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head beneath, steruum and legs pale stramineous; abdomen 

 beneath orange-yellow; vertex broad, much narrowed anteriorly. 



Length 5^ millim. 



Hah. Ceylon {Green, Brit. Mus.). 



2534. Kana ordinata, sp. w. 



Vertex of head, pronotum and scutellum greyish-white ; pro- 

 notum with four longitudinal fasciae and the base golden-yellow, 

 the former consisting of two central fasciae and one at each lateral 

 margin ; scutellum with a transverse series of golden-yellow spots 

 at base ; tegmina pale shining stramineous, the basal and apical 

 areas whitish subhyaline, a transverse sanguineous fascia near 

 base at the termination of the basal white area, anil an obtuse 

 transverse fuscous tessellate fascia at middle of stramineous area ; 

 wings pale hyaline; body beneath and legs very pale ochraceous ; 

 vertex concavely depressed, very little or scarcely longer than pro- 

 notum ; posterior tibiae thickly spinulose. 



Length excl. tegm. 3 ; exp. tegm. 9 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon ; Bogawantalawa, Maskeliya ( Green). 



2535. Kana illaborata, sp. n. 



Pale yellowish ; vertex with a pale central whitish longitudinal 

 linear fascia a little widened at middle ; pronotum with a central 

 longitudinal line, and a subquadrate spot on each side near anterior 

 margin whitish ; tegmina with a broad transverse fascia before 

 middle and the apical area pale fuscous ; body beneath and legs a 

 little paler in hue ; vertex a little longer than pronotum, foveately 

 depressed, anteriorly subangularly narrowed ; posterior tibiae finely 

 spinulose. 



Length incl. tegm. 6 millim. 



Hah. Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doherty). 



The late Mr. Doherty sent me a small series of this distinct 

 species. 



Genus BALBILLUS, nov. 



Type, B. granulosus, Dist. 



Distribution. Ceylon. 



Vertex as long as breadth between eyes, anteriorly angularly 

 rounded, shortly obliquely perpendicularly produced before eyes, 

 the lateral margins thence obliquely a little roundly narrowing to 

 apex ; eyes of moderate size, obliquely directed backward over the 

 anterior angles of the pronotum, ocelli difficult to determine but 

 apparently situate on the anterior margin near eyes ; face about 

 twice as long as clypeus, anteriorly angularly produced in front of 

 the insertion of the antennte, behind which it obliquely narrows to 

 clypeus ; pronotum about as long as vertex, deflected on each side 



