286 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



The Yeliiaria are readily distinguished bj' the forni of the 

 sterna, which are subequal in length among themselves, by the 

 short stout antennne, the short, often stout, legs, &c. They 

 are lacustrine, or fluvialile, except a few estuarine species of 

 Rhagovelia. 



Peeittopi'S, Fieher. 



1861, Europ. Hemiptera, p. 33. 



Apterous form : suboval ; rostrum short, antennae short, stout. 

 Pronotum narrowly collared in front. Anterior tarsi apparently uni- 

 segmentate (two minute basal nodes or segments), intermediate and 

 posterior tarsi distinctly trisegmentate. Claws inserted posterior to 

 the apex, in a slight cleft. Connexiva well developed, broad. Type, 

 P. breddini, Kirk. 



P. BEEDDIM, Sp. nOV. 



=:'? P. riifiis, Fieber, I.e. (inedit). 



Ocelli large and distinct, a little nearei' to the eyes than to one 

 another or to the base of the head. First three segments of antennae 

 subequal in length, fourth about one-fifth longer than third, fusiform. 

 Kostrum reaching to middle of the broadly sulcate mesosternum. 

 Pronotum coarsely punctured, subconstricted laterally (forma aptero) 

 at a little more than a third of its length, and tuberculo-elevate 

 posterior to the constriction ; subangulate-rotundate posteriorly. 

 Femora not or scarcely incrassate. Segments of intermediate tarsi 

 almost subequal (8:9: 10). First segment of posterior tarsi very 

 short, third slightly longer than second. 



Sanguinescent ; antennae and legs black ; anterior femora (except 

 apex), base of intermediate and posterior femora, pallid fulvous; fourth 

 segment of rostrum black. Eyes greyish black ; ocelli rubid. Centre 

 of pronotum blackish. Abdomen black ; connexivum, segments six 

 and seven, and genital segments pale sanguineous brownish. Ventral 

 surface fulvous ; legs, &c., paler. 



? . Apical margin of seventh segment above, truncate. 



Long. 4 mill. ; lat. If mill. 



Hah. East Java, Tengger Mts. (coll. Breddin). 

 We owe the rediscovery of this handsome little species to 

 the exertions of Mr. Fruhstorfer. 



Ehagovelia. 

 Rhagovelia, Mayr, 1865, Yerh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, p. 445 ; 



Champion, 1898, Biol. Centr.-Amer. Ehynchota II. p. 133; 



Kirkaldy, 1899, Boll. Mus. Torino, xiv. No. 350, p. 4, and 



1900, 'Entomologist,' p. 71 (type, nigricans (Burm.) )• 

 Bcecula, Stal, 1866, Hem. Afric. iii. p. 167. 

 Neovelia, F. B. White, 1879, Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. xiv. 



p. 487 (type, trailii, White). 

 Trochopus, Carpenter, 1898, Ent. Mo. Mag. xxxiv. p. 78 



(type [marinus, Carp. = ] , phanbea, Uhl). 



(To be continued.) 



