Hale— Aquatic Hemiptera 

 MICRONECTA Kirkaldy. 



323 



Mivroucvid. Kirk., Knt()iii(»l()<iis1, LS'IT, j). 2(30. 



t<t(jat(t Fell)!-., Eiil. Sysl.. iv, 17!»4, p. .")!) ( luirl ), ;m(l 8yst. Khyno., 18U3, p. 104 



(p<ir1). 



Type, .1/. niiniit issiiiKi Ijiniiacus. 



The iiicnihers of 1liis cosinopolilctii genus iwr ;ill of small si/.c ; none is over 

 T) luiii. ill Iciititli, most arc coiisideralily smaller. 'IMie antennae are three-jointed 

 ( fi<i'. o4()a), llie face is convex in holli sc.ncs, and the asymmetry is to the rig'hl iii 

 the male. Three species have heeii recorded from Australia hy Kirkaldy, but 

 these have not been recoonized aniong'st the material now dealt with. As I have 

 not had opportnnily of examiniu«>' tlie types, the author's descriptions are quoted 

 verl)atim. In this, or indeed any other <iroup of small insects in Avhich specific 

 differences are comi)aratively slight, it is advisable, if not absolutely necessary, 

 that descriptions should be accompanied l)y figures. 



MICRONECTA BATILLA sp. nov. 



S Head ])ale (x-hi-aceons, with a large, sub-circular marking (of darker 

 colour anteriorly) which almost touches the eyes and reaches just l)eyond the 

 vei-te.\ ; a dark oi'ange median, longitudinal line; posterior margin darkly suffused 

 and with a black, central tubercle; long. ])r()minent, much produced in front of 

 eyes, about one and one-half tinu's as long as the pronotum. its length grc^ater than 

 width at base Ix'tweeii eyes, the inner margins of which are divergent, the inter- 

 ocular width antei-iorly being greater than the length of the head. Pronotum 

 ])ale olix'c gi-een, with a faint, smoky-brown, horizcmtal fascia, which is intei'rnpted 

 in the middle and does not reach the lateral edges; almost elli]itical, short, three 

 and one-half times as broad l)etweeii humeral angles as medial length; rather 

 rugose, with irregular, transverse, punctured striae; lateral margins extremely 

 short. Scutellum i)ale olive green, transversely wrinkled. Hemelytra of like 

 colour, apically pitch}', basally paler; densely punctured, costal margins pale 



K>X 



Fig. 34G. Microiiccta baiilla. 



