H. hispinosa 



427 



' hispinosa " by Neumann as the type of a separate species, which he 

 named neumanni. The form Donitz selected is, we find, identical with 

 H. bispinosa Neumann, 1897, and therefore falls into synonymy (see 

 Fig. 359 from Donitz). Warburton (1908) restored and redescribed 

 H. bispinosa. 



Male (Figs. 358, 359) : Scutum 1-45 x 1 to 2-3 x 1-65 \m\\.\ yellow 

 or brown (in well chitinised specimens), long oval, broadest in the middle. 



Fig. 358. H. hispinosa <f . Dorsum, venter, tarsus IV, spiracle. Specimen (N. 1826 



from Madras). Original, N. C. del. 



glabrous, uniformly punctate with medium inconspicuous punctations ; 

 cervical grooves very faint, lateral grooves long,well- marked, ending behind 

 spiracles ; festoons very long. Venter : spiracles white, sub-oval, broadest 

 posteriorly, almost without dorsal protuberance. Capitulum : base fairly 

 long, broadly rectangular, with straight sides and stout cornua ; 

 palps only slightly salient, articles 2 and 3 about equal in size and 



1 The following measurements show the variation in the size of the c? scutum in mm. : 

 N. 1826, from India 1-8 x 1-1 \ 



1-8 X 1-0.5 1 chosen for range of size from amongst 83 <? 

 1-7 X 1-1 I contained in the lot. 



i-esxi-is) 



N. 1373, from jChina 1-7 x 11 N. 129, from Japan 2-3 x 1-65 



1-45 X 1-0 205 X 1-5 



