no SPOLIA ZBYLANICA. 



rest black : the second transverse cubital nervure faint. The base 

 of the first abdominal segment is rufous. 



A specimen from Kandy is 12 mm. long, has a stripe on the sides 

 of the fourth abdominal segment, and the penultimate is entirely 

 white. 



14. — Melchnmaculic('p'<, sp. riov. 



Black ; the upper inner orbits, a somewhat pyriform mark on the 

 centre of the face, the thickened end at the top and rounded, the 

 clypeus except on the sides and apex , mandibles broadly at the base . 

 tegulae, tubercles, scutellum, the apical slope of the metanotum, the 

 top of the yellow part narrowed, transverse above, with the sides 

 slightly oblique, and the apices of the abdominal segments, yellow. 

 Legs rufous, the fore coxa? and trochanters yellow, the apical joint 

 of the tarsi black. Wings hyaline, the nervures and stigma black, V. 



Length 8 mm. ; terebra 2 mm. 



Peradeniya, October. Bred from cocoons of Chrysotnelid beetle 

 feeding on orchid. 



The sixth to tenth joints of antenna; white below. Face closely 

 and distinctly punctured. The upper part of the front closely, longi- 

 tudinally, irregularly striated — I'eticulated. Mesonotum minutely, 

 closely punctured ; the apex of the middle lobe closely, strongly, 

 longitudinally striated, the striated part broad and transverse at 

 the apex ; separated from the scutellar depression by a smooth 

 raised part. The scutellar depression is deep and bears stout keels. 

 Base of metanotum irregularly, closely, rugosely punctured ; the 

 area with a stout irregular keel in the centre ; the rest is closely 

 reticulated. Pleurae closely punctured, the propleurae on the lower 

 lialf stoutly striated ; the sternum boidering the furrow is on the 

 basal half, (ilosely, finely, transvei'sely striated. Sides of post- 

 petiole closely, longitudinally striated. 



15. — Friona rufipes, sp. nov. 



I 'late B, li^. 1. 



Black, the face, except for a triangular large black mark in the 

 centre, clypeus, except for a black line, dilated in the middle, at the 

 apex, labrum, base of mandibles, palpi, the upper orbits to the end 

 of the top, the lower half of the outer more broadly, malar space, a 

 hne on the pronotum, tegulse, scutellum, a reversed T-shaped hne 

 on tlie apical, striated part of the metanotum, the cross pieces being 

 on the apical slope, a semi-circular mark on the lower, apical part of 

 the mesopleurae, a smaller mark, longish, rounded above, transverse 

 below, under and in front of it : a large mark, rounded in front, 

 gradually widened towards the outer side behind the wings, an 



