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One word of advice to collectors, — do not card Fsocidce ; such a 

 practice cntaik double labour upon liim wlio liaa to determine them, 

 as the neuration can only be traced with difficulty in carded speci- 

 m(^.us. 



Psocua 5-PUNCTATUs, n. sp. 



P. riffescens Z (Corporis colorcs Inccrtcje). Alee liyalincd : anticce 

 fascia Intcrrupfd ohUq^iid paullo ante medium, nebula in pterostigmatc et 

 in ceJluM discoidaJi, 2nc7ictisque quinque i7i cellulis apicaJihns, griseis ; 

 ptcrostifjmuts elongato-tria^igulare ; venis fuscis, discaJibus nonnulUs 

 paUidis : posticce h/alince, immaculatcc, venis fuscescentihits. 



Exp. alar. 5 Un. (=10 mill.). 



Hab. : Ceylon (Thwaifes). In Mus. Oxon. 



The specimen is flattened and mounted in balsam, hence the 

 colours of the body, &c., are uncertain. The species is decidedly 

 allied to the European P. Q-punctatus, Linn. ; it may also, probably, 

 have some affinity with the Ceylouese P. circularis. Hag., which, how- 

 ever, is much smaller. 



Psocrs cLAiirs, n. sp. 



P. aJbidus. AntcnncB nirjrae, nigro-pilos(B ; articuUs duobus basali- 

 bus alhidis. Oculi nitjri, late nigro-cincti. Palpi pedcsq^ue albidi, lii 

 articulo ultimo tarsorum fuscesccnti. Thorax viacuUs qainquc nigris, 

 nitidis, ornatus. Abdomen vix fusccscens. Alee liyalince, immaculatce, 

 elongates : anticce pterostigmate valde elongato, lineari, vix flavido-tincto ; 

 venis marginibusque nigris. 



Exp. alar. 5f Un. (=lli mill.). 



Ilab. : Cejlon {Thwaites). In Mus. Oxon. 



Evidently allied to P. elongatus, Hag., from the same island. 

 Differs in its paler colour, in its uniformly pale mouth and palpi, the 

 wholly pale legs (excepting the apical joint of the tarsi), the live 

 black spots (one on each lobe) of the thorax, &c. Owing lo the 

 elongate anterior wings, the discoidal cell appears to be placed very 

 near the base. The mai'gins and most of the veins aj)pear io bo 

 somewhat thickened, and lience cons^picuously blaclv. . 



PSOCUS MALAYANUS, U. sp. 



P. pallide flavo-griseus. Antennae alis longiores, nigrce, nigro- 

 pilosce ; articulis duobus basalibus omnino, 3" (^ad apicem exeepto), 

 4" — 6" ad basin, Jlavidis. Palpi articulo ultimo fuscesccnti. Caput 

 infra oculos macula triangulari fusca signatum. Thorax maculis 



