METEOCOEIS. 



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tarsi being without tlie fringe of long hairs ; from Gldmarrltometra 

 it may at once be distinguished by the structural character of the 

 basal joint of the anterior tarsi, which is much shorter than the 

 second joint. 



984. Metrocoris compar, Buck. White (Halobatodes), Rej). Vol/. 

 ' Challe/i(/er,^ Zool. vii (19), p. 68, pi. ii, f. 6 (1883). 



" Oblong-oval, widest behind the middle ; dull black, with 

 yellowish-testaceous lines and spots ; underside of body dull black ; 



Fig. loo. — Metrocoris compar. 



anterior femora of male without a tubercle near the centre and no 

 notch near the apex." (BucJi. White.) 



(S . Length 6-5 ; breadth 2-5 ; mid. femur 7 ; hind femur 7 mm. 



$. „ 6; „ 3; _ ,. 7; „ 7-5 „ 



Hah. \r\(\\a, {Wtstv. Coll., Oxford). 



985. Metrocoris illiistrarius, sp. n. 



5 . Above obscure opaque purplish-brown ; anteocular portion 

 of head ochraceous, with three large black spots, two discal and 

 one frontal ; postocular ai*ea, excluding hind margin, black, with 

 two luteous discal spots, a central line and the hind margin 



