LIST 01' IlOMOrTEROUS INSECTS. 



10. Pttelus speculigutta. 



Niger ; caput ferrugineo trimaculatum ; thorax ferrugineo et 

 fulvo fasciatus; scutelhtm apice luteuin; alee antic<e fulvo 

 bivittatte et uniniaculatw. 

 Black, shining, bare : head and chest very finely punctured : 

 head above flat, (semicircular in front, with three ferruginous marks 

 on the fore border; face sli}{htly convex, roughly punctured, not 

 keeled, with about twelve slight cross ridges on each side: mouth 

 ferruginous at tlie base: chest convex, slightly wrinkled across in 

 front ; a fermginous band near the fore border ; scutcheon flat, very 

 finely striated across ; an angular tawny band on the fore border, di- 

 lated at each end; tip luleous: fore-wings rather narrow, conical 

 towards the tips, brown from the middle pait of the hind border to 

 the disk, adorned with two very oblique tawny streaks; one straight, 

 near the base ; the other longer, slightly curved in the middle ; a 

 little above and beyond it (here is an oblong tawny spot, pointing 

 towards four white dots which are towards ihe hind border near the 

 tip : hind-wings blackish brown, pale brown at the tips and along 

 the hind borders ; a few colourless streaks along part of the veins, 

 which a»e black. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 18 

 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



11. Ptyelus AMPLas. 



Niger, auraltis ; pectoris latera fulva ; abdomen piceum, segmentis 

 Jlavo-jttsciatis ; aim lata. 



Black, shining ; head, chest, and fore-wings covered with gilded 

 down : head and chest flat, thickly and minutely punctured : head 

 slightly concave behind, almost conical in front; its length more 

 than one-fourth of its breadth ; a short red band along the fore bor- 

 der ; face slightly convex, with a flat stripe, on each side of which 

 are twelve suongly marked obli(|ue ridges : mouth extending to the 

 middle hips : breast on each side and hind-chest tawny : abdomen 

 pitchy, with yellow bands along ihe hind borders of the segments : 

 oviduct ferruginous: hind-shauks ferruginous at the base: fore- 

 wings rather broad, very convex along the fore border : hind-wings 

 broad, colourless, brown at the tips and along the hind borders ; 

 veins black, tawny at the base. Length of the body 5| lines ; of the 

 wings 1 1 lilies. 



». Java. From the East India Company's collection. 



