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Body elongate, subparallel ; head triangular, broader than the 

 anterior margin of the pronotum, and widest at the region of the 

 eyes which are exserted ; antennae shorter than the hody, basal 

 joint short, not passing apex of head, second and fourth joints 

 subequal in length ; pronotum constricted near middle, broadest 

 posteriorly, lateral angles rounded; scutellum triangular; hem- 

 elytra longer than the body, a little sinuate near base and ampliated 

 posteriorly : membrane with longitudinal veins ; legs unarmed ; 

 claval suture not distinctly longer than the scutellum. 



718. Ninus assamensis, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) viii,p. 465 (1901). 



Head piceous, greyishly pubescent, especially at apex; antennae 



pale chocolate-bro\^-n, finely 

 pilose ; pronotum greyish, 

 darkly punctate ; two small 

 rounded spots near anterior 

 margin and two very large 

 basal spots (narrowly in- 

 wardly divided and anteriorly 

 emarginate) chocolate-brown ; 

 between the two series of 

 spots are two transverse 

 black lines ; scutellum greyish, 

 darkly punctate, somewhat 

 blackish on lateral margins ; 

 corium pale greyish ochra- 

 ceous, brownly punctate, the 

 lateral margin pale impunc- 

 tate, a piceous patch at inner 

 angle, a black spot at apex ; clavus chocolate-brown ; membrane 

 pale brownish ochraceous, its discal area dark brown, reflecting 

 the abdomen beneath : head beneath and sternum dull greyish, 

 darkly punctate ; abdomen piceous, greyishly pilose ; legs [and 

 rostrum brownish ochraceous, the last with its apex piceous. 

 Length 4 millim. 

 Hab. Assam ; Margherita. 



719. Ninus discessus, Dist. A. M. N. R. (7) viii, i). 406 (1901). 



Dull ochraceous ; head, apical joint of antennae, anterior area 

 of pronotum, scutellum, and clavus much darker in hue; a longi- 

 tudinal spot on each side of the posterior disk of pronotum 

 piceous ; apex of scutellum greyish ; corium semihyaline, margins 

 of clavus and corium ochraceous ; two minute spots at claval apex, 

 a small spot about centre of lateral margins, and the apical angle 

 piceov;s ; membrane pale ochraceous hyaline : head and sternum 

 beneath brownish ; abdomen and legs ochraceous ; rostrum 

 ochraceous, with its apex pitchy. 



Length 4 millim. 



Hah. Assam ; Margherita. 



Fi";. 12. — Ninus as^autenbis 



