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Eace \\itli au anterior transverse ridj^e, to whicli are attached a 

 ceutraland two sublateral carinations whicli scai'cely extend beyond 

 middle. 



Length excl. tegm. 4 to 7 ; exp. tegm. 14 to 20 millim. 



Hah. Assam; Khasi Hills {Coll. Dlst.), Ma.vg\\Qv\tsi {Doherty). 

 Burma ; Karenuee {fide Melicliar). Tenasserim ; Myitta {DoJiert]/). 

 — Cambodia. 



Melichar has placed the Flatoides nivisignatus. Walk., as a 

 synonym of this species ; it is, however, perfectly distinct. 



1966. Eicania distincta, McUch. Hon,. Faun. Ceyhn, p. 84, t. ii, f. 7 

 (190.3). 



Head (including face), pronotum, and mesonotura piceous-black, 

 head and pronotum sometimes castaneous ; abdomen piceous, the 

 segmental margins flavescent ; sternum (more or less) and the legs 

 ochraceous ; tegmina pale piceous-bro^^-n, with a subquadrate costal 

 pale flavescent or greyish-white spot beyond middle, the costal 

 membrane distinctly darker in hue and the apical area also mode- 

 rately iufuscate ; wings pale fuliginous ; face with a very distinct 

 central earination not extending beyond middle, sublateral carinatioii 

 very short and obsolete. 



Length excl. tegm. 5| to 7 ; exp. tegm. 14 to 10 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya, Kandy {Green). 



Allied to R. nivisir/nata, Walk. 



D. Tegmina iinicolorous, witJiout pale costal S2:)0t$, sometimes vjitli 

 transverse darker fascia'. 



1967. Ricania apicalis, Walk. (Pocbazia) List Horn, ii, p. 431 (1851) ; 

 Stal (Ricania), Of v. Vct.-Ak. Fork. 1862, p. 491; Atkins. 

 J. A. S. Beny. Iv. p. 55 (1886) ; Melich. Ann. Hofmus. Wiex. 

 xiii, p. 229 (1898). 



Pronotum and mesonotuni more or less piceous-black ; head, 

 abdomen above, body beneath, and legs pale testaceous, the legs a 

 little paler ; tegmina pale brownish-ochraceous with a somewhat 

 bronzy tint, a small black spot near apex, from which to near outer 

 angle of inner margin there is a more or less well-defined dark 

 fascia, between the transverse veins to costal membrane the colour 

 is a little darker, making the veins appear prominent, and from 

 end of radial area to posterior margin is a transverse darker fascia, 

 sometimes very ill-defined : wings pale ochraceous, the posterior 

 margin distinctly darker ; face with well-defined central and sub- 

 lateral carinations, the first practically percurrent, the latter not 

 extending beyond middle. 



Length excl. teem. 5; exp. tegm. 17 millim. 



Hah. Assam ; Margherita {Doherty). Sikhim {fide Athinson). 

 Govegaon {Jayaler, Brit. Mas.). 



