646 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



Long., excl. tegm., 3 mm. ; exp. tegra. 10-11 mm. 

 Hab. Bengal; Cliapra {Mackenzie). Oejlon; Hakgala 

 (Greeyi). 



Tapoosa, gen. nov. 



Vertex of head projecting beyond tlie eyes, with 'a sliort 

 acute spine on each side at apex, recurved, narrow, the lateral 

 margins ridged, angularly widened between the eyes ; face 

 long, narrow, behind the eyes widened outwardh'" and then 

 inwardly to clypeus, which is very short; antenna inserted 

 beneath the eye*, second joint moderately short and thick ; 

 pronotum short, angularly directed anteriorly, lateral margins 

 not foliaceous ; mesonotum broad, tricarinate; legs long and 

 slender ; tegmina somewhat narrow, their apices subangu- 

 larly rounded, apical areas numerous, short, ill-defined, and 

 continued round apices of costal and inner margins, an irre- 

 gular series of transverse and discontinuous veins beyond 

 middle, costal area broad ; wings a little shorter and broader 

 than tegmina. 



Allied to Knmendaka, Dist. The Australian genus Alakula, 

 Dist., also belongs to this group of genera. 



Tapoosa maskeliyce, sp. n. 



Body and legs very pale tawny ; mesonotum with the 

 carinations fuscous ; two fuscous lines on each side of the 

 laterally compressed head, radiating from eyes to margin; 

 clypeus, disk of sternum, and femora black; tegmina sub- 

 hyaline, talc-like, apical veins more or less sanguineous, 

 apical areas with fuscous streaks, the whole remaining disk 

 suffused with pale fuscous, excluding some pale spots on 

 costal area, basal area, and clavus ; wings pale hyaline, with 

 an opaline lustre, the veins on costal area fuscous. 



Long., excl. tegm., 3i nun.; exp. tegm. 13 mm. 



Huh. Ceylon; Maskeliya ((r/-ee/<). 



Tapoosa maculosaj sp. n. 



Head very pale ochraceous ; pronotum greyish white ; 

 mesonotum pale ochraceous ; abdomen above and body 

 beneath and legs pale ochraceous ; tegmina pale creamy white, 

 the veins and scattered suffusions pale ochraceous, a small 

 spot near middle of costal membrane, another at base of 

 radial area, a series on iimer margin, and some still smaller 

 spots on apical margin fuscous or piceous ; wings pale 

 creamy white; a central ridge and the apex to abdomen above 



