Minis. 



423 



long as head ; pvonotuin about 



as long as half its widtli at base. Tancredus, ]i. 430. 

 h-. Firat joint ofantenua3 considerably 

 longer than head ; pronotiim 

 longer than half its width at 



base CoMBALus, p. 431. 



b' . Body broadly ovate, thickly pilose 

 above ; lateral pronotal angles not 



subproniinent 1 )iognetus, p. 431. 



b. Pronotuni impunctate Zankssa, p. 432. 



Geuus MIRIS. 

 Miris, Fahr. Si/st. Rhyny. pp. ix it 2.53 (1803) ; Burm. Hamlh. ii, 1, 



p. 264 (183o) ; Ami/. ^- Sew. Hem. p. 277 (1843) ; Kirschh. Caps. 



V. Nassau (185.j) ; lieut. Bih. Vet.-Alc. Handl. iii, 1, p. 8 (1875). 

 Myris, Halm, Wanz. Ins. ii, p. 73 (1834). 

 Lopomorphus, Doiiyl. i^- Scott, Brit. Hem. p. 293 (186."i). 



Type, M. Icerir/atus, Linn., a PalcTsarctic and Xearctic species. 



Distrihution. Probably uuiversal. 



Elongate or subelongate ; head with a distinct longitudinal 

 impression, the eyes touching the anterior margin of the pronotum ; 

 antenna? with the basal joint robust, longly pilose or setose, about 

 as long as the bead or a little longer ; rostrum extending to 

 about the apex of the mesosternum ; pronotum very strongly 

 punctate, with the base truncate, and concealing the base of the 

 mesonotum ; scutellum also distinctly punctate ; legs usually elon- 

 gate, and posterior femora very seldom dentate. 



1364. Miris atkinsoni, sp. n. 



A^ery pale brownish-ochraceous ; head and anterior ai'ea of 



pronotum pale brownish, pos- 

 terior two-thirds of pronotal area 

 fascously punctate, the lateral 

 margins and a narrow central 

 longitudinal line pale ochraceous ; 

 scutellum fuscously punctate, 

 the apex impunctate and pale 

 ochraceous ; corium and cuneus 

 pale ochraceous, with some nearly 

 obsolete reddish shadings, more 

 distinctly visible at apex of clavus ; 

 membrane subviridescent, the 

 venation ochraceous ; antennae 

 with the first and base of second 

 joint stroiigl}' pilose, first joint 

 a little incrassate, about as long 

 as pronotum, second joint more 

 than twice as long as first ; head 



anteriorly finely punctate, basal area impunctate, where the central 



sulcation is more profound. 

 Length 9 milhm. 

 Hab. Nilgiri Hills ; Utakamand (Afl-iison, Brit. Mas.). 



Fig. 270. — 3Iiris afl.insoni. 



