Hylica paradoxa Stål

Figs. 5E–H, 6A, B, 9C–D, 12C–D, 13J–L, 15I, 16A–D, 19A–F

Diagnosis. Pronotum with almost complete median carina, with median conical projection anteriorly extending on to crown, lateral margins of projection carinate, diverging posteriorly to midlength of pronotum, posterior margin concave in middle resembling inverted V. Hind wing costal margin with 4 stout setae in proximal half (Fig. 13K, L). Abdominal pleurites III–VII laminate with posterolateral angles produced into spine, in male the spines on segments VII and VIII bifid. Aedeagus with shaft broader in basal half in ventral view and distal half narrowed, dorsal surface in distal 0.75 length transversely wrinkled. Female sternite VII posterior 0.25 abruptly narrowed (Fig. 15I).

Material examined. NEPAL: 1 ♀, Kathmandu, 10.v.2022, ex Lantana camera, Yeshwanth, H.M. (UASB) . THAILAND 1 ♁, Thong Pha Phum, Kanchanaburi Prov. 25.iv.2018 ; 1 ♀, Doi Suthe-ppui, Chiang Mai, 900m, 23.ii.2015, Les Day (UASB) .

Remarks. Distant (1908) redescribed and illustrated the species. Evans (1946) illustrated the forewing venation. Tang & Zhang (2018) redescribed the species and illustrated both male and female genitalia and also provided a key to the two included species, H. paradoxa and H. scutealba . For further discussion see under H. scutealba .