BITIJITUS. PATERNUS. 



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3599. Bituitus projectus, sp. u. 



A'ertex of head ochraceoiis ; face fuscous-brown, with a xiarrow, 

 central, longitudinal ochraceous fascia ; pronotum pale virescent, 

 the anterior and lateral nuirginal areas more or less ochraceous ; 

 scutellum pale ochraceous ; body beneath (imperfectly seen in 

 carded specimen) more or less blackish ; te^mina virescent, the 

 apical area more pale ochraceous ; femora (excluding apices) black, 

 tibiae and tarsi dull ochraceous, posterior tarsi darker, the posterior 



Fig. 38. — Bituitus projectus. 



tibiae inwardly margined with black; structural characters as in 

 generic diagnosis. 



Length 6 millim. 



Hah. South India; Nandidrug {T. V. Camphell). 



Genus PATERNUS, nov. 



Type, P. pusanus, Dist. 



Distribution. Beiiar. 



Vertex of head a little longer than breadth between eyes, 

 gradually narrowing to apex, which is subacute ; face about twice 

 as long as broad, narrowed anteriorl^^ and posteriorly, the lateral 

 margins rounded ; eyes long and obliquely projecting over the 

 lateral pronoral angles ; pronotum more than twice as broad as 

 long, the anterior margin truncate between the eyes and then 

 concavely oblique to lateral margins, which are short, the disk 

 with t\\o longitudinal sulcations ; scutellum about as long as 

 pronotum, subtriangular, transversely impressed before apex; teg- 

 miua about three times as long as broad, three apical cells and a 

 long slender subapical cell ; posterior tibiae closely, rather longly 

 spinulose. 



3600. Patermis pusanus, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum and scutellum dull grey ; face with short, 

 oblique, dark striations on anterior half of each lateral area ; 



