abdomen 

 above and beneath ochraceous, much mottled with dark 

 castaneous ; femora castaneous brown minutely spotted with 

 ochraceous, and more or less annulated with the same colour 

 near apex ; tibite ochraceous, anterior and intermediate tibiae 

 broadly annulated with castaneous at base, middle, and apes, 

 posterior tibias with the base, spines, and a longitudinal line 

 castaneous; face, clypeus, and broad lateral sternal margins 

 very ])ale ochraceous; tegmina and wings hyaline, the vena- 

 tion fuscous brown, tegmina with the stigma piceous ; cephalic 

 jjrocess a little upcurved and apical ly narrowed, from in 

 front of eyes as long as from eyes to apex of mesonotum ; 

 face very finely wrinkled, tricarinate, the lateral carinations 

 inclined inwardly from eyes but not reaching clypeus; 

 rostrum castaneous, ochraceous towards apex and about 

 reaching posterior coxie; mesonotum tricarinate, the lateral 

 carinations very prominent and curved; posterior tibiaj with 

 livi! spines. 



Jjong., excl. tegm., 13 mm. ; exp. tegm. 23 mm. 



Jl((b. Japan {G. Lewis). 



