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on disk; the posterior area of the pronotum enlarged and laterally 

 rounded, with the hairs sparse on the disk and a little more dense 

 on the surrounding surface ; scutellum inconspicuous, hidden 

 under a series of stiff and fairly long hairs directed backwardly. 

 Hemelytra somewhat strongly arcuate towards the external 

 margin ; corium occupying the basal third, very acuminate at the 

 apex, with two long, subtransparent cells fairly visible, the 

 external scarcely broader but twice longer than the internal, the 

 veins of the same tint as the head and pronotum. Membrane 

 passing the apex of the abdomen by a little more than a fourth of 

 its length, whitish, with the base a little darkened between the white 

 veins, especially on a longitudinal band a little enlarged dividing 

 the internal angle of the membrane and a rather better indicated, 

 subtriangular and somewhat irregular brown spot behind the apex 

 of the corium beyond the small clear semi-vitreous band which 

 borders narrowly and fairly regularly the base of the membrane 

 along the internal edge of the corium ; two or three small, brown, 

 punctiform spots on the lateral external margin and two others 

 scarcely better marked and a little elongated towards the apex. 

 Antennae with the second joint palely flavous, the pilosity fairly 

 dense but not compact as in a brush, similar to that of the 

 posterior tibiae, rather long and paler than the teguments. Abdo- 

 men darkened beneath, more clear and yellow on the middle of 

 the disk." (Montandon.) 



" Length 5*4 millim from the apex of the head to the extremity 

 of the membrane." 



Nab. "India ; Maissour Grathes " (fide Montand., Miis. Paris). 



Subfamily EMESLN^E. (Vol. II, p. 200.) 



Genus PLOIARIOLA. (Vol. II, p. 201.) 

 2943. Ploiariola pygmaea, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) xviii, p. 363 (1906). 



Head fuscous brown, the eyes black ; antennae creamy white 

 with numerous fuscous spots or annulations ; pronotum with the 

 anterior lobe piceous, the posterior lobe fuscous, the former much 

 irrorated with linear white markings and with its lateral 

 margins ochraceous, the latter with its lateral margins and 

 three central carinate lines (of which the central is incomplete 

 and the two lateral meet anteriorly) creamy white, its posterior 

 margin ochraceous ; abdomen above fuscous, beneath greyish with 

 fuscous spots ; legs creamy white with fuscous spots or annulations ; 

 hemelytra creamy white with darker mottlings, on basal area the 

 mottlings are fuscous and on costal margin, there are fuscous spots : 

 first joint of antennae about as long as intermediate femora, second 

 very little shorter than first ; posterior femora about as long as 

 the whole body ; anterior area of pronotum a little shorter than 

 the posterior area, pronotal margins slightly sinuate. 



Length 3| millim. 



Hab. Ceylon; Peradeniya (Green). 



