HESPERA.. 



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segments nearly equal. Proihorax broader than long, sides 

 straight, anterior angles not produced, posterior angles widely 

 rounded ; surface not very convex ; the clothing of dense pub- 

 escence obscures the punctuation. Scutellum piceous, triangular, 

 pubescent. Elytra broader than prothorax, parallel-sided ; sur- 

 face not very convex; the pubescence obscures the punctuation. 

 Underside thinly covered with tine hairs, breast more or less 

 piceous, other structures as stated under the genus. 

 Length, 3 mm. 



Burma: Karen Hills (Fed). South India: Nilgiri Hills 

 (H. L. Andrewes). Bombay : Dharwar (Andrewes Coll.). 

 Ceylon : Kandy, vii. 1905 (G. E. Bryant). 



Type in the Genoa Museum. There is also an example marked 

 "type " in the British Museum. 



This species seems to have a very wide distribution. The 

 Indian and Ceylonese specimens differ from the Burmese example 

 only in that the general colour of the body is slightly darker. 



Fig. 56. — Hespera nigri/pes, Maulik, 



87. Hespera nigripes, sp. nov. 



Hespera nigripes, Weise MS. 



Black, covered with fine silvery hairs. The three basal seg- 

 ments of the antennae are in some examples yellow-brown, and 



