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Family ARADIDiE. 



Aradus dignatus sp. n. — Black; antennse with the first joint 

 black, the second very pale ochraceous with its extrême base black, 

 third stramineous, fourth black; corium pale greyish, claval veins 

 coucolofous, costal margin and veins on costal area jet black; 

 membrane hyaline, very indistinctly spotted with pale fuscous on 

 apical margin; head longer than broad, spines at antennit'erous 

 tubercles long and prominent; eyes distinctly transversely produced; 

 antennœ with the second joint about four times as long as the first, 

 third gradually thickened from base to apex; rostrum extending 

 beyond the base of the prosternum which is sulcate; pronotum 

 with the anterior margin distinctly broader than base of head but 

 not extending beyond the apices of the eyes, with six longitudinal 

 cari nations, the sublateral ones more strongly curved, the two 

 central ones least so, latéral margins rounded and finely crenulate; 

 scutellum elongately triangular, the base much shorter than the 

 latéral margins, the latéral margins elevated; corium at base 

 slightly laterally ampliated, membrane in ç^. shghtly passing the 

 abdominal apex; legs more piceous than black. 



Length (^4 mill. 



Hab. : W. Bengal; Paresnath, 4000 to 4400 feet (Annandale. — 

 Indian Mus.). 



Aradus antemissus sp. n, — Black; antennse black with the 

 last joint stramineous, its apex ochraceous; hemelytra resembling 

 those of A. dignatiis but with the membrane more prominently 

 spotted with pale fuscous; connexivum spotted with pale ochra- 

 ceous; head longer than broad, spines at antenniferous tubercles 

 long and prominent; eyes transversely produced but not so strongly 

 as in i4. dignatas ; antennae somewhat short and robust, second and 

 third joints distinctly incrassated, second about three times as long 

 as first, third and fourth subequal in length ; rostrum extending 

 beyond the base of the prosternum which is sulcate; pronotum 

 W'ith the anterior angles more distinctly produced than in 

 A. dignatus, anterior margin not or scarcely extending beyond the 

 apices of the eyes, six-carinate, the two central carinations straighter 

 than those of A. dignatus, latéral margins rounded and finely 

 crenulate ; scutellum a little broader than in A. dignatus ; membrane 

 in $ not quite reaching the abdominal apex. 



Length $ 5 1/2 mill. 



Hab. : W. Bengal ; Paresnath, 4000 to 4400 feet (Annandale. — 

 Indian Mus.). 



