MENIDA, 



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punctures near anterior margin ; scutellum pale ochraceoas, a large 

 triangular basal spot, a few scattered punctures, and a spot on 

 lateral margins before apex piceous ; corium pale ochraceous, thickly 

 brownly punctate ; membrane hyaline, reflecting the dark abdomen 

 beneath ; body beneath and legs ochraceous, the fii'st with a central 

 macular and sometimes a sublateral fascia on each side, and the 

 spiracles black; apex of rostrum black, just passing intermediate 

 coxae; antenna? ochraceous, second and third joints shorter than 

 fourth and fifth ; abdominal basal spine long, reaching the inter- 

 mediate coxae. 



Length 6 millim. 



Hah, Ceylon ; Pundaluoya {Green). 



2726. Meuida wellawayae, Dist. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. l, p. 407 (1906). 



Ochraceous, thickly blackly punctate; head thickly blackly 

 punctate, with five longitudinal levigate fasciae on anteocular area, 

 two on postocular area inside ocelli, and one at inner margin of 

 eyes, which are castaneous with their margins ochraceous; pro- 

 notum with the anterior and lateral margins narrowly ochraceously 

 levigate, the black punctures in many places confluent, and with 

 two shining black transverse spots punctately margined on anterior 

 area ; scutellum ochraceous with castaneous markings, with a large 

 black spot on basal area, and with two contiguous black spots on 

 apical area, the apical margin ochraceously levigate ; corium darkly 

 punctate, a spot on disk and the apical area black : membrane 

 greyish, its basal area black : body beneath and legs ochraceous, 

 sternum and abdomen with a broad submarginal black fascia, anal 

 segment black, with three ochraceous spots; rostrum reaching the 

 intermediate coxae ; antennae wdth the third joint slightly longer 

 than the second, fourth and fifth longest and subequal in length ; 

 ventral spine long, reaching the intermediate coxae. 



Length 6 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon; Wellawaya (G^reeJi). 



Allied to M. Jahecula, Dist. in shape and form. 



2727. Menida cingalensis, Did. Ann. Soc. Eiit. Bely. l, p. 407 (1906). 

 Head, pronotum and scutellum castaneous, finely thickly 

 punctate : head thickly blackly punctate, with the anteocular area 

 ochraceous, the margins of the lobes and central punctures on lateral 

 lobes castaneous, inner margins of eyes and five longitudnial fasciae 

 on postocular area ochraceously levigate ; pronotum with anterior 

 and lateral margins narrowly ochraceously levigate, with two 

 transverse dark fasciie each containing two small ochraceous spots 

 on anterior area ; apical margin of scutellum creamy-white ; corium 

 pale ochraceous, darklv punctate, apical marginal area castaneous ; 

 membrane hyaline with fuscous suffusion at base; body beneath 

 and legs ochraceous, lateral areas of sternum and abdomen 

 castaneous or black, sixth and anal abdominal segments castaneous 



