JANIAS. — URES, 



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2923. Janias elegantulus, Disf. A. M. N. H. (8) v, p. 146 (1910). 



Head dark brownish ocliraceous, eyes and antenna? black ; 

 pronotum black, the lateral and posterior margins and a broad, 

 central, longitudinal, snbtriangular fascia dull ocliraceous; meso- 

 uotum castaneous brown, beyond middle with a large central 

 oblong black spot which contains a broad central longitudinal line 

 M'ith a large spot on each side, pale ocliraceous ; abdomen 

 above dull brownish ochraceous, with paler markings on lateral 

 margins and darker central segmental spots ; body beneath and 



Fig. 80. — Janias elegantulus. 



legs ochraceous ; head beneath, apex of rostrum, apices and lono-i- 

 tudinal streaks beneath to anterior femora and the whole of the 

 anterior tibije and tarsi, black ; intermediate and posterior legs 

 slightly infuscate ; pronotum moderately foveately depressed on 

 disk ; other structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Length (apterous form) 11 millim. 



Hah. Travancore; Kulattupuzhd, W. base of Western Ghats 

 (Annandale). 



Genus URES, nov. 



Type, U. custos, Dist. 

 Distribution. India. 



Body longer than half the length of either intermediate or 

 posterior legs ; head about as long as breadth between eyes. 



