PLATA. — MELICHARIA. 



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half much mottltHl with darker markings, tlie costal membrane 

 finelv grainilose near base, a inediiui series of granules, and about 



three distinct tubercles a little before middle, one also on the 

 claval area ; wings pale fuliginous, the venation darker. 



Length escl. tegm. Og ; exp. regm. Vi milliin. 



Hab. S. India ; Coimbatore {Bainhnyge Fletcher^ Brit. Mus.). 



Allied to S. sicula, Dist., from Ceylon, but differing in the 

 tuberculated tegmina, the posterior angles of which are more 

 produced, &c. 



Genus FLATA. (Vol. Ill, p. 427.) 

 Flata feekugata. (A'ol. Ill, p, 420.) 



Add: Hub. .N. Bengal; Katihar, Purneah Distr. (Paiva) ; 

 Tirvani, Nepal Terai ( Warren), Balighai, near Puri [Annandah'j 

 Ind. Mus.). Calcutta {Brit. JIus.). 



Genus MELICHARIA. (Vol. Ill, p. 430.) 



Melicharia quadkata. (Vol. Ill, p. 431.) 



Add: Hcib. South India; Kodaikanal, Chikkaballapura (T. 

 J'. Camjtbt'Il). 



MelICHAKIA LACTlFEIiA. (\'ol. Ill, p. 432.) 



lUU: ff(d>. South India; Ivockiikanal (7'. V. CariijibeU). 



3290. Melicharia obtiisangula, Di.sf. A. M. X. II. (S) ix, p. 463 



(191l>). 



Body and legs pale dull ochraceous ; tegmina creamy-w bite with a 

 very pale ochraceous tint, especially at costal membrane, extreme 

 base, and claval area ; wings pale creamy-white ; head (including 

 eyes) a little narrower than pronotum, vertex centrally and 

 laterally carinate, the anterior margin subti-uncate, medially 

 slightly angulate ; face broad, with a central carination extending 

 about half-way from base, the lateral margins broadly re flexed ; 



