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RHYNCHOTA (HETEROPTEUA) from BRITISH INDIA 



by \\'.-Ëj. I>i«tant. 



AU Ihe gênera and manj of the species described in this paper 

 will be figLiied in the Appendix (vol. V) to the Kli\ nchotal contribu- 

 tion to the Fauna of iJritish India. 



Family BERYTIDiE. 



Metacanthus bihamatus sp. n. — Pronotam and sternum 

 pale ochraceous; head and a tuberculous spot at each basai angle 

 of the pronotum, shining-black; abdomen beneath, legs, rostrum 

 and antenna) stramineous; numerous annulations to legs and 

 antenn;e and apex of rostrum, black; llrst joint of antennse about 

 as long as anterior tibiae and tarsi, its apex moderately clavate, 

 second about two-thirds the length of first and subequal to third; 

 rostrum reaching the posterior coxse, lirst joint about reaching the 

 anterior coxce; pronotum with a distinct anterior collar at the base 

 of which is a long hooked spine on each side, disk of pronotum 

 convexly raised, finely punctate, with a somewhat obscure central 

 longitudinal ridge, and a central small tubercle between the black 

 tuberculous spots; scutellum with a short (in typical spécimen 

 probably mutilated) subbasal spine; hemelytra pale shining hyaline, 

 membrane with an iridescent tint and considerably extending 

 beyond abdominal apex. 



Length 4 mill. 



Hab. : Geyion (Green. — Brit. Mus.). 



A very distinct species; by the long hooked spines to the 

 pronotum denoting a subgeneric division. 



Family PYRBHOCORIDJl. 



Dermantinus erebus sp. n. — Black; fmely, shortly, 

 greyishly pilose; femora black, their bases and extrême apices, 

 coxîP, trochanters, the tibiœ and the tarsi brownish ochraceous; 

 antennse black or piceous; apex of scutellum ochraceous; antennae 

 finely setose with the second and fourth joints longestand subequal 

 in length; rostrum reaching the posterior coxse, basai joint 

 castaneous and slightly passing base of head, remaining joints 

 brownish-ochraceous; pronotum very fmely granulate and shortly 

 greyishly pilose, the latéral margins shortly but distinctly reflexed, 



