146 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



antenna?, the less anteriorly produced liead and the more 

 posteriorly produced eyes, &c. 



The description is founded on an apterous form. 



Janias elegantuhis, sp. n. 



Head dark brownish ochraceous, eyes and antenna? black ; 

 pronotum black, the Literal and posterior margins and a broad, 

 central, longitudinal subtriangular fascia dull ochraceous ; 

 mesonotum castaneous brown, beyond middle with a large 

 cential oblong black spot which contains a broad central 

 longitudinal line with a large spot on each side, pale ochraceous; 

 abdomen above dull brownish ochraceous, with paler markings 

 on lateral margins and darker central segmental spots ; body 

 beneath and legs ochraceous ; head beneath, apex of rostrum, 

 apices and longitudinal streaks beneath to anterior femora and 

 the whole of the anterior tibia? and tarsi, black; intermediate 

 and posterior legs slightly infuscate ; pronotum moderately 

 foveately depressed on disk ; other structural characters as in 

 generic diagnosis. 



Length (apterous form) 11 mm. 



Hah. Travancore ; Kulattupuzhd, W. base of W. Ghats 

 (Annandale). 



Division Halobatinaria. 

 ElJKATAS, gen. no v. 



Head large, somewhat flattened, apically subangulately 

 produced and- also angularly produced above the insertion of 

 the antenna}; eyes somewhat flattened, lounded interiorly, a 

 little posteriorly produced over the anterior margins of the 

 pronotum ; antennae with the first joint longest, as long as the 

 anterior femora, second not half as long as first, third shortest, 

 a little shorter than fourth ; rostrum not passing the anterior 

 coxae ; pronotum slightly shorter than head, anterior and 

 posterior margins sinuate, the lateral margins rounded, two 

 distinct foveate impressions on disk which are anteriorly 

 margined with a carinate line ; mesonotum about twice the 

 length of pronotum ; anterior femora in male strongly 

 incrassated, anterior tibia? with a long robust spine before 

 middle, anterior femora in female only moderately thickened, 

 the anterior tibia? unarmed ; intermediate legs pilose, inter- 

 mediate femora considerably longer than the posterior 

 femora. 



Allied to the genus Ilermatola'ea, Carp. 



