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punctate spots on its apical area; membrane bronzy-bro\vn,its veins 

 more or less siifTused with black; connexiviim blackly punctate, 

 the apical segmentai angles black; body beneath and legs 

 ochraceous, blackly punctate, disks of meso- and metasterna, and a 

 longitudinal central abdominal fascia, black; coxa: and bases of 

 femora iuipunctate, latéral margins ol" abdomen witb more or less 

 well defmed ocbraceous spots; rostrum reaching thc inter médiate 

 coxa3. 



Long. 20 mill. Exp. proiiot. angl. 16 mill. 



Hab. : Geylon; Maskeliya (E, E. Green). 



Allied to P. liras Stâl, but larger, more elongate, scutellum more 

 strongly basally depressed, bead with the apices of the latéral lobes 

 much more rounded and upwardly recurved,the produced pronotai 

 angles with their apices spinously produced both anteriorly and 

 posteriorly. 



Menida cingalensis sp. n. — Head, pronotum and scutellum 

 castaneous, fmely thickly punctate ; head thickly blackly punctate, 

 with the anteocular area ochraceous, the margins of the lobes and 

 central punctures on latéral lobes castaneous, inner margins of 

 eyes and five longitudinal fasciae on postocular area ochraceously 

 levigate; pronotum with anterior and latéral margins narrowly 

 ochraceously levigate, with two transverse dark fasciae each con- 

 taining two small ochraceous spots on anterior area; apical margin 

 of scutellum creamy white; corium pale ochraceous, darkiy 

 punctate, apical marginal area castaneous; membrane hyaline 

 with fuscous suffusions at base; body beneath and legs ochraceous, 

 latéral areas of sternum and abdomen castaneous or black, sixth 

 and anal abdominal segments castaneous or black; antennae 

 ochraceous, third joint a little longer than second, fourth and lifth 

 joints longest and subequal in length ; ventral spine reaching pos- 

 rior coxse; rostrum reaching posterior coxœ. 



Long. 6 mill. 



Hab. ; Geylon; Peradeniya (E. E. Green). 



Menida Wella'wayae sp. n. — Ochraceous, thickly blackly 

 punctate; head thickly blackly punctate with live longitudinal 

 levigate fasciaî on anteocular area, two on postocular area inside 

 ocelli, and one at inner margin of eyes which are castaneous with 

 their margins ochraceous; pronotum with the anterior and latéral 

 margins narrowly ochraceously levigate, the black punctures in 

 many places confluent, and with two shining black transverse spots 

 punctately margined on anterior area; scutellum ochraceous with 

 castaneous markings, with a lai'ge black spot on basai area, and 

 with two contiguous black spots on apical area, the apical margin 



