19 ig.] C. A. Paiva : Rhynchota from the Garo Hills. 365 



Ptilomera laticaudata (Hardw.). 



Four apterous specimens from Tura, 1,200-1,500 ft., 15-'^' i — 

 15.vii.1917. 



Genus Metrocoropsis, nov. 



Type: Metrocoropsis femorata, Paiva. 



Distribution : Assam, Garo Hills. 



Head subquadrate, as long as broad at base; lateral margins 

 strongly concavely sinuate at junction of eyes, apical and basal 

 margins convex; antennae four-jointed, first joint longest, almost 

 as long as the remaining three together, third joint shortest ; eyes 

 large, posteriorly extending over the lateral angles cf thepronotum ; 

 pronotum much longer than broad ; hemelytra passing abdominal 

 apex ; anterior legs very robust in male, anterior femora much 

 incrassated with two distinct teeth situated on the underside, one 

 a little beyond middle and the other near apex, anterior tibiae 

 almost as long as anterior femora, much stouter than the tibiae of 

 the other legs, anterior tarsi with the basal joint much smaller 

 than the second joint; intermediate and posterior legs very long; 

 in the female the anterior femora are simple. 



Allied to Metrocoris, but differing in the presence of the teeth 

 on the anterior femora. 



Metrocoropsis femorata, sp. nov. 

 PI. xxxiv, fig. 5. 



Described from five specimens from a stream in dense jungle, 

 above Tura, 3,800 ft., 15.vii-31.viii.1917. 



Head, pronotum, underside and legs ochraceous ; antennae 

 (excluding base of the first joint), a large patch on head between 

 eyes, anterior and lateral margins of pronotum (excluding anterior 

 angles), a central longitudinal fascia to pronotum extending from 

 anterior margin to a little before basal angle, a broad curved fascia 

 on each side of the central one, in some cases united anteriorly a 

 little before middle, but not reaching basal angle, a few linear 

 marks on intermediate and posterior acetabula, four longitudinal 

 fasciae on anterior femora, the uppermost widest, the anterior 

 tibiae and tarsi and two small rounded spots at the bases of the 

 intermediate and posterior femora black ; intermediate and posterior 

 legs fuscous brown. 



Length including membrane 8 '5 millim. 



This species resembles Metrocoris iiigrofascialus very closely, 

 but is easily separated from it by the markings on the pronotum 

 and the anterior femora, etc. 



Type No. 8381/H1 in the collection of the Zoological Survey 

 of India. 



