G48 On neio Oriental Ilomoptera. 



Phra amplijicata^ sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, body bene;ith, and legs pale ochraceous ; 

 eyes black, with golden iridescence ; mesonotum with four 

 castaneous fascire, two central and contiguous and one near 

 each lateral margin; teginina su'ohyaline, talc-like, pale 

 fuscous streaks on costal and apical areas, many of the discal 

 veins suffused with fuscous and more prominent suffusions on 

 radial area and on inner margin ; wings hyaline, with an 

 opalescent lustre, the veins a little darker. 



Long., excl. tegm., 3-4 mm. ; exp. tegm. 17-18 mm. 



Hah. Ceylon; Maskeliya [Green). 



Phra atromaculata, sp. n. 



Body above, head beneath, sternum, and legs dull brownish 

 ochraceous, the abdomen with the posterior segmeiital margins 

 greyish white ; abdomen beneath dull stramineous, with 

 lateral marginal fuscous spots and the posterior segmental 

 margins greyish white ; tegmina dull greyish white, talc-like, 

 the veins prominent and beyond basal area paler and more 

 creamy white in colour, with small scattered black spots, two 

 in posterior half of costal membrane, two in radial area, one 

 beneath radial area, and another (larger) near claval apex, on 

 apical half of disk, three or four spots arranged longitudinally ; 

 wings creamy white. 



Long., excl. tegm., 4 ram. ; exp. tegm. 13 mm. 



Hab. N.W. India. 



Arch A, gen. nov. 



Vertex of head long and narrow, projecting considerably 

 beyond eyes, moderately widened posteriorly, notched at 

 apex, the lateral margins strongly ridged ; face long and 

 narrow, the lateral margins ridged, a little ampliated before 

 clypeus, which is centrally ridged and much shorter tliau 

 face ; antennixj inserted just before base of clypeus, long, 

 second joint very robust ; rostrum reaching tlie posterior 

 coxa^, apical joint of moderate length; legs moderately long 

 and slender ; pronotum short, angularly sinuate, its lateral 

 margins foliaceously produced, its posterior margin ridged ; 

 mesonotum long, somewhat obscurely tricarinate ; teginina 

 narrow at base, broadened towards apices, apical areas nume- 

 rous, short, extending from posterior angle of inner margin 

 to apex of costal margin, costal area wide, without transverse 

 veins, costal margin sinuate a little beyond base. 



By the strongly devcl'/>pcd antenna.' Arclia, in this tauna. 



