126 SPOLIA ZBYLANICA. 



pointed angle. Areolet oblique, almost appendiculated above ; 

 the second nervure largely buUated ; the recurrent nervure above 

 and shortly below the middle widely buUated. Disco-cubital 

 nervure roundly, broadly curved, not broken by a stump of a nervure. 

 Transverse median nervure in hind wings broken near the bottom of 

 the upper fourth. Median segment smooth at the base, the rest 

 closely transversely striated, the striae running into reticulations at 

 the apex. Pronotum and mesonotum closely, minutely punctured ; 

 parapsidal furrows distinctly defined, especially in the middle. Legs 

 coloured like the body, the anterior paler than the posterior ; tarsal 

 joints spinose at the apex and more sparsely on the rest, ? and 6 . 

 Length 10-11 mm. i 



Maskeliya ; Pundalu-oya. 



Owing to their uniform colouration the species of Paniscus are 

 difficult to define. The present species appears to be sufficiently 

 distinguished from the known Oriental forms by (1) its smaller size; (2) 

 by the transverse median nervure in hind wings being broken higher 

 up, nearer the upper fourth than the upper third as with the others ; 

 (3) by the keels on the scutellum uniting in a sharp angle, while in the 

 others they do not unite, but are widely separated. As with the 

 other species the ocellar region is black. The apex of the clypeus is 

 more transverse, less rounded than it is in the other species. The 

 second joint of the hind tarsi is distinctly shorter than the third and 

 fourth united. The temples are little developed and obliquely, 

 sharply, roundly narrowed. 



36. — Paniscus orientalis, sp. nov 



Rufous, the orbits narrowly pale yellow ; stigma testaceous, the 

 nervures black. Scutellum more strongly punctured than the meso- 

 notum, whose furrows are distinct on its basal two-thirds only ; the 

 scutellar keels are stout and do not unite at the apex. Metanotum 

 smooth at the base only, the rest closely, strongly, transversely 

 striated. Pleurae closely, distinctly punctured ; the lower part of 

 the propleurae and metapleurse closely, distinctly, obliquely striated. 

 Transverse median nervure in hind wings broken shortly above the 

 middle ; disco-cubital nervure not broken by a stump of a nervure. 

 Ocellar region black. Face strongly and closely, the clypeus sparse- 

 ly punctured, the apex of the latter bluntly rounded. Wings hya- 

 line, the stigma testaceous, the nervures black. Tarsal spines long,?. 



Length 13 mm. 



The pleural are much more strongly punctured than the mesono- 

 tum, which is almost smooth. 



This is a larger species than intermedius, but still smaller than the 

 other Indian species ; from intermedius it may be known by its 



