644 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



of abdomen castaneous ; tegmiiia subliyaliiie, talc-like, suf- 

 fused with pale fuscous, which 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 ram. 



J lab. Ceylon ; Maskeliya, Kandy {Green). 



Perandenina, gen. nov. 



Head (including eyes) considerably narrower than ])ro- 

 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; raesonotum 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 time3 

 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 upj)ermost immediately preceded 

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

 followed by four elongate subapical cells; wings amj)le, 

 considerably broader and only moderately shorter than 

 tegn)ina ; rostrum short, robust, the apical joint minute. 



Allied to Kamendaka, Dist. 



Peradenina typica, sp. n. 



Vertex of head, raesonotum, 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. 



llab. Ceylon; Peradeniya {Green). Kumaon ; Bliim 

 Tal, 4500 feet {AnnandaU'). 



CHAnuNA, gen. nov. 



Head (including eyes) very much narrower than pro- 

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



