112 ME. W. r. KIEBT ON THE 



to Pirates rufifemur, Walk., whieli should perhaps be referred to 

 the present genus. 



Konigala, Jan. 1890 {E. E. O.). 



*PlEATES EUFIFEMTJE. 



Pirates rufifemur, Walk. Cat. Hem. Het. B. M. vii. p. 119, n. 1G (1873). 



Described from Ceylon, 



*tPlEATES CUMINGI. 



Rascelius Cumingi, Dohrn, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxi. p. 407, n. 95 

 (1860). 



Described from Ceylon. 



Mr. Green's specimens are without special locality. They are 

 labelled '"' Sirtlienesjiavipes, Stal." 



PlEATES CINGALENSIS. 



Peirates cingalensis, Dohrn, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxi. p. 408, n. 97 

 (1860). 



Described from Ceylon. 



PlEATES rtrSCICOElS'TS. 



Peirates fuscicornis, Dohrn, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxi. p. 408, n. 98 

 (1860). 

 Described from Ceylon. 



*tPlEATES STIGMATIVENTKIS, Sp. n. 



Long. Corp. 10 millim. 



Black ; the antennae, coxae in great part, base of femora, knees, 

 tibiae and tarsi, and under surface of abdomen, besides a line run- 

 ning below the rim of the pronotum and below the wiugs, rufo- 

 testaceous ; tegmina abbreviated in the specimens described, black 

 and pointed, hardly extending for more than a third of the length of 

 the abdomen ; abdomen above black, with the lateral edges spotted 

 with rufo-testaceous, and two pale spaces at the extremity of the 

 last two dorsal segments, each containing a round black spot ; 

 abdomen beneath rufo-testaceous, the colour extending up the 

 median line of the pectus ; last two dorsal segments shining black 

 in the middle ; spiracles placed on black spots, between each of 

 which are two small black dots ; the black colour of the pectus 

 extends round the base of the hind coxae, where it ceases. Within 

 the rim of the upper surface of the abdomen, and also on the 

 median line, are rows of small, raised, paler dots. 



Nitagala. 



