Bellacerus bellus (Viraktamath) comb. nov.
Figs 13A–H, 59C, 60M, 64I–L.
Idioscopus bellus Viraktamath 1979a: 21, figs 20–26.
Diagnosis. Head, pronotum and mesonotum lemon yellow immaculate, forewings smoky brown, margin along claval commissure lemon yellow in some specimens, costal area broad hyaline, one large black spot in outer apical cell. Male pygofer without ventral process, anal collar process with anterior lobe short rounded apically, posterior lobe tapering distally and slightly curved dorsad reaching outer margin of pygofer. Female sternite VII 2× as wide as long medially, posterior margin convex with median concavity (Fig. 60M).
Female genitalia. As described under generic didescription (Figs 64I–L).
Material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂, INDIA: Karnataka: Jog Falls, 19.xi.1976, C.A.Viraktamath (UASB). Paratype. 1♀, data as for holotype (UASB).
Remarks. The black triangles shown in the original diagram (Viraktamath,1979a: Fig. 20) are erroneous as there are no black triangular spots on the mesonotum.