128 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 



obscure testaceous ; calcaria dark testaceous. Wings hyaline, the 

 nervures and stigma black, ?. 



Length 10 mm. 



Hatton; Pundalu-oya, February. 



Head and thorax thickly covered with silvery pubescence. Head 

 closely punctured. Mandibles uniformly dark rufous including the 

 teeth, their base thickly covered with white pubescence. Palpi dark 

 testaceous. Thorax closely, distinctly punctured, the pleurae less 

 closely than the mesonotum ; the middle and lower part of the pro- 

 pleurae with curved, oblique, clearly separated striae ; the apical 

 central depression on the mesopleurae closely, regularly striated. 

 On the base of the metanotum are two roundly curved keels, forming 

 two arese, which are as long as wide ; the centre is depressed and 

 transversely striated closely above, more widely and broadly below. 

 Areolet small, oblique, shortly appendiculated. 



39. — Limnerium taprobanicum, sp. nov. 



Black ; the mandibles and palpi pale testaceous ; the four front 

 legs dark rufous, the coxae black at the base, trochanters pale yellow ; 

 the hinder darker red, their coxae and basal joint of trochanters, apex 

 of tibiae, and the tarsi black ; wings hyaline, the nervures fuscous 

 black ; the stigma paler below, ?. 



Length 6 mm. 



Maskehya. 



Head and thorax opaque, covered with white pubescence finely 

 closely punctured. In the centre of the base of the metanotum is a 

 clearly defined area about three times longer than wide and of equal 

 width throughout ; from the apex of this two keels run ; they are 

 at the base roundly curved outwardly, then run obliquely to the 

 outer side of the apical slope, uniting with the pleural keel above the 

 middle of the coxae. Propleurae closely, and rather strongly oblique- 

 ly striated. Areolet shortly appendiculated, 4-angled, its width 

 at the angles as long as its length ; the recurrent nervure is received 

 in the middle. 



40. — Nototrachys reticulatus, sp. nov. 



Black, the four anterior legs and the antennal scape testaceous 

 tinged with fuscous, wings hyaline, the apex slightly fuscous, the 

 nervures and stigma black, ?. 



Length 7-9 mm. 



Peradeniya, January. 



Antennae 20-jointed, the last joint as long as the preceding 

 two united, densely covered with a microscopic pile ; testaceous 

 towards the apex ; the first joint of fiagellum distinctly longer 



