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  and 
  they 
  are 
  certainly 
  congeneric 
  ; 
  thus 
  Dichacanfha 
  must 
  

   fall. 
  The 
  genus 
  differs 
  from 
  Scelio 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  bidentate 
  

   form 
  of 
  the 
  postscutellum. 
  I 
  camiot 
  blame 
  Kieft'er 
  for 
  

   the 
  characters 
  he 
  attributes 
  to 
  Dichacantha 
  as 
  Cameron's 
  

   original 
  description 
  of 
  lutea 
  is 
  very 
  faulty. 
  

  

  . 
  Sceliomorpha 
  ceylonensis, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  ?. 
  Black 
  ; 
  legs, 
  including 
  the 
  coxae, 
  and 
  first 
  six 
  antennal 
  joints 
  

   golden-yellow. 
  

  

  Head 
  normal, 
  the 
  frons 
  convex; 
  eyes 
  very 
  large, 
  bare; 
  ocelli 
  

   large, 
  the 
  lateral 
  pair 
  against 
  eye 
  margins; 
  frons 
  with 
  a 
  deep 
  

   margined 
  depression; 
  transversely 
  riigo-striate. 
  Antennae 
  12- 
  

   jointed 
  ; 
  scape 
  slender 
  ; 
  pedicel 
  over 
  one-half 
  longer 
  than 
  its 
  greatest 
  

   width 
  ; 
  funicle 
  1 
  hardly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  pedicel, 
  2 
  and 
  3 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long, 
  

   4 
  widened 
  ; 
  club 
  joints 
  wider 
  than 
  long, 
  1 
  a 
  little 
  the 
  longest. 
  

   Thorax 
  stout 
  ; 
  scutum 
  and 
  scutellum 
  coarsely 
  rugose, 
  with 
  a 
  longi- 
  

   tudinal 
  tendency 
  ; 
  parapsidal 
  furrows 
  distinct, 
  wide 
  ai)art, 
  the 
  median 
  

   lobe 
  with 
  a 
  delicate 
  median 
  carina 
  ; 
  postscutellum 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  wide, 
  

   jjrojecting 
  over 
  median 
  segment 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  short. 
  Fore-wings 
  

   reaching 
  apex 
  of 
  abdomen 
  ; 
  venation 
  yellowish 
  ; 
  submarginal 
  vein 
  

   well 
  sejjarated 
  from 
  the 
  costa 
  which 
  it 
  joins 
  rather 
  beyond 
  half- 
  

   wing 
  length; 
  marginal 
  vein 
  j)unctiform, 
  the 
  stigmal 
  long, 
  obhque; 
  

   postmarginal 
  absent. 
  Abdomen 
  hardly 
  longer 
  than 
  head 
  and 
  

   thorax 
  united, 
  pointed 
  at 
  apex; 
  segments 
  all 
  wider 
  than 
  long; 
  

  

  2 
  and 
  3 
  subequal; 
  wholly 
  longitudinally 
  rugo-stiiate. 
  Length, 
  

  

  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  four 
  females 
  labelled 
  "Ceylon; 
  Dr. 
  

   Thwaites." 
  

   Type 
  and 
  cotypes 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Sceliomorpha 
  mirella, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  $. 
  Black; 
  antennal 
  scape 
  and 
  funicle 
  sHghtly 
  suffused 
  with 
  

   red 
  ; 
  legs 
  orange-yellow, 
  the 
  coxae 
  black 
  ; 
  tegulae 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Head 
  normal, 
  twice 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long; 
  very 
  coarsely 
  rugose; 
  

   occipital 
  margin 
  transversely 
  rugo-punctate, 
  and 
  with 
  two 
  irregular 
  

   transverse 
  striae 
  or 
  carinae; 
  cheeks 
  rugose, 
  with 
  a 
  long 
  carina 
  

   some 
  distance 
  from 
  eye 
  margins, 
  between 
  this 
  carina 
  and 
  the 
  eye 
  

   with 
  short 
  cross-carinae; 
  frontal 
  depression 
  large, 
  deep, 
  margined, 
  

   transversely 
  striate, 
  its 
  margin 
  very 
  shortly 
  distant 
  from 
  eye 
  

   margin 
  ; 
  eyes 
  large, 
  bare 
  ; 
  ocelli 
  wide 
  apart, 
  the 
  lateral 
  jiair 
  against 
  

   eye 
  margins 
  ; 
  head 
  with 
  some 
  stout 
  setae. 
  Antennae 
  12-jointed 
  ; 
  

   scape 
  slender, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  next 
  three 
  joints 
  combined 
  ; 
  pedicel 
  fully 
  

  

  