BALCLUTHA. 



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is almost unicolorous, the black spots being practically indis- 

 cernible. 



Length J & 2 3| to 4 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon : Peradeniya {fide Melichar). — New Guinea {fide 

 Melicliar). Japan {fide Matsuniura). Generally distributed 



Fie. 234. — BakliUha punctata. 



throughout the Pal^arctic Eegiou. Nearctic Kegion. " Canada, 

 eastern United States to Iowa and Texas " {fide Van Duzee). 



2625. Balclutha lineata, Melich. (Guathodus) JLm. Faun. Ceylon, 

 p. 208 (1903) ; id. Wien. ent. Zeit. xxiv, p. 304 (lUOoj. 



" Elongate, narrow, yellowish-white or pale yellowish; vertex 

 rounded, ocelli near the eyes, distinctly visible at passage of 

 vertex to front; pronotum with five rusty-yellow longitudnial 

 lines, of which the middle one is produced on the scutel urn to 

 the impressed transverse line, the adjoining lines form indistmct 

 spots in the basal angles ; tegmina hyaline, du-ty-yellow, some- 

 times reddish-yellow, with white veins which are margined ^^■ltll 

 brown in the apical area and are therefore more strongly 

 prominent, frequently the middle apical cell is quite filled with 

 brown and this stripe extends upwards into the cornim ; wings 

 hvaline, vitreous, with delicate veins; underside pale yellowl; 

 dorsum black ; legs pale yellowish, claws dark. {Mehchar.) 



" Length J & $ 3 to 3^ millim." -^ . xt ■ ./■.;. 



Bab. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {fide JleUchar). -East Africa (fide 



Melichar). 



