lo Indian Museum Notes. [Vol. IV* 



€7. L. antidesms, n. sp. — A single specimen found on leaf of Anti- 

 desma hunius. Very flat, but opaque : reddish brown with a thin 

 greyish powdery film. Antennae 8-jointed. Margin with simple 

 stoutish hairs. A distant series of short, fine, white cottony filaments 

 springing from glandular spots near margin. 



Locality Punduloya. 



68. L. caudatum, n. sp. — Very abundant on leaves of Passifloray 

 occasionally on Coffee. Convex oblong, oval ; broadest behind. Colour 

 varying with age from bright orange to deep chestnut brown; the 

 paler specimens with a dark brown longitudinal and several transverse 

 bands. Three or four very long white thread-like filaments springing 

 from anal aperture, frequently extending two or three times length 

 of insects. The hairs from ano-genital ring very conspicuous, stout 

 and dark coloured j marginal hairs dilated and toothed. Antennae- 

 7-jointed. 



Locality Punduloya, 



69. L. acutissimum^ n. sp. — On under surface of leaves of Co-- 

 coanut and other palms. Very narrow ; pointed in front and behind 

 of the shape and size of a carroway seed. Reddish brown ta black,. 

 Antennae 6-jointed. Single stigmatic spine. 



Localities Punduloya, Kandy, Colombo. 



70. L, piperisy n, sp. — On leaves of wild pepper, upper surface. 

 Female broadly oval , flatfish, with prominent median longitudinal, and 

 two transverse ridges. Pale fulvous to pale reddish brown. Antennae 

 8-jointed, Stigmatic spines in deep cleft, four to six, Male pupa- 

 rium divided into 18 waxy plates. 



Locality Punduloya. 



71. Z.. ophiorrhtzx, n. sp.— On leaves and stems of Ophiorrhiza 

 pectinata. Oblong, pointed in front. Pale fulvous with dark reddish, 

 reticulated pattern. Stigmatic spines three, the central one very long 

 and prominent. Antennae 8-jointed. Male puparium composed of 

 9 glassy plates, a median longitudinal series of prominent points. 



Locality Punduloya. 



72. Z. formicarii, n. sp.— On stems of Tea and other shrubs, 

 always sheltered by nests of a small brown ant {Cremastogaster, sp.). 

 Highly convex, almost globular; dull brown. 



Locality Punduloya. 



