114 SPOIJA ZEYLANTPA. 



closely and strongly punctured ; the metapleuise more strongly than 

 the rest, the metanotum closely reticulated, most strongly and more 

 irre.'^ularly on the apex. The first abdominal segments sparsely, the 

 others closely and uniformly punctured. 



Characteristic of this species is the acutely narrowed top of the mark 

 on the metanotum ; in the other species it is rounded. 



19. — Skeatia cyclosice, sp. nov. 

 Black, the face, clypeus, mandibles at base, palpi, the upper eye 

 orbits to the end of the top, the outer from shortly above the middle, 

 malar space, a broad line on the pronotum, a line on the lower edge 

 of the propleurse, a small mark, longer than broad, transverse at the 

 base, rounded at the apex on the centre of the mesonotum, scutellar 

 keels, scutellum, the sides of the metanotum at the apex broadly, 

 united above by a rounded line, which has the rounded top broader 

 than the sides ; tubercles, a large mark on the mesopleura*, sharply 

 contracted in the middle, the basal portit)n being the larger, 

 mesosternum and a large mark in the centre of the metapleurae, and 

 the apices of the abdominal segments, yellow. Legs fulvous ; the 

 eoxse and trochanters yellow ; the base and a mark on the outer side 

 of the hind coxae, under side of trochanters, apex ofi hind femora, 

 the base of their tibise more narrowly and their apex more broadly, 

 black ; the hind tarsi white. Antenna? broadly ringed with white. 

 Wings clear hyaline, the stigma and nervures black, ?. 

 Length 12 mm.; terebra 2-3 mm. 



Kandy. Bred from cocoon of Gyclona panthona, a zygaenid moth. 

 Front with a distinct keel ; tlie part next to tlie keel finely rugose, 

 outside obscurely striated. Face and top of clypeus punctured, 

 strongly, but not closely. Mesonotum closely, finely, lugosely 

 punctured. Scutellum smooth ; a small triangular black mark at 

 the base. Metanotum closely, rugosely reticulated ; the basal area 

 smooth, wider than long. Propleurse stoutly striated, obliquely 

 above, below morestr(mgly longitudinally; tlie mesopleura? and meta- 

 pleurae closely punctuied. Base and centre of first abdominal 

 segment aciculated, the sides of post-petiole closely punctured and 

 striated ; the other segments closely punctured. 



The Malay «S'. varipes closely resembles this species. They may 

 be sepaiated as follows : — 



The rnetanotal area small, greatly narrowed at the apex, the top 

 of the yellow line not dilated, the lai'ge lino on niesoplaura^ 

 not contracted hi the middle, at apex united to the yellow 

 <jn the inesosteniuin, varipes. Cam. 

 The rnetanotal area large, not greatly narrowed at apex, tlie top 

 of yellow line greatly dilated ; the large line on mesopleui'a? 

 contracted in the middle, not united to the yellow on the 

 st«mum, cyclopia: 



