GEiinis. ]4;5 



line which is i'aint juid suhobsolete on posterior area, anterior 

 lateral and posterior margins dull ochraceous ; eyes black; 

 antennae witli the first and second joints brownish ochraceous^ 

 their apices black, third and fourth joints piceous ; hemelytra 

 piceous brown, the veins brownish ochraceous, a dull greyish 

 elongate spot behind middle and near inner margin, niembranal 

 area dull piceous, the extreme margin brownish; body beneath 

 ochraceous; a lateral marginal fascia to sternum, a sublateral 

 slightly curved line scarcely reaching middle of sternum, a 

 longitudinal oblique line at the region of the anterior and inter- 

 mediate acetabula, and suffusions to the abdomen beneath black • 

 between the lateral and sublateral fascia) the sternum is silvery 

 grey pubescent, and the lateral margins of the abdomen and a s])()t 

 on the posterior acetabula also silvery grey pubescent ; rostrum 

 ochraceous, its apex black; legs dull ochraceous, the femora 

 narrowly margined with piceous, apices of tibire and the wholeof f he 

 tarsi piceous black ; antenna) with the first joint longest, second 

 third and fourth joints almost subequal in length ; rostrum distinctly 

 passing the anterior coxa) ; head moderately convex, longer than 

 broad; pronotum with the margins of the anterior area" convex, 

 obscurely transversely ridged between the humeral angles, which 

 are subprominently nodulose, posteriorly moderately obliquely 

 deflected; hemelytra slightly shorter than posterior femora; 

 intermediate and posterior femora about equally long, anterior 

 femora moderately thickened. 



This description is taken from a macropterous female specimen ; 

 in some apterous male specimens the anterior femora are distinctly 

 incrassated. 



Inn. 



I^ength 2 inacropt. 10, 5 apt. 8,4, d apt. 8 millh... 



Hah. Simla Hills; Dharainpur, '5000 ft., Matiana 8000 ft. 

 (Annandale) ; Bhim Tal, Kumaon, 4500 ft. (Annandale) ; Kurse- 

 ong, 5000 ft. {Annandah). 



Gebbis sahlbebgi. (Vol. II, p. 179.) 



Add: Hah. Simla Hills; Theog, 8000 ft. United Provinces- 

 Naini Tal, Kumaon. ' 



Common in stagnant pools {N. Annandale). 



2917. Gerris nepalensis, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) v, p. 142 (1910). 



Body above and hemelytra black; body beneath silvery 

 pubescent ; lateral margins of head silvery pubescent ; antennjE 

 with the first and second joints castaneous brown, their extreme 

 apices and the whole of the third and fourth joints piceous black : 

 pronotum with an obscure longitudinal, central, brownish' 

 ochraceous line, usually only discernible on the anterior area ; 

 anterior femora black with silvery pubescence, their base and a spot 

 near apex ochraceous ; intermediate and posterior femora brown- 

 ish ochraceous, their apices black; intermediate and posterior 



