SCALY WINGED COPEOGNATHA 9] 
Thorax black, mesonotum with brown black scales. Legs brown- 
black, extreme apices of the femora above and of the tibiae brownish 
yellow. Scaling of the femora and tibize with brown silken lustre. 
Length of the anterior tibia 0°52 mm., of the middle tibia 0-6 mm., 
of the posterior tibia 1:05 mm. Lengths of the tarsal joints in the 
fore foot 0:21, 0°06, 0°07 mm.; in the middle foot 0:27, 0:06, 
0°07 mm. ; in the hind foot 0°4,0°08,0°08 mm. The ratio of the 
hind tarsal joints as 5:1:1. First hind tarsal joint with about 19 
ctenidiobothria. Claws long and slender (fig. 69), with stout tooth 
before the apex, basal angle rounded ; empodial appendix setiform. 
Wing membrane hyaline. Fore wing with broad pterostigma 
(fig. 47) ; my, ends close behind the wing apex. Scaling black-brown 
(cover scales) ; the ground scales gray-brown, with silken sheen . 
at the ends of the veins occur small, triangular yellow golden spots, 
at the anterior margin four, at the posterior margin seven (of which 
the third occurs between the ends of cu, and cw,). Marginal hair 
moderately long, brown, at the golden spots yellow, with golden 
lustre. Hind wing with relatively very broad radial cell ; 73 in the 
middle between mi and m,. Marginal hair long, pale brown. Veins 
brown. Membrane iridescent green to red violet. 
Ground scales (fig. 49 gs) fusiform, end acuminate ; cover scales 
(ds) elongate fusiform, expanding towards the end which is acuminate. 
Length of fore wing 2°2 mm., wing expanse 5 mm. 
Ceylon. “Maskeliya. April, 1905, on the stem of a bamboo tree ; 
one specimen, collected by Mr. E. E. Green. 
Perrentomum triste, Hagen., 1865 (Figs. 12, 62, 63, 70). 
P. triste, Hagen., Ent. Mo. Mag., II., 1865, p. 152. 
Amphientomum triste, Hagen. Verh. Zoo. Bot. Ges. Wien., 1866, 
p. 204. 
Perientomum triste, Hagen, /.c., p. 210. 
(nec: P. triste, Enderlein. Ann. Mus. Nat. Hung., Bd. I., p. 325, 
cf. P. ceylonicum, n. sp.). 
Head brown, forehead and vertex with close and moderately 
long pubescence, brown to black-brown. Eyes large, black, with 
short, close, and fine pubescence. Antenne thin, black, about one- 
half length of fore wing, pubescence moderately close-set and rather 
long. Maxillary palp black. 
Thorax black, mesonotum with dark gray-brown. scaling. Legs 
brown to black brown. The length of the anterior tibia is 0°46 
mm. ; of the middle tibia 0°54 mm. ; of the posterior tibia 0°9 mm ; 
The lengths of the tarsal joints in the middle foot 0°26, 0°6, 0°07 mm. 
