LUA. 



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first and second joints of antennae pitchy brown or ochraceous ; 

 intermediate and posterior femora and all the tibiae ochraceous. 

 Leneth 4^ millim. 



Fig. 41. — Manatanus montanus. 



Hah. Simla Hills ; Matiana {Inch Mus. 

 Kumaon ; Naini Tal {Ind. 3Ins. Sf Coll. Dist.). 

 This species was found under stones. 



^- Coll Dist.) 



Genus LUA. 

 Lua, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) iii, p. 342 (1909). 



Type, L. tartareu, Dist. 



Distnbution. Ceylon and Minikoi. 



Head about as long as breadth between eyes, robust, deflected 

 on each side, anteriorly subangularly produced ; antennas robust, 

 pilose, first joint about or almost reaching apex of head, second 

 joint a little longer than third, third and fonrth subequal in length ; 

 rostrum reaching the intermediate cox^e, first joint about reaching 

 base of head ; pronotinn nearly twice as broad at base as long, 

 with a strongly punctate anterior collar, the basal area also 

 strongly punctate, lateral margins carinate, convexly rounded 

 towards the eyes, anterior margin truncate, posterior margin a 

 little concave before scutellum ; scutellum about as long as broad 

 at base, where it is a little gibbous, laterally deflected on each side, 

 somewhat coarsely punctate ; hemelytra not reaching the abdominal 

 apex, membrane very small and iil-defined, lateral margins a little 

 widened beyond middle and then obhquely narrowed to apex, 



