igig.] N. Annandale : Bouibav Streams Fauna. 153 



rocks covered with damp algae at the edge of a waterfall at 

 Khandalla, ca. 2,500 feet, Poona district, 6-io-iii-i9i8. 



The description is taken from two carded specimens from the 

 latter locality. 



Black with greyish-white and golden pubescence ; apical 

 margin of head, a spot before each eye and the basal margin more 

 or less greyishly pubescent ; antennae ochraceous, apically darker, 

 first joint stout, longest, shorter than any two joints together, 

 second joint shortest, widened at apex and tapering towards base, 

 third and fifth joints subequal, longer than fourth, the three 

 apical joints slender ; head slightly tumid above, gently sloping 

 towards the apex ; lateral projections at bases of antennae pointed ; 

 disk of vertex with two shallow longitudinal grooves united 

 posteriorly and extended as one to basal margin of head ; prono- 

 tum with two shallow depressions on each anterior lateral area, 

 and a central longitudinal depression on disk; a line of deep 

 punctures on each side of the central depression and also on the 

 basal margin of the pronotum ; the depressed portions of the 

 pronotum in fresh specimens are greyishly pubescent ; scutellum 

 with its basal area gibbous, beyond which it is foveate as far as 

 apex; a short central longitudinal carina on depressed portion; 

 clavus and corium covered with short golden pubescence; a large 

 subtriangular patch at base of clavus and three spots on membrane 

 arranged in a triangle, white or greyish-white; the outer spot on 

 the membrane transverse, widening inwardly, the other two near 

 the inner margin are rounded ; legs ochraceous. 



Length 1*75—2 mm. 



Type. No. 8o48/H.I..in the collection of the Zoological Survey 

 of India. 



Family Hydrometridae. 



Hydrometra vittata, Stal. 



One specimen from a small pool at the edge of the river at 

 Medha and another from the edge of a waterfall at Khandalla. 

 A very common species and probably found all over India. 



Rhagovclia nigricans (Burm.). 



Two apterous specimens from under a rock at the edge of a 

 stream at Khandalla. 



As far as the Indian fauna is concerned this species has been 

 recorded from Travancore and Ceylon and it is represented in our 

 collection from Pinjore, Patiala State, base of Simla Hills, W. 

 Himalayas ; Tura and Ganool River, Damalgiri, Garo Hills, Assam ; 

 Sanjai River, Chakradharpur, Chota Nagpur, 8-io-ii-i8, '' In 

 large numbers under the shelter of a rock in the stream. N. A." 

 We have also specimens from the mouth of the Jordan, Tiberias, 

 and the plains of Gennesaret, Palestine, collected by Dr. Annan- 

 dale. It appears to be very widely distributed. 



