Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 May 2012
Phlepsius collitus, n. sp.— Resembling fulvidorsum, but smaller and paler. Colour fulvous, elytra brown, with two imperfect light bands. Length,♀, 6 mm.; width 2 mm. Vertex short, obtusely rounded, but little longer on middle than against eye, three times wider than long; disc convex; the anterior margin distinct, but not sharply angled; elytra rather long and narrow; venation distinct, claval veins separate, parallel. Colour: vertex fulvous, sometimes with faint brownish mottling; face unifrom dull brown; pronotum fulvos, usually mottled with brown on the disc; scutellum fulvous.