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the central line, meeting iu a black blotcK on the penultimate 

 segment ; there is also a zigzag series of narrower reddish or 

 blackish submarginal markings; terminal segment ending in four 

 pointed cones of nearly uniform size. Shoulder-angles not very 

 prominent. Antennae slender, unicolorous, as long as the width of 

 the thorax. 



Pundaloya. 



Allied to S.Jiavescens, Walk., from an unknown locality ;' but 

 this species is without distinct black markings on' the under 

 surface of the abdomen, and the terminal abdominal lobes are 

 less regular. 



*tTESSEEATO]VIA PAPILLOSUM. 



Ciraex papillosus, Dm. III. Ex. Ent. i. pi. xlii. f. 2 (1773). j 

 Var. Tesseratoma clara. Walk. Cat. Het. Hem. B. M. iii. p. 4J04 (1868). 

 A common East-Indian species. Mr. Grreen's specimen is from 

 Kandy. 



EirSTHENES CUPEETJS. 

 Tesseratoma euprea, Hope, Cat. p. 27 (1837). 



A common East-Indian species, noted by Walker as Cingha- 

 lese. 



*Mattiphus ^ruginostjs. 



Mattiphus seruginosus, Stul, Trans. Ent. Soc. Land. (3) i. p. 600 (1863); 

 Atk. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Iviii. p. 71 (1889). 



A rare species in collections, and apparently confined to 

 Ceylon. 



*tI*YCAl^UM PONDEKOSUjM. 



Pycanum ponderosum, St^l, (Efv. Vet.-Akad. Fork. x. p. 234 (1854), 

 xiii. p. 63, pi. i, f. a (1856). 



Eecorded from India and Malacca. A single immature speci- 

 men from Kandy, probably belonging to this species. 



*tCTCLOPELTA SICCIFOLIA. 



Aspongopus siccifolius, Hope, Cat. Hem. p. 26 (1837) ; Atk. J. A. S. B. 

 Iviii. p. 89 (1889). 



Cyclopelta tartarea, Sial, (Efv. Vet.-Akad. Fork. x. p. 234 (1854), xiii. 

 p. 64 (1856). 



A common Indian species. Mr. Grreen's specimens are from 

 Kandy. 



