64 Mr. F. W. Edwards on some 



similar indeed. T. pennipes, O.-S., is said to liave two 

 spines near the base of the front femora ; specimen^ which I 

 have examined from the Seychelles Is. show two long and 

 three or four short spines or bristles in this position. T. ex- 

 ornata, Bergr., and a closely allied species from W. Africa, 

 have about eight small short spines on the underside of the 

 front femora near the base. This, again, indicates that we 

 are here dealing with only one genus. There are several 

 undescribed African species of this genus in the British 

 Museum. 



9. Conosia irrorata, Wied. Aussereur. zweifl. Ins. i. 57-4. 3. 

 Dondra; Galle; Bentota (T. B. Fletcher). 



10. Eriocera crystaUoptera, O.-S. Berl. ent. Z. 1887, p. 222. 



Madulsima (7". B. Fletcher); Tundaluoya [E. E. Green); 

 Haputale (Lt.-Col. Yerbury). 



The female is larger than the male, but otherwise very 

 similar. 



11. Eriocera hiimherii, O.-S. Berl. ent. Z. 1887, p. 221. 



Pundaluoya {E. E. Green), 2 $ . 



A specimen without an abdomen from Uva P. Madulsima 

 (7". B. Fletcher) has the thorax entirely velvet-black, but 

 otherwise agrees with E. humberti, of which it may be the 

 undescribed male. 



12. Eriocera ctenophoroides, sp. n., (;J $ . 



Rufa, ahdomine nigro nitido ; pedibus brunncis ; alis fuscis, maculis 

 tribuB albis apicalibus. 



Head black, -with a black pubescence. Antennaj 8-jointcd 

 in both sexes, but the last four joints indistinctly separated ; 

 scape dark fuscous, flagcllum ochreous brown. Palpi 

 blackish. Thorax entirely brick-red, velvety in appearance, 

 except for a line round and just below the mesonotum, 

 which is shining and translucent. Post-alar calli and pro- 

 tuberance below root of Ming with tufts of black hairs. 

 Legs uniformly dark broMn, except for the red coxa? ; 

 densely covered with somewhat accumbent black pubcsceuec ; 

 stout and shorter than usual in Eriocera, giving the insect a 

 very Ctenophora-Wkt} appearance, -which is heightened by the 

 form and colour of the abdomen. IV'ings dark brown, 

 lighter towards the anal margin and in the centre of some 



