EZRANA. 



17' 



greyish-brown ; tegmina ochraceoiis with scattered black granules 

 and two obscure oblique fuscous fascise, one near middle, the 

 other subapical ; wings very pale fuliginous, subhyaline ; vertex of 

 head about as long as breadth between eyes, lateral margins not 



Fig. 111). — Chatura nigella. 



angulated in front of eyes but gradually roundly narrowed to 

 apex, which is a little subangulate ; pronotum with four central 

 ridges, the outermost longest and much angulated, between them 

 a series of granules at anterior margin, lateral margins sinuate ; 

 scutellum discally foveate with a central carination; face very broad, 

 angulated anteriorly and posteriorly ; posterior tibiae remotely 

 and rather longly spinous on inner margin. 



Length excl. tegm. $ 11 ; exp. tegm. 16 millim. 



Hab. Ceylon ; Maskelij^a ( Green). 



Genus EZRANA, nov. 



Type, E. pygmcpa, Dist. 



Distribution. British India. 



J . Head shorter than breadth between eyes ; ocelli very 

 prominent, placed on disk behind middle and slightly nearer to 

 each other than to eyes, lateral margins straight for a short 

 distance in front of eyes then narrowed to apex, which is obtusely 

 acute ; pronotum non-carinate, but centrally longitudinallv sul- 

 cate, lateral margins a little concavely sinuate, posterior angles 

 subpi-orainent, posterior margin sinuate ; other characters generally 

 as in Ledra ; legs imperfectly seen, owing to corrosion, in typical 

 specimen, but the posterior tibiae not foliaceously dilated. 



2390. Ezrana pygmaea, sp, u. 



Body above pale ochraceous ; eyes piceous ; margins of ocelli, 

 a large irregular discal spot on each side of pronotum, a basal 

 marginal fascia to pronotum and two oblique spots to mesonotum, 

 castaneous ; body beneath a little paler ; head beneath pale 

 yellowish-white, its anterior area pale virescent ; tegmina pale 

 greyish-ochraceous, basal half opaque, remaining area talc-like, 



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