FONTEJAi!JUS. 



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prominent ; scutellam .small, subtriangalar ; greatest lengths of 

 corium and membrane about equal ; membrane extending a little 

 beyond the apex of the abdomen : anterior femora strongly in- 

 crassate, spined beneath near apex ; anterior tibiae prominently 

 notched at apex, preceded by a distinct spine ; rostrum almost 

 reaching the intermediate coxae, first joint not quite so long as 

 head ; anterior coxae with a long distinct spine ; antennae slender, 

 third and fourth joints a little stoutest, first joint just passing apex 

 of head. 



778. Caridops gihha, Beup: Her. d'lJnt. xiii, p. 159 (1894). 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, rostrum and body beneath black ; 



clavus black, the margins and a 

 central streak luteous ; corium pale 

 luteous ; two fascia-like sti'eaks a 

 little beyond base and apical angle 

 continued along apical margin 

 black ; a broad transverse castaneous 

 submedial fascia, outwardly mar- 

 gined with black and containing a 

 small pale luteous spot near inner 

 angle ; membrane piceous, broadly 

 white at apex ; legs black ; apices 

 of anterior femora, basal areas of 

 intermediate and posterior femora 

 and the tarsi luteous ; antennae 

 with the first and second joints 

 brownish ochraceous, third and 

 fourth fuscous, first annulated with luteous near base ; lateral 

 margins of pronotum and anterior femora very longly pilose. 

 Length 5 millim. 

 Ilab. Bombay ( Wroughton). 



I am indebted to Dr. Bergroth for the opportunity of figuring 

 this species. 



JFig. 40. — Caridops gibba. 



Genus and species not seen by the writer, and therefore not iacluded 

 in Synopsis of Genera. 



Genus FONTEJANUS. 



Fontejanus, Bredd. Soc. Entomol. xviii, p. 75 (1903). 



Type, F. ivasmanni, Bredd. 



Distrihution. Bombay. 



Head with moderately large eyes forming an almost equilateral 

 triangle, rather nai*ro\ver than the pronotum, hind border of eyes 

 touching anterior margin of pronotum ; ocelli touching the inner 

 margin of eyes ; pronotum longer than breadth between lateral 

 angles, near hind margin sharply and distinctly constricted, the 

 posterior area almost fiat, thickly punctured, above the base of 



