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distinctly separated membrane on the right tegmen shining, 

 hyaline ; underside and legs yellowish white." (Fieher.) 



Length "1:1 line." 



Hah. " Ostlndien " (Dr. Heifer). 



I have not seen this species. 



3132. Micronecta memonides, Kirk. Entomol. Neios, xvi, p. :262 

 (1905). 



" Head pallid. Pronotum and tegmina dark smoky brown witli 

 purplish reflections, lateral margins more or less pallid. Under- 

 side black, except trochanters, femora, tibiae, tarsi and claws, and 

 posterior margin of abdomen, all of which are pallid. Tegtiiina 

 smooth and polished. Head a little longer than pronotum, 

 rounded in front, Pronotum elongate elliptical, lateral margins 

 about as long as half the width of the posterior margin of an eye. 

 Mesoxyphus rounded. Intermediate tarsus nearly twice as long 

 as the tibia, which is subequal to a claw. Subcostal furrow much 

 as in M. vanduzeei (from the Philippines)." {KirTcaldy .) 



" Length a little less than 2 millim." 



Hah. Ceylon {fide KirTcaldy). 



I have not seen this small species. It seems to be peculiar by 

 the black underside of the bodv. 



3133, Micronecta punctata, Fieb. (Sigara) Ent. Monogr. p. 15, pi. i, 

 f. 20 (1844) ; Kirk. (Micronecta) Fntoniol. News, xvi, p. 261 

 (1905), 



Head ochraceous ; pronotum and scutellum shining oehraceous 

 brown; elytra greyish brown, anterior margins of the clavus and 

 the lateral marginal area of the corium pale ochraceous, the latter 

 with three elongate blackish spots ; clavus and coriinn with 

 scattered black punctate spots, at apex of membranal area two 

 darker transverse fasciae divided by a series of blackish ]nuictures ; 

 body beneath and legs more or less ochraceous ; head about as 

 long as pronotum and about half as long as basal \\ iilth between 

 eyes. 

 ' Length 3 to 3^ millim. 



Jlah. Orissa ; Sur Lake, Puri Distr. (AnnandaJe). Travancore ; 

 Yembanaad Lake (Amiandale). 



I have seen two specimens, one from each of the two above 

 localities, whicli seem to agree well with Fieber's figure. 



3134. Micronecta merope, sp. n. 



Head ochraceous, the eyes black ; pronotum castaneous-brown ; 

 scutellum ochraceous ; elytra olivaceous brown with small scat- 

 tered black spots, the lateral margins and the anterior third of the 



