VALLERIOLA. 



405 



Type, S. littoi'cdts, Liuu., foaud in both the Pahiearctic and 

 Xearctic llegions. 



Dlstrlbutioii. Probably universally distributed. 



Broad, ovate ; head short and broad, eyes large and prominent, 

 with two ocelli placed between them ; antenna) slender, somewliat 

 thicken(^d on apical area ; rostrum with three joints ; pronotum 

 with the lateral margins carinate, the basal margin concavely 

 sinuate ; scutellum large, somewhat t'oveately depressed at base ; 

 corium with tlie lateral margins moderately convexly rounded and 

 deflected; membrane with four long subparallel cells; legs of 

 moderate length, tarsi with three joints. 



1350. Salda dixoni, sp. n. 



Olivaceous-black, opaque, finely ochraceously pilose ; lateral 

 margins of corium, excluding base, luteous, widened at apical angle ; 



membrane very pale fuliginous, 

 the veins fuscous ; basal joint 

 of antennae, rostrum, and legs 

 luteous ; eyes brownish ; third and 

 fourth joints of antennae subequal 

 in length, second longest, first 

 shortest ; pronotum with a very 

 obscure transvei'se medial im- 

 pression, in front of which are 

 two very obscure transverse cal- 

 losities, basal margin concavely 

 sinuat-? ; scutellum discally de- 

 pressed ; thepilosity on the corium 

 a little more pronounced. 

 Length 3 millim. 

 Bah. Bor Gh;it {Dixon). 

 Burma ; Kangoon {Fea). — A single specimen was sent to me by 

 Mr. R. M. Dixon, and I have seen a second example collected 

 by Sign. Fea at Eangoou. 



Fig. 258. — Salda dixoni 



Genus VALLERIOLA, nov. 



Type, V. (jreeni, Dist. 



Distribution. Ceylon. 



Elongate, oblong ; head short and very broad, eyes large, extending 

 along the whole lateral margins of the head and a little upwardly 

 recurved ; ocelli two ; antenna) very long and slender, basal joint 

 short, iucrassate, second joint considerably longer than bead and 

 incrassate at apex, third joint at least twice as long as ^cond ; 

 rostrum reaching the anterior coxa); pronotum with a double 

 anterior collar, transversely constricted near middle, thence widened 

 to ])osterior angles which are obtusely rounded, posterior margin 

 straightly truncate ; scutellum somewhat small, subtriangular, 

 centrally foveate ; hemelytra long, subparallel. a little narrowed 



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