314 l-ULGORID.E. 



"Larger than R. vUrkeps, Stfil, and to be recognized by the 

 milky-white tegmina." {MeUchar.) 

 Length, " c? , 7 to 7^ millim. 

 Hah. Ceylon ; Pattipola {Budapest JIus.). 

 I have not seen this species. 



1873. Rhotana venosa, sp. n. 



Body and legs very pale tawny-yellow, the tibite slightly iufns- 

 cate ; coxae with small fuscous spots ; niesonotum moderately 

 rufous ; eyes piceous : tegmina obscure hyaline with a slight 

 tawny tint, the veins tawny-yellow, but becoming bright red on 

 the apical area and beneath the apical half of the costal membrane ; 

 wings obscure hyaline with the veins yellowish-brown ; both wings 

 and tegmina exhibit much iridescent lustre. 



Length excl. tegm. 34 ; exp. tegm. 13 millim. 



Hah. Tenasserim : Myitta (DolierUj). 



The late Mr. Doherty sent me two specimens of this well- 

 marked species. 



Genus VINATA, n. nom. 



Eraua, Walk. J. Linn. Soc, Zool. i, p. lol (1857); Stal, Oft: Vet.- 

 AJi. Fork. 18o8, p. 449; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. GO 

 (190-'j) (nom. prseocc. Aves). 



Type, V. operosa, Walk., from Borneo. 



Distribution. Oriental and Malayan Eegions. 



Head a little produced in front of eyes : vertex nearly as bi'oad 

 as long, subparallel, its posterior margin angularly sinuated, 

 medially carinate, its lateral margins raised and carinate ; face 

 strongly reclinated, distinctly ampliated posteriorly, medially 

 carinate, the carina obsolete towards apex, the lateral margins 

 elevated ; clypeus triangular, its margins subreflexed ; eyes 

 moderate in size, beneath subsinuate ; ocelli two ; antennae long, 

 first and second joints incrassated, subdepressed, cylindrical, basal 

 joint short, second longest ; pronotum nearly twice broader than 

 head, tricarinate, the carinse continued in the mesonotum, which is 

 nearly twice as long as the pronotum ; tegmina moderately elongate, 

 their apices rounded, the longitudinal veins elevated, apically 

 furcate, and with two series of transverse veins on apical area ; 

 wings nearly as long as tegmina ; legs of moderate length. 



1S74. Vinata iiigricornis, StSl (Eraua), Of v. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1858, 

 p. 449 ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 60 (190o). 



Piceous-brown ; body beneath, legs, cai'inae to head, pro- and 

 mesouota, and a raised undulating transverse line on each anterior 

 lateral area of mesonotum testaceously flavescent ; anterior disk 

 of face fusco-testaceous ; tegmina sordidly testaceously flavescent, 



