190 ADDENDA. — LTG^IDjE. 



second joint of antennae slightly longer than either third or 

 fourth joints ; pronotum thickly coarsely punctate, with two 

 more or less distinct transverse impunctate callosities a little 

 before middle ; scutellum thickly punctate, with a line central 

 longitudinal carination ; clavus punctate ; membrane pale ochra- 

 ceous much suffused with fuscous, and about reaching abdominal 

 apex ; posterior femora, excluding apices, black. 



Length 4 millim. 



Hah. South India; Chikkaballapura (T. V. Oamjibell). 



3783. Geocoris varipes, sp. n. 



AUied to the preceding species G. erehus, but with the antennae 

 wholly black, all the femora (excluding apices) black, the second 

 joint distinctly longer than either third or fourth joints ; scutel- 

 lum a little more robust and convex; pronotum with a distinct 

 central longitudinal carina ; membrane black. This is also a 

 longer and broader species than G. erebtis. 



Length 5 millim. 



Hab. South India; Chikkaballapura (2^. F. Campbell). 



Genus GEOCOROIDES, nov. 



Type, G. polytretus, Dist. 



Distribution. South India. 



Allied to Geocoris but differing principally by the greater length 

 of the corium and the rudimentary or practically aborted mem- 

 brane ; the body is also more elongate, the pronotum about as 

 long as its anterior margin ; scutellum longer and narrower, etc. 



Fig. 86. — Gcocoroides ■polytrctu>^. 



3784. Geocoroides polytretiis, sp. n. 



Black, shining, very strongly and coarsely punctate ; legs 

 ochraceous ; eyes dark castaiieous ; anteunsB piceous, the basal 



