646 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



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

 Ifab. Bengal; Chapra {Mackenzie). Ceylon; Hakgala 

 {Green). 



Tapoosa, gen. nov. 



Vertex of head projecting beyond the eyes, with a short 

 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 outwardly and then 

 inwardly to clypeus, which is very short; antennae inserted 

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

 pronotum short, angularly directed aiiteriorly, lateral margins 

 not foliaceous ; niesonotum 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 Kamendaka, Dist. The Australian genus Makula^ 

 Dist., also belongs to this group of genera. 



Tapoosa masktliycej sp. n. 



Body and legs very pale tawny ; mesonotum with the 

 carinalions fuscous ; two fuscous lines on each side of the 

 laterally compressed head, radiating from eyes to margin ; 

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

 hyaline, talc-like, a})ical veins more or less sanguineous, 

 apical areas w'ith fuscous streaks, the whole remaining disk 

 suffused with palo 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 mm.; exp. tegm. Id mm. 



Ilah. Ceylon ; Maskeliya [Green'). 



Tapoosa maculosa, sp. n. 



Head very pale ochraceous ; pronotum greyish white ; 

 mesonotum pale ochraceous ; abdomen above and bo ly 

 beneath and legs pale ochraceous ; tegmina pale creamy white, 

 the veins and scattered suflfusions pale ochraceous, a small 

 spot near middle of costal membrane, another at base of 

 radial area, a series on inner 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 



