396 ruLGORiD.i:. 



broad, rounded oft' at apices, costal cell from base to middle very 

 narrow, theu strongly and gradually expanded, occupying the 

 whole apical extremity and passiiig over into the sutural cell, 

 costal cell without transverse veius at base, traversed in middle by 

 short transverse veins placed wide apart, and in the broad apical 

 area by thick single transverse veins a\ liich are setose, three longi- 

 tudinal veius emerge from base, the outermost forived near base 

 and foi-ming a long subcostal cell pointed before and behind, 

 second longitudinal vein united by an oblique transverse vein to 

 inner branch of first vein and strongly forked at end, third vein 

 simple and weaker than the other two, all these veins smooth and 

 not setose, in the cells are a few delicate transverse veins, in clavus 

 oue forked and numerous transverse veins ; wings rather shorter 

 than tegmina, tip of middle longitudinal vein decidedly notched, 

 six simple longitudinal veins connected together by numerous 

 transverse veins ; posterior tibia? with two spines.'" {Melichar.) 



I only know this genus by Melichar's description and figure of 

 the typical species. Its describer places it in the Ricaniinw, 

 which, judging from the short mesonotum and the narrow tegmina, 

 seems an uncongenial ])Osition. I therefore enumerate it at the 

 end of the subfamily, but have refraiiied from placing it in my 

 synopsis of genera. 



198G. Lasonia kirkaldyi, Melifli. Horn. Faun. Cci/lou, j). 88, t. ii, 

 f. 9, «(]90;3). 



" Brown, spotted with black, a large, smooth, circular, black 

 hump on the face below margin, this protuberance has a circular 



ridge which joins the front 

 marginal ridge, on both sides 

 a black longitudinal spot, 

 from the lower margin of the 

 circle a central ridge com- 

 mences and reaches base of 

 clypeus ; eyes brown ; an- 

 tenna) yellowish-brown ; ver- 

 Fig. 20i.-Laso>, ia Urh,h7>/i. ^^x slightly keeled and spotted 



with black as well as pro- 

 notum and mesonolum ; tegmina hyaline, Aeins brown, irregular 

 small and large brown spots in cells which rest on veins and leave 

 the middle of the cells free, in middle cell are two transverse spots 

 on the upper and lower transverse veins, at apical area a brown 

 spot, apical margin with small curved transverse veins ; wings 

 hyaline, vitreous, with black veins ; abdomen browni, posterior 

 margins of dorsal segments black ; legs yellowish-brown, femor;i 

 longitudinally striped with brown, apices of spines to posterior 

 tibiao black."' (Melichar.) 



"Length, 5 5 12 ; exp. tegm. 22 inillim.'" 

 Hab. Ceylon (Jide Melichar). 

 I have not seen this species. 



