644 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



of abdomen castaneous ; tegmina subhyaline, talc-like, suf- 

 fused with pale fuscous, whicli is broken on costal and apical 

 areas and also near end of clavus, extreme costal margin in 

 places carmine-red ; wings creamy white. 



Long., excl. tegm., 2 mm.; exp. tegm. 9 mm. 



Ilab. Ceylon ; Maskeliya, Kandy {Green). 



Perandenina, gen. nov. 



Head (including eyes) considerablj'- narrower than pro- 

 notum, vertex projecting beyond the eyes, somewhat flat, 

 its apex truncate, its base concavely emarginate, face narrow, 

 the lateral margins very strongly ridged, from behind eyes 

 gradually narrowed to clypeus, which is moderately convex 

 and centrally longitudinally ridged ; pronotum narrow, 

 widened at its lateral areas, the posterior margins of which 

 are more or less obliquely truncate, the base strongly con- 

 cavely emarginate; mesonotum large, four times as long as 

 pronotum, rather obsoletely tricarinate on vertex; legs of 

 moderate length, posterior tibiaj not spined, basal joint of 

 posterior tarsi elongate ; tegmina elongate, about four times 

 as long as broad, the margins parallel, costal margin distinctly 

 sinuate near base, apical margin truncately rounded, veins 

 longitudinal, costal membrane not transversely veined, about 

 seven short apical areas, the uppermost immediately preceded 

 by two short and broad cells, two distinct elongate basal cells, 

 followed by four elongate subapical cells; wings ample, 

 considerably broader and only moderately shorter tlian 

 tegmina ; rostrum short, robust, the apical joint minute. 



Allied to Kamendaka, Dist. 



Peradenina tijpica, sp. n. 



Vertex of head, mesonotum, body beneath, and legs bright 

 ochraceous; pronotum and sometimes vertex of head dis- 

 tinctly paler; eyes black; tegmina and wings cretaceous 

 white, moderately tomentose, the upper and apical areas of 

 the latter with opaline lustre ; other characters as in generic 

 diagnosis. 



Long., excl. tegm., 3 mm. ; exp. tegm. 12 mm. 



Bah. Ceylon; Peradeniya {Green). K^umaon; Bhim 

 Tal, 4500 feet {Aimandale). 



Chaprina, gen. nov. 



Head (including eyes) very much narrower than pro- 

 notum, vertex prolonged in front of eyes, its lateral margins 



