SOORTANA. 319 



2567. Pugla sigillaris, sp. n. 



Vertex pale ochraceous at base, dark ochraceous at apex ; eyes 

 dark greyish with fuscous mottlings ; pronotutn pale ochraceous, 

 with a transverse arcuate pale line on anterior disk and two dark 

 ochraceous central longitudinal fasciae; scutelluni ochraceous, 

 two oblique pale whitish lines on disk connected on apical margin 

 enclosing a distinctly paler area centrally marked with a longi- 

 tudinal brownish line, the lateral areas dark ochraceous outwardly 

 margined with whitish ; face pale ochraceous, the basal area darker, 

 brownish-ochraceous, and spotted with whitish, the basal margin 

 pale with two central black spots, at inner margins of eyes narrowly 

 blackish ; cheeks dark ochraceous ; body beneath and legs ochra- 

 ceous, the legs a little paler in hue ; tegmina greyish-white, tinted 

 with ochraceous in claval area, the veins ochraceous or brownish- 

 ochraceous, some prominent whitish spots in claval and apical 

 areas, the apical cells more or less hyaline and shaded with 

 fuscous. 



Length incl. tegm. 5 millim. 



Hah. Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doherty). 



Genus SOORTANA, nov. 



Type, S. slmulata, Dist. 



Distribution. Ceylon. 



Vertex somewhat long and narrow, much wider at apex than at 

 base, its anterior margins almost in a line with the outer margins 

 of the eyes, centrally carinate, discally foveate, lateral margins 

 ridged, at base suddenly narrowed and terminating in a slender 

 sulcate process ; ocelli near anterior margin of vertex a little in 

 front of eyes ; eyes extremely large and oblique, shghtly over- 

 lapping the anterior lateral angles of the pronotum ; face elongate, 

 narrow, lateral margins subparallel, basal margin a little conically 

 produced ; clypeus nearly half as long as face, truncate posteriorly ; 

 rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae; pronotum transverse, 

 very short, much shorter than either vertex or scutellum, its lateral 

 margins strongly inwai^dly oblique: scutellum broadly subtrian- 

 gular, strongly transversely impressed before apical area; legs 

 somewhat robust, all the tarsi spinulose ; tegmina moderately 

 short and broad, not passing anal appendage, costal area broad, 

 apical cells four. 



2568. Soortana simulata, sp. n. 



Vertex pale luteous, its anterior half, margins, and costal carina- 

 tion darker ; eyes brownish-ochraceous ; pronotum ochraceous, its 

 anterior margin, particularly behind eyes, black ; scutellum pale 

 luteous ; body beneath and legs ochraceous, apical area of abdomen 

 and anal appendage black ; tegmina piceous with many sanguineous 

 spots, the spots on apical area more lunulate and ochraceous, base 



