Genus Cule.r. 411 



$ . Thorax with similar adornment but not so pronounced 

 as in the 9 • Palpi ochreous, last two segments and apex of 

 antepenultimate white scaled, with flaxen hair-tufts and some 

 dark bristles, dense dark hair-tufts at apex of antepenultimate, 

 a few dark scales at the apices of the segments ; last two 

 segments nearly equal, some prominent out-standing spines at 

 the apex of the antepenultimate segment. 



Abdomen with dark quadrilateral patches on the segment- 

 divided by a median dull ochreous line of flaxen brown. 



Legs as in the 9 J f° re an( l m ^ ungues both very unequal, 

 both pairs uniserrate ; hind equal (and simple ?). 



Wings with the fork-cells short, the first sub-marginal a little 

 longer and narrower than the second posterior, its stem nearly 

 as long as the cell, its base slightly nearer the apex of the wing ; 



Fig. 175. 

 Wing of Cnlex ptUlidmtriutus. <?. o. sp. 



stem of the second posterior longer than the cell ; mid cross- vein 

 longer than the posterior which is less than twice its own length 

 distant from the mid cross- vein. 



Length. — 6 to 7 mm. 



Habitat. — Peradeniya, Ceylon (E. E. Green) ; India (Dr. 

 Christophers). 



Time of capture. — December (in Ceylon). 



Observations. — Described from a female and two males. The 

 thoracic adornment is so very marked, especially in the female, 

 that the species cannot well be mistaken. There is evidently 

 much variation in the abdomen, in the 9 specimen it is all ochreous, 

 in one £ there are two dark areas on most segments, in the 

 other the dark areas are irregular and have many scattered pale 

 scales. The $ palpi are also peculiar in their dense scaling and 

 short thorn-like chaetae in addition to the hair-tufts. 



