NAUCORIS. 325 



the single-joiuted, simple, clawless tarsi appearing as a continu- 

 ation of the tibiae, tarsi of second and third pairs of legs two-jointed, 

 the posterior ones clothed with long natatorial hairs." (Saunders.) 



3100. Nancoris SCUtellaris, StM, Freg. Euq. Rem, Ins. Hem. p. 26f) 



(1859) ; id. En. Hem. v, p. 145 (1876). 



"Oval, palely testaceous-flavescent, very finely rugulose and 

 punctate; head, pronotum, femora, and heraelytra irrorated with 

 fuscous, the latter behind middle fuscous, a small spot on corium at 

 membranal margin indistinctly testaeeously flavous ; scutellum 

 blackish ; beneath fuscous, marginal spots to abdomen testaeeously 

 flavous. Oval, moderately convex : head palely testaeeously 

 flavescent, very finely rugulose, sparsely minutely 'irrorated with 

 fuscous ;prouotum scarcely one-third bi-oaderthan long, anteriorly 

 slightly narrowed, laterally very slightly rounded, palely tes- 

 taeeously flavous, very finely rugulose, minutely irrorated with 

 fuscous, except on the posterior and lateral margins, anteriorly 

 with a small fuscous spot, posteriorly with many small black 

 spots, anteriorly on each side a small marginal piceous spot ; 

 scutellum blackish, densely punctate; henielytra very finely punc- 

 tate, palely testaeeously flavous, minutely irrorated with fuscous, 

 behind middle fuscous, a small spot to corium at membranal 

 margin indistinctly palely testaceous flavous ; beneath piceous, 

 lateral margin of sternum and subtriangular marginal spots to 

 abdomen palely testaeeously flavous : legs palely testaeeously 

 flavous, femora sparsely minutely irrorated with fuscous." (Stdl.) 



Length 6| millim. ; breadth 4 millim. 



Hah. Pondichery (Jide- Stdl). — Java, 



I have not seen this species. 



3101. Naucoris sordidus, sp. n. 



Head twice as broad at base between eyes as long, ochraceous 



Fig. 186. — Xmccoris sordidiis. 

 or olivaceous, more or less speckled with fuscous ; pronotum 



