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Velitra melanomeris, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, head and body beneath black ; corium 

 and membrane black, the former with a broad, oblique, testaceous 

 fascia at the outer margin of clavus, narrowed inwardly at half its 

 length from base ; connexivum black, its outer margin testaceous, 

 legs black or blackish, the tarsi and the anterior tibiae testaceous ; 

 rostrum dark castaneous, robust, second joint a little longer than 

 first ; antennae with the basal joint black, remaining joints brownish- 

 testaceous, first joint about reaching apex of head, second joint 

 about as long as anterior tibite ; anterior and posterior pronotal lobes 

 centrally longitudinally incised, the posterior lobe also sul)Iaterally 

 incised, the incisures granulate. 



Long, 22-25 mm. 



Habitat. — Tonkin, Chapa ; Haut Mekong, Nam Tiene. 



Allied to T'. stigmatica, Dist., from Assam, but beside the 

 different colour of the legs, the posterior pronotal lobe is more 

 flattened, etc. 



Durganda 2)edestris, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, sternum, scutellum and anterior and intermediate 

 legs, shining indigo-blue ; abdomen and posterior legs reddish-ochra- 

 ceous, apical abdominal segment, shining indigo-blue ; antennae with 

 the first and second joints black, second about twice as long as first ; 

 head porrect, anteriorly bifidly produced ; pronotum strongly medially 

 compressed, both lobes finely central longitudinally sulcated, anterior 

 angles strongly tuberculously prominent ; anterior femora strongly 

 spined beneath. 



Long, 10-11 mm. 



Habitat. — Haut Mekong ; Luang Prabang ; Ban Nam Mo. 



Durganda for midahilis, sp. n. 



Dark testaceous ; apex of second joint of antennae, eyes, hemelytra, 

 excluding basal and lateral areas to about half the length of membrane, 

 and sometimes suffusions to abdomen beneath, black. 



Long, 13^-14 mm. 



Habitat. — Tonkin, Xieng Khonang. 



Allied to D. rubra, A. & S., but a larger and more elongate 

 species ; the anterior femora more longly and acutely spined 

 beneath ; the head longer and more produced before eyes ; the 

 pronotum narrower and slightly longer, the longitudinal furrows 

 more pronounced ; antenna more robust, the first joint reaching 

 apex of head. 



Tiarodcs rusticus, sp. n. 

 Head, pronotum, scutellum and sternum dark shining indigo-blue, 

 posterior lobe of pronotum a little paler than the anterior lobe ; 

 corium black, with a somewhat large apical sanguineous spot, the 

 ■extreme apex of the corium, black ; legs sanguineous, apices of the 

 femora, bases and apices and longitudinal streaks to the anterior 

 and intermediate tibiae, tlie whole of the posterior tibiee and tarsal 



