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28. O. sinhalana sp. nov. 



ç^. Apparcntly rlose io pHnct>il.ala[\\o'v>{\.),\mi tlie iiea(l,pr()ii(»luiu 

 aiul sciitellum are unicolorous, brownish-piceous, Uie aiilerioi- hjbe 

 of the pronotum having a latéral, obscure, brownish-yellow spot or 

 blotch, and the postei'ior margiii of Ihe pi'oiiotum having a feeble 

 speck on eacli side. Anloimae and laliiiim sordid ochreous, 4th. 

 segment of tbe former fuscons. 'reymina wliitisfi, very closely 

 punctured witb dark-bi'own, e.xcepl exteroJaterally ; apical angle 

 dark-brown Membrane snmky, veins etc. wliitish. Legs yellowlsh- 

 testaceous, femora annulated tiroadly willi blackish. Underside 

 blackish. Labinm reacliing midway between foi'e and middle co.x,ae, 

 first segment not reaching to tbe base of the head. Fore femora 

 somewhat incrassate, with two elongate spines beneath ; fore tibiae 

 cnrved, witli a long curved spine near the apex. 



Lenght 5 3/4 inill. 



Hab. : Galle, Yeh. 4, 1907. 



29. Aphanus sovdichis. — Trinkomali, .lune 13. 1907 ; Uopali, 

 June 17. 



30. Poeantius feslious. — Oopah, .Tune 17, 1907. 



Tlie nllimate nymph is very like theadult, and is myrmecophanous. 

 The latéral margins of Ihe pronotum and of the tegminal pads are 

 white, narrowly laminale, and there is a short collar. Tlie posterior 

 area of the pronotum is dark black, and very short, the anterior 

 being dark gray. Femora black, except the extrême base of the 

 middle pair. 



.'M. Lethse 'S taprobanes sp. no^ . 



Dull black; first segment of the antennae blackisli-piceous, 

 second and third fuscocastaneous, fonrtli sordid ochreous. Ocelli 

 pale stramineons. Latéral margins of pronotum (very narrowly) and 

 a spot near the posterolateral angle, pale ferruginous. Tegmina 

 blackish ; clavus exteriorly and interiorly narrowly obscure ferru- 

 ginous, a pale spot near the scutellum a little basai of the middle ; 

 corial veins more or less obscure ferruginous, a couple of pale 

 spots and two or three small pale (black-punctured) aregs ; also 

 close to the exter-oposterior angle, there is a large circle, tbe 

 interior dark, concolorous with the tegmen, the periphei'v narrowly 

 pale. Membrane smoky cinereous, veins pale, thcir ai)ical paris 

 darker. Femora piceous, rest of legs and the entire labinm obst-ure 

 ferruginous. Odoriferous oriiices blackish, part of the canal ferrugi- 

 nous. Pronotum excepta transverse snl)median area,and sculclhiin, 

 strongly and (inely pinictured, tegmina more ("oarsely. Labinm 

 reaching hind coxae, first segment reaching rather beyond the base 

 of the head. 



