94 SPOLIA ZEYLANTCA. 



;il. — TropurJiogas niaculipenniii^ sp. nov. 



Plate A; fig. 5, 



Testaceous, the part between the ocelli, the greater part of the 

 mesopleurae, and the apical two segments of the abdomen blackish ; 

 the upper part of the thorax inf uscated. Wings hyaline ; the 

 apex smoky, before and behind from before the second trans- 

 verse cubital nervure, the middle from beyond it ; there is a 

 narrow cloud along the anal nervure, which is thick and black, 

 the apex white and thinner, ?. 



Length 12 mm. 



Kandy, July and August. 



Vertex at the sides of the ocelli closely, the front more strongly 

 obliquely striated. Face thickly covered with long fuscous hair. 

 Mesonotum with a few scattered punctures, shining, covered with 

 a short blackish pubescence. Scutellar depression not very deep ; 

 the central keel not very stout. Metanotum at the sides of the 

 base closely rugose, the centre and the rest to the middle of the 

 apical slope irregularly reticulated. Propleurae with some stout 

 oblique striae ; the mesopleur» obscurely punctured, the centre 

 with an oblique depression ; metapleurffi closely rugosely 

 punctured. Basal four segments of the abdomen closely longi- 

 tudinally striated: the fifth closely and strongly, the others 

 sparsely punctured. 



32. — Troporliogas tricolor, sp nov. 



Plate A, fig. 8. 



Antennae black. Head rufo-testaceous, the vertex behind and 

 the occiput black ; the oral region, mandibles, and palpi pale 

 yellow. Thorax black, the mesonotum, scutellum, and upper part 

 of pleurae rufo-testaceous. The first abdominal segment, the base 

 and the sides, more broadly, especially behind, of the second, the 

 sides of the third and fourth, the fifth, except for a line on the 

 sides at the apex, and the apical, entirely yellow, this being also 

 the case with the ventral surface. Four front legs whitish yellow : 

 the middle tarsi inf uscated ; the hind legs black. Wings hyalinr: 

 the stigma and nervures black, ?. 



Length 7 to 8 mm. 



Kandy, June. 



Face closely punctured, the middle at the sides of the raised 

 part striated. The vertex at the sides of the lower ocellus 

 transversely, the front more coarsely, obliquely striated. Mesono- 

 tum and scutellum smooth, neither punctured nor striated. The 

 basal keels on the metanotum are stout and have two transverse 

 ones between them ; the part on either side, almost smooth, on the 



