134 , MK. W. F. KIEBT ON THE 



*StACOTA "BREVICEPS. 



Dictyophora breviceps. Walk. List Horn. Ins. B. M., Suppl. p. 68 

 (1858). 



Described from Ceylon. 



Stacota comptella.. 



Stacota comptella, Stal, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. iii. p. 325 (1859). 



Described from Ceylou. 



*tSTACOTA EUI'ITABSIS, Sp. n. 



Long. Corp. 8| lin. ; exp. tegm. 22 lin. 



Female. Grass-green ; the sutures of the bead and tborax, the 

 tarsi, and the spines of the bind tibiae reddish ; clypeus with a 

 red transverse line at the summit, from which descend three red 

 lines, one central, the others submarglnal ; claws and a line on 

 the front tibise blackish ; tegmina subhyaline, slightly clouded 

 towards the hind margin ; nervures green, pitchy in the sub- 

 marginal area, which is edged outside by a yellowish line ; wings 

 clear hyaline, with pitchy nervures ; costal nervure green ; a 

 black spot on the pleura, just below the base of the wings. 



A pretty species, larger than either of those previously 

 described. It seems to be nearest allied to S. comptella. 



Pundaloya. 



*tDlCTTOPHOBA AI/BIVITTA. 



Dictyophora albivitta, Walk. List Horn. Ins. JS. M. ii. p. 319, xi. 34 

 (1851)! 



Described from Bengal. The specimens from Ceylon are 

 darker than than the type (w^hich is perhaps somewhat faded), 

 but aj)pear to belong to the same species. 



*tDlCTTOPHORA PERCARINATA, Sp. 11. 



Long. Corp. 11 millim. ; exp. al. 18-20 millim. 



Head and thorax red or yellowish, with bright green carinas ; 

 head about one fourth longer than from its base to the end of the 

 seutellum ; process with the extreme tip dusky ; two lateral 

 carinas above, and the commencement of a central one at the 

 base ; beneath green, with two red lines near the middle. Pro- 

 notum and seutellum each with five green carinas ; sides of 

 prothorax with a green carina behind each eye. Abdomen green, 

 with a row of black spots above on the central line ; legs rufo- 

 testaceous, coxae and tarsi blackish ; hind tibias greenish, armed 

 with three spines. Tegmina and wings hyaline, with green 



