SALIUS. 145 



anterior margin deeply but widely eniarginate ; pronotum very 

 short, rounded anteriorly, with a very steep slope, not narrowed 

 towards the head ; median segment long, raised down the middle, 

 slightly hollowed out at the sides above ; legs long, the tibiae a,nd 

 tarsi spinose, with indications of serrations on the posterior tibiae ; 

 abdomen not so long as the thorax, and flattened vertically. 

 Bhxck, with thin greyish-white pile on the head and thorax, which 

 gets somewhat more dense on the median segment above ; the 

 mandibles except at apex, the clypeus, scape and flagellum of the 

 antennae beneath, the pronotum in front, the femora, tibiae, and 

 tarsi of the legs, and the abdomen except at the extreme base, 

 yellowish red ; wings very broad, hyaline, with a very slight 

 brownish tinge ; nervures dark brown, tegulae yellowish red. 



Hah. North- West Provinces, India. S • Length 13; exp.27 mm. 

 5 unknown. 



287. Salius valentulus, BinffJi. Jour. Linn. Soc. 1896, p. 434. 



5 . Head and thorax in front slightly pruinose, median segment 

 coarsely reticulate, abdomen smooth ; clypeus subconvex, broader 

 than high, its anterior margin widely eniarginate, and fringed with 

 stiff hairs ; front subtuberculate above the base of th-e antennae, and 

 with a short, vertical, deeply impressed line running up to the 

 anterior ocellus ; pronotum short, arched in front, the anterior 

 lower angles produced ; median segment rounded posteriorly, with 

 a very steep slope at apex, where it is slightly concave ; legs stout, 

 the tibiae and tarsi spinose, the posterior tibije strongly serrate ; 

 abdomen petiolate, broadly fusiform. Head, thorax, legs, the 

 apical half of the 3rd and the whole of the following three seg- 

 ments of the abdomen black, the basal two segments and basal 

 half of the 3rd light red : wings hyaline, the apex broadly light 

 fuscous, nervures and tegulae testaceous brown. 

 Hab. India. $ . Length 16; cvj). 30 mm. 



288. Salius geminUS, Bingh. Jour. Linn. Soc. 1896, p. 436. 



2 . Head, thorax in front, and abdomen smooth, median segment 

 finely transversely striate : clypeus transverse, subporrect, its 

 anterior margin fringed with long hairs and broadly but slightly 

 emarginate ; the face in fi'ont very finely punctured ; the antennae 

 long and filiform ; the front above the base of the latter with an 

 abbreviated deep vertical furrow not reaching the anterior ocellus ; 

 pronotum rounded in front, its posterior margin arched ; median 

 segment rounded posteriorly with a steep slope, the apex some- 

 what truncate ; legs long, the tibiae and tarsi thickly spinose, the 

 posterior tibiae serrate ; abdomen as long as the head and thorax 

 united, petiolate. Head, thorax, and legs black ; abdomen blood- 

 red, a subapical band on the 3rd segment above, the 4th and 

 following segments black, the posterior margins of the 3rd, 4th, 

 and 5th segments very narrowly testaceous red, the apical segment 

 densely pubescent, studiled with long coarse black hairs ; wings 

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