new Oriental Ilomoplera. 645 



ridged, its apex angulated ; face long and narrow, the lateral 

 margins very strongly ridged, slightly widened before 

 cl\peus, whicii is slioitcr than the face and with its margins 

 strongly ridged ; |>ronotum very short, esi)eeially behind 

 head, the lateral areas angularly dilated ; niesonotnm finely 

 tricarinate; legs of moderate length, posterior tibia3 not 

 spined ; tegmina about three times as long as broad, a little 

 widened apically, tlie costal and inner margins nearly 

 parallel, the apical margin a little rounded and sinuate, a 

 series of .short irregular apical cells continued round the apex 

 of costal area, on lower portion of which near apex is a short 

 narrow longitudinal cell ; wings broader and a little shorter 

 than the tegmina, the radial area long. 

 A genus to be placed near 2\ipoosa, Dist. 



Cliaprina nigromacidata, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and mesonotum ocliraceous, more or less 

 greyishly tomentose ; abdomen above fuscous, a greyish- 

 white transverse fascia near base, the apical area ocliraceous, 

 with transverse black spots; head beneath, sternum, and 

 legs more or less ocliraceous ; abdomen beneath castaneous 

 brown, its apex ocliraceous ; tegmina creamy white, with 

 "waved irregular ocliraceous markings, these principally con- 

 sist of some obliquely transverse lines in costal area, a sub- 

 triangular fascia near base continued from about end of clavus 

 to the submarginal area, wliere it more or less encloses some 

 pale spots, at the apex three distinct black spots ; wings pale 

 creamy white, the veins pale fuscous. 



Long., excl. tegm., 3^ mm. ; exp. tegm. 12 mm. 



Hah. Bengal ; Chapra (Mackenzie). Pusa (found on 

 grass). 



Chaprina viitata, sp. n. 



Body and legs stramineous; vertex and pronolum greyish 

 wdiite ; tegmina creamy white, with irregular ochraceous 

 markings, these are irregular, maculate, and consist of an 

 elongate spot occupying nearly basal half of clavus, another 

 at and rising above claval apex, two in radial area (one at 

 base, the other at apex), one at end of cell beyond radial area, 

 two, almost united, beneath the base of this cell, and some 

 marginal irregular spots of the same colour, a few small dark 

 spots on disk, and at the apex two short dark longitudinal 

 vittae, with a small dark spot above and below them ; wing& 

 pale creamy white. 



