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of abdomen above distinctly paler ; face a little less dilated than 

 in iiiaskcVuia' and elegantaJa. 



Length excl. tegni. 3; exp. tcgiii. 1:3 millini. 



Hah. Ceylon ; Slaskeliya. 



3237. Tapoosa elegantula, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) viii, p. 647 (1911). 



Head creamy-white, central base foveately ochraceous, lateral 

 margins of the face greyish white, with transverse fuscous lines ; 

 pro- and mesonotn ochraceous, the former with a subhiteral black 

 fascia behind eyes, the latter with the margins more or less irregu- 

 larly black ; abdomen above and body beneath and legs pale 

 ochraceous ; tegmina creamy-white, a black spot near middle of 

 costal membrane, the remainder of this area to near apex dull 

 ochraceous, with a minute black spot beyond middle of costal 

 margin, the apex creamy-wliite with minute black spots, and with 

 a short, broad, central, sanguineous, fasciate spot containing two 

 small rounded and two linear black spots ; beneath radial area are 

 two ochraceous spots margined with fuscous, the first basal, the 

 second near middle, and beyond the latter on posterior marginal 

 area a series of waved blackish lines ; wings creamy-wliite ; 

 abdomen strongly constricted before apex. 



Length excl. tegm. 2^-^ exp. tegm. 10 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (Green). 



From fronds of palm-trees (/i". E. Green). 



Genus PHRA. 

 rhra, Dist. A. M. X. H. (8) viii. p. 647 (1911). 



Type, P. ampUJicafa, Dist. 



Distribution. N.AV. India, Ceylon. 



Vertex of head moderately broad and triangular, distinctly pro- 

 jecting in front of eyes, the lateral margins strongly ridged ; face 

 very long and narrow, broadest at base, lateral margins strongly 

 ridged ; clypeus short, broad, obscurely ridged ; antennse inserted 

 bt-neath eyes, short, robust; pronotum short, subtrianguJarly pro- 

 xluced anteriorly, the lateral areas acutely foliaceous ; mesonotum 

 broad and long ; legs long and slender; tegmina widening towards 

 apices, which are subtruncate, costal area broad, with two or three 

 indistinct transverse veins beyond middle, apical areas numerous, 

 short, extending from posterior angle of inner margin to apex of 

 costal margin, only one subapical series of transverse veins ; wings 

 about two-thirds the length of tegmina, four discal transverse 

 veins beyond middle. 



Phra in the Indian fauna must be placed near KamendaJca. 

 It is moi-e closely allied to the Australian genus Heronax, Kirk. 



