404 SALDID.E. 



Family SALDID^. 



Body oval, moderately convex ; head short and broad, the eyes 

 very large and prominent ; ocelli present and situate between the 

 eyes ; rostrum three-jointed, bent at the base, so that in repose it 

 does not lie against the under surface of the head. 



The insects composing this family are mostly semi-aquatic in 

 habit, frequenting damp places, wet moss, sides of streams, &c. ; 

 some have been watched and observed to be capable of living for a 

 time under M'ater ; others again are found on heaths and away from 

 moisture altogether. 



No Indian species of Saldido) have been previously recorded. 

 We now enumerate three ; an altogether insufficient number, and 

 one that must necessarily be largely augmented when more attention 

 is paid to these insects by collectors. 



Syuojpsis of Subfamilies. 



A. Two ocelli placed between the eyes Saldince. 



B^nChr^ ocelli placed between the eyes Lejitojnnce. 



Subfamily I. SALDINtE. 



The extensive genus Sakla practically composes this subfamily. 

 Another Nearctic genus, Saldoida, has been recently founded, and 

 we now describe a third from Ceylon. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



A. Pi'onotum without anterior collfir, its basal 



maro-in concavely sinuate ; scutellum large. . Salp.v, p. 404. 



B. Prouotum with a double anterior collar, it.<? 



basal margin straightly truncate : scutellum 



small I Yalleriola, ]). 405. 



Genus SALDA. 



Sjilda, Fuhr. (part.) Si/st. Rh/nq. p. 113 (1803) ; Biirm. Kandh. ii, 

 p. 215 (1835) ; Amq^. S^ Serv. Hem. p. 404 (1843) ; Fieh. Eur. Hem. 

 pp. 40 & 144 (1861). 



Acanthia (part.), Fahr. Syst.Ent. p. 693 (1775). 



Sciodopterus, Amy. 8,- Serv. Hem. p. 404 (1843). 



Subg. Chiloxanthus & Calacantbia, Reut. Act. Soc. Sc. Fenn. xxi, 2, 

 pp. 4, 5 (1895). 



Subg. Chartoscirta, Sf.al, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1868, p. 393. 



