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tubercles, antennal keels, scutellum, the usual mark behind the 

 wings, the apical slope of the metanotum except for a black mark in 

 the centre, the apices of the basal four abdominal segments and the 

 apical entirely, yellow. The four front legs yellow, tinged with 

 fulvous, the hinder rufo-testaceous, the apex of the coxse, trochanters, 

 apical haK of tibiee, and the tarsi blackish. Under side of antenna! 

 scape testaceous. Wings hyaline, the nervures and stigma black, 6. 



Length 7 mm. 



Matale, July. — Reared from Psyche subteralbata. 



Head shining, impunctate. Mesonotum minutely }ninctured. 

 Parapsidal furrows closely, transversely striated ; the part where 

 they end irregularly punctate — reticulated. The base of metanotum 

 smooth, the rest strongly, closely reticulated. Propleurae and meso- 

 pleurse smooth ; the metapleurse irregularly reticulated. The 

 second and third segments of the abdomen are closely punctured : 

 the others smooth, densely pilose. 



13. — Melcha erythropus, sp. no v. 

 Plate B, fig. 2. 



Black, the upper inner orbits broadly, more broadly below than 

 above, a line on the lower pait of the inner, the greater part of the 

 clypeus, labrum. mandibles except the teeth, palpi, a line on the 

 apical three-fourths of the pronotum, tegulae, tubercles, scutellum, a 

 large crescent-shaped mark behind the wings, the apices of the basal 

 three abdominal segments and a narrower line on the apex of the 

 sixth, yellowish-white. Legs rufous, the anterior coxae and trochan- 

 ters white ; the greater part of the hind tarsi blackish. Wings clear 

 hyaline, the nervures and stigma black. Median segment, apex of 

 mesosternum and base of metapleurse. rufous, ?. 



Length 7 mm.; terebra 2 mm. 



Peradeniya, August. 



The sixth to twelfth joints of the antennae are ringed with white 

 except above. Face closely, irregularly, rugosely striated. Clypeus 

 obscurely punctured. Front with a distinct keel down the centre, 

 striated on either side, the striae stronger and more irregular above. 

 ' Pronotum and mesonotum smooth and shining ; the propleurse in 

 the middle stoutly striated ; the mesopleurse except behind, closely, 

 finely reticulated. Metanotum behind the keel smooth and shining : 

 the rest closely, rugosely reticulated. Metapleurse closely, obliquely 

 striated, more strongly above than below the furrow. The second 

 and third segments of the abdomen are finely, closely punctured ; 

 the others smooth and shining. Tarsi closely spinose. Areolet 

 square, the apical nervure faint. Base of mesosternum yellow, the 



