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ochraceoLis markings — narrow costal marginal and submarginal 

 fasciae, three discal fascia? emerging from a common stem at base, 

 the central one apically forked, not extending beyond commence- 

 ment of apical area, the innermost terminating at about centre of 

 sutural margin ; tegmiua very finely graniilose. 



Length incl. tegm. 4 millim. 



Hah. Ceylou ; Nalauda (J/«s. //o^r/ro/s). 



Genus PTERILIA. 



Pterilia, St&l, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. iii, p. 3i^2 (1859) ; MeUclu Horn. 

 Faun. Ceijlon, p. 80 (1903). 



Type, P. ceifloncnsis, Stal. 



Distribution. Ceylon. 



Body ovate, transverse ; head (including eyes) a little narrower 

 than pronotum, vertex slightly prominent in front of eyes, trans- 

 verse, on each side subcarinately elevated ; face oval, base pro- 

 foundly sinuate with three central longitudinal carinations, the 

 two lateral carinations curved inwardly, strongly posteriorly and 

 less strongly anteriorly, the central carination acute : clypeus 

 convex ; pronotum transverse, posterioi'ly sinuately truncate, 

 anteriorly angularly produced between the eyes; mesonotum about 

 as long as the pronotum ; tegmina broad, moderately obliquelv 

 deflected, ampliate, broader than the abdomen, subcoriaceous, 

 venation somewhat coarse and reticulate, the costal membrane 

 narrow at basal area, more or less excavately sinuate, its apex 

 obtusely angulately produced ; posterior tibia with two spines. 



1942. Pterilia ceylonensis, Stdl, Bed. ent. Zeitschr. iii, p. 322 (1859) : 

 Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 81, t. iii, f. 4, a (1903). 



Head, pronotum, mesonotum, and 

 tegmina olivaceous - brown ; bodv 

 beneath and legs pale testaceous- 

 brown ; vertex of head with the 

 lateral areas piceous ; face pale oliva- 

 ceous, the central carination per- 

 current but less developed behind 

 middle, the areas between the sub- 

 lateral carinations and the outer edges 

 sprinkled with piceous ; clypeus with 

 Fig IS^.—Fierilia ceylonensis. ^^^ whole central area piceous ; legs 



annulated with piceous ; tegmina with 

 the costal margin much angularly excavate, the costal membrane 

 subhyaline with the transverse veins olivaceous-broA\'n, the disk 

 with the basal area greenish, the remaining area more or less 

 testaceous-brown, but with all the veins olivaceous-green. 

 Length incl. tegm. 10 to 12 millim. 

 Hah. Ceylon; Kandy (Green). 



