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Leptodictya vagans sp. n. — Ovate, the margins of the pro- 

 notum and elytra convex; antenna3 ochraceous, the apical joint 

 piceous; head ochraceous; eyes piceous; pronotum with the disk 

 castaneous, the hood and carinœ ochraceous, latéral marginal 

 areas, and posterior area very pale luteous, the last thickly relicu- 

 lated wilh piceous, and the reliculations of the latéral areas more or 

 less fuscous; elytra very pale luteous or creamy white, the dis- 

 coidal areas thickly obscurely granulate and piceous towards base 

 and apex, a central piceous sufïusion to costal area and membrane, 

 the last subhyaline, the reliculations beyond middle and at apex, 

 and inner apical areas piceous; legs ochraceous, tarsi piceous; 

 body beneath pale castaueous with piceous markings (imperfectly 

 seen — carded spécimen). Head with five long spines, the latéral 

 spines moderately recurved, the other spines directed straightly 

 forward; pronotal latéral areas laminate, convex, reticulate. hood 

 not quite reaching middle of pronotum; elylral marginal areas con- 

 vexly ampliated at middle, attenuated anteriorly and posteriorly. 



Long. 3 mill. 



Hab. : Geylon (G. Lewis). 



DULINIUS gen. nov. 



Rostrum reaching the posterior coxse, rostral groove nearly 

 reaching the posterior coxae; antennee finely and longly pilose, first 

 joint moderately incrassated and extending to about apex of head 

 which is anteriorly obtusely angulate; pronotum with much dilated, 

 reflexed, concave, membranous margins, which are subvertical 

 shell-like and rounded; hood large, globular, convex, covering the 

 bead, its posterior area also concavely dilated on each side; elytra 

 entirely hyaline, about twice as long as the abdomen, obliquely 

 widening from near base, the apical margins rounded, areolaî large, 

 areas very ill defined. 



AUied to the neotropical genus Dicysla. 



Dulinius conchatus sp. n. — Pale hyaline wilh the margins 

 of the areolce pale ochraceous; hood, pronotum, extrême latéral 

 margins of pronotum, antennœ, body, and legs pale ochraceous; 

 elytra with opaline refleclions; the ochraceous latéral margins of 

 the pronotum with distinct darker transverse spots. 



Long, body 2 mill.; to apex elytra 4 mill. 



Hab. : Geylon ; Batticaloa (E. E. Green). 



Paracopium Le'wisi sp. n. — Fuscous-brown ; latéral mar- 

 gins of the hemelytra pale hyaline with transverse fuscous linear 

 spots; pronotum with the latéral and anterior margins, and the Ion- 



