NA13IS. 



399 



1342. Dodonaeus hiimeralis, sp. u. 



Head, antenna?, rostrum, pronotum, membrane, sternum and 

 legs pale ochraceous ; corium and abdomen beneath stramineous ; 

 scutellum, clavus, a transverse fascia to corium a little beyond 

 middle, and the mesosternum browuish-ochraceous ; a narrow 



subclaval fascia to corium, mar- 

 gins of the transverse fascia to 

 corium, apices of posterior femora, 

 and base of posterior tibia) rosa- 

 ceous ; first joint of antennae 

 about as long as head and 

 anterior lobe of pronotum, first 

 and second joints more longh' 

 pilose ; pronotal lateral angles 

 obtusely angulately produced, 

 their apices a little upwardly 

 recurved, membrane passing ab- 

 dominal apex for about half their 

 length. 



Length, 2 5 13i niillim. 

 ffah. Sikhim ; Mungphu (At- 

 Fig. 2bb.—Uodo)i(eus hinncmlis. linson, Brit. Mus.). 



Genus NABIS. 



Nabi.<, Latr. (pavt.) Ge>i. iii, p. 127 (1807) ; Spin. Uss. p. 105 (1840) ; 



Fich. Eur. Hem. pp. 43 & 159 (1861) ; Stdl, Hem. Afr. ill, p. 41 



(1805) ; Rent. Mev. ctEnt. ix, p. 293 (1890). 

 Coriscus, Schrank (part.), Faun. Boic. ii, 1, p. 46 (1801) ; Stal En 



Heni. iii, p. Ill (1873). 

 Redaviolus, Kirby, in llich. Faun. Bor.-Ainer, iv, p. 279 ; Kirk. 



Faun. Hmoaiiensis, iii, p. 153 (1902). 

 Subg. Nabicula, Kirby, loc. cit. 



., Hoplistooelis, Acanthonabis, Lasiomerus, Halonabis, Steuo- 

 iiabis, lieuf. Rev. d'Ent. ix, p. 294 (1890). 



„ Stalia, Reut. Of v. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1872, No. 6, p. 94. 



„ Aptus, Hahn, 'jVanz. i, fig. 24, A-C (1831). 



,, Aspilaspis, 6'tal, En. Hem. iii, p. 114 (1873). 



Type, N. apterus, Pabr., a Palaearctic species. 



Distribution. Of almost luiiversal distribution. 



Body oblong or subelongate, narrowed anteriorly ; head sub- 

 cylindrical ; eyes well separated from anterior margin of pronotum ; 

 ocelli placed behind eyes and at about same distance from them as 

 from each other ; rostrum long, often extending to or beyond the 

 intermediate coxae, first joint very short ; antennae very finely 

 pilose, first joint longly passing the apex of the head ; pronotum 

 strongly narrowed anteriorly, and near middle transversely iui- 

 pressed ; scutellum equilateral ; hemelytra sometimes abbreviated ; 

 legs long, slender, anterior femora slightly incrassated and becoming 

 more slender towards their apices ; anterior tibiae shorter than the 

 anterior femora. 



