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SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
lightly arcuate below, viewed in profile straight. Antennae short 
filiform, penultimate article a little compresso-ampliate, inserted 
below the eyes and separated nearly as widely apart as the eyes 
appear in front at their upper inner margins. Eyes of moderate 
size triangular conieo-rotundate, with distinct apices. Palpi 
compressed apically. Pronotum minutely punctate, granulate, 
subvenate-foliate; dorsum lightly arcuate longitudinally, com¬ 
pressed, strongly tectiform, viewed from in front deltiform or 
acute tectiform, with straight sides, anteriorly angulate produced 
slightly extended beyond the head, antero-dorsal margins concave ; 
the sides of dorsum rarely with faint elevated rugae or vein-like 
markings, the process posteriorly subacute angulate abbreviated ; 
median carina of pronotum elevated, cristate anteriorly more or 
less provided with rows of minute translucent punctulations appre¬ 
ciable when viewed against the light; infrascapular area below 
the lateral carinae broad, inferior margin obliquely excised and 
sharp, inferior sinus small, rather deep ; posterior angles of lateral 
lobes rounded externally. Anterior femora entire, slender; 
middle femora entire carinate ; hind femora moderately broad, 
superior carina posteriorly slightly elevated subserrulate ; first 
articles of the posterior tarsi more than twice the length of the 
third. 
Length of body ?, 8*5-9 mm.; posterior femora 5*5-6 mm.; 
pronot. 7*5-8 mm. j, Body 7*5 mm.; post. fern. 5 mm.; pronot. 
7*5 mm. 
Three females and two males from Pundalu-oya were taken by 
E. E. Green in May, 1903, “ among fallen leaves under shade trees.” 
Three nymphs (?) were also found at Hantane in March “ among 
dead leaves on the ground in jungle.” Two of these larger young, 
a male and female, appear in the last larval stage, while the 
remaining one is in an earlier stage. 
This interesting apterous species presents in the nymph a 
shortened pronotum anteriorly leaving the head uncovered above, 
which at first sight might cause it to be mistaken for the adult of 
a different species. 
Genus Gladonotus , De Saussure, 1860. 
Plate I., fig 1 . 1. 
Body provided with spiniform tubercles. Face slightly 
oblique; distance between the antennae greater than from the eyes ; 
frontal scutelium concave, the rami subcompressed, a little 
elevated, entire or dentate ; vertex nearly twice the breadth of 
one of the eyes, subtruncate on either side with small tooth, 
Pronotum strongly rugose, angulate in front, covering occiput, 
