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of abdomen luteous; pronotura coarsely punctate; membrane 

 reaching the penultimate segment of the abdomen; sternum 

 coarsely punctate. 



Long. 5 to5 I;'2 mill. 



Hab. : Ceylon; Pundalu-oya (E. E. Green). 



EDULIC/V gen. nov. 



Body subovate, elongate; head narrowed and acuminate in front 

 of eyes which are large and pîaced somewhat near base, ocelli 

 situate near latéral margins immediately behind eyes; rostrum 

 reaching posteriorcoxge, first joint almost reacliing base of head; 

 antennœ robiist, first joint shortest reaching apex of head 

 about half the length of second, third very slight'.y shorter than 

 fourth; pronotum transverse, broader than long, anterior margin 

 moderately concave, latéral margins nearly straight very slightly 

 rounded, posterior margin straight; scutellum subtriangular, a 

 little tumidon latéral areas; corium coveringtwo Ihirds of abdomen, 

 apical margin nearly straight, latéral margins a little ampliated; 

 membrane reachingabdominal apex; femora moderately incrassated. 

 Belonging to the Clerada group of gênera. 



Edulica ornata sp, n. — Ochraceoas; eyes black; central area 

 of pronotum strongly punctate and fuscous ; apical margins of 

 scutelîum, clavus, corium — excepling base and latéral margins, 

 spots near the anterior and posterior coxœ, marginal abdominal 

 spots, and transverse suiïusions to the last three abdominal 

 segments, piceous; membrane with fuscous suffusions on apical 

 area; scutellum, clavus, and corium distinclly punctate; latéral 

 margins of corium somewhat longly pilose. 



Long. 5 mill. 



Hab. : Ceylon; Peradeniya (E. E. Green). 



VERTOMANNUS gen. nov. 



Head longer than the pronotum, strongly exserted on a cylindrical 

 process about as long as the apical half which is thickened, subglo- 

 bose, somewhat conically produced at apex; antenna3 wilh the first 

 joint moderately thickened considerably passing apex of head, 

 second, third and fourth joints slender, pilose, almost subequal 

 in length; rostrum about reaching the anterior coxœ, ilrst joint 

 thickened and reaching the area of the eyes; pronotum wilh the 

 anterior lobe only about half the length of the posterior lobe; 

 scutellum triangular; body elongate; latéral margins of the corium 



