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clavus ochraceous ; body beneath and legs pale ochraceous ; head 

 large, longer than half the breadth at base between eyes, about as 

 long as pronotum and scutellum together, with a central impressed 

 longitudinal line and a distinct tubercle at base ; pronotum 



Fig. 213. — Micronecta onerope. 



transverse and narrow, the lateral margins very short ; elytra 

 with the lateral margins moderately convexly rounded. 



Length 3 millim. 



Hah. Bengal ; Canning (Annandale), Rajshai (A7inandale). 



Dr. Annandale at Canning found this species in " brackish- 

 water pools "; at Eajshai in " tanks." 



3135. Micronecta dsedala, sp. n. 



Length of head a little more than half the breadth between 

 eyes, ochraceous, a small central dark tubercle at base ; pro- 

 notum short, transverse, medial length about one-third the breadth 

 between humeral angles, lateral mai'gins very short, obtusely 



Fig. 214. — Micron evti'i dwdala. 



angulate, dark umber-brown ; scutellum ochraceous ; elytra dull 

 ochraceous, distinctly punctate ; clavus (excluding anterior margin), 

 more than anterior half of corium (excluding basal halves of 

 marginal and submarginal areas), membranal margins, and a 



