356 Mr. A. G. Butler on new Mr/nopoda. 



5. Zephronia leopardtnaj n. sp. 



Allied to Z. mermis, but pale testaceous, blotched all over 

 with castaneous, and covered with minute, scarcely perceptible 

 hairs ; puncturing almost precisely as in Z. inermis. 



Length 8 lines ; width 4| lines. 



Hah. Ceylon {R. Templeton). One specimen. B.M. 



6. Zephronia tigrina^ n. sp. PI. XVIII. fig. 7. 



Allied to Z. corrugata. Castaneous, with each of the dorsal 

 segments, excepting the first and last, crossed by a band of 

 ochre-yellow ; head and front of first dorsal segment pitchy ; 

 hind margins of all the dorsal segments pitchy. 



Head and nuchal plate covered with coarse punctures ; dorsal 

 segments very rugose ; wings not angulated, but obliquely 

 rounded off in front, and with well-developed anterior ridge. 



Length 1 inch 7 lines ; width 9 lines. 



Hah. "East Indies" {8. Stevens). One specimen. B.M. 



7. Zepihronia zehraica^ n. sp. PI. XVIII. fig. 4. 

 Allied to Z. tigrina. Ochreous, head pitchy ; front of nuchal 



plate and front margins of all the dorsal segments black ; two 

 irregularly triangular pitchy patches towards the front of last 

 segment. 



Head densely and coarsely punctured in front, otherwise 

 sparsely punctured ; a row of well-defined punctures along 

 front of nuchal plate ; all the dorsal segments sparsely punc- 

 tured in front, last segment punctured all over. 



Length 1 inch 1 1 lines ; width 1 1 lines. 



Hob. Near Bombay {Col. Whitehill). One specimen. B.M. 



8. Zephronia nigrinota^ n. sp. PI. XVIII. fig. 9. 

 Allied to the preceding species. Dark olivaceous or casta- 

 neous, with dorsal segments slightly paler in front, and dotted 

 here and there with black and sometimes with ochreous spots ; 

 head and nuchal plate pitchy. 



Head glabrous, densely and coarsely punctured in front, 

 irregularly and sparsely punctured behind ; nuchal plate ex- 

 hibiting a few coarse punctures here and there ; dorsal segments 

 almost imperceptibly granulose ; segmental wings as in the 

 preceding species. 



Length 1 inch 3 lines to 1 inch 2 lines. 



Hah. '^\kk.m\ [Dr. Hooker) ] Assam (IFa;WcZ;). Six speci- 

 mens. B.M. 



9. Zephronia lutescens, n. sp. 



Testaceous, sometimes clouded with olivaceous ; head and 

 nuchal plate pale olive and covered with short bristles. 



