some undescribed Grerrinae. 149 



in length, second and third together only a little longer than 

 first ; pronotum short, considerably shorter than head, the 

 lateral margins oblique, the posterior margin truncate; meso- 

 notum more than twice as long as pronotum ; anterior femora 

 a little thickened, longer than the tibiae, which are inwardly 

 spinous at apex; intermediate and posterior femora almost 

 equal in length, the intermediate longer than the posterior 

 tibiae ; posterior tarsi about half the length of posterior tibiae. 

 Allied to AJetrocoris, from which it differs by the structure 

 of the head. 



Gtrastratus foveatus, sp. n. 



Head ochraceous, a large black spot in front of the discal 

 foveation which is inwardly margined with black ; antenna? 

 black, the basal joint ochraceous at base; eyes black, 

 brownish ochraceous at base; pro- and mesonota ochraceous ; 

 pronotum anteriorly, sublaterally, and centrally-longitudinallv 

 black; mesonotum with three longitudinal black fasciae nob 

 reaching the posterior margin, the central fascia straight, the 

 other two broader and slightly curved, a more obsolete black 

 fascia on each lateral margin ; body beneath ochraceous ; 

 anterior femora ochraceous, broadly outwardly streaked with 

 black, anterior tibiae and tarsi black, intei mediate and pos- 

 terior legs black, intermediate femora beneath streaked with 

 ochraceous, coxae and trochanters ochraceous with black 

 markings ; abdomen above black, with a large longitudinal 

 lateral ochraceous spot and with a small spot of the same 

 colour above the insertion of the intermediate legs ; structural 

 characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Length 3^ mm. 



J Jab. Kumaon ; Bhim Tal, 4500 feet (Annindale). 



A single apterous specimen taken by Dr. Aunandale and 

 now in the Indian Museum. 



Ventidius, gen. nov. 



Head longer than broad, roundly truncate anteriorly; eyes 

 large, oblique, their inner margins rounded, directed backward 

 beyond the anterior margin of the pronotum ; antennae with 

 the first and second joints distinctly and somewhat longly 

 hirsute, second joint less prominently hirsute than the first 

 which is about as long as the anterior femora, second and 

 third subcqual in length, each a little longer than the fourth; 

 pronotum about as long as breadth between the pronotal angles, 

 the lateral margins oblique, the anterior narrowing to head, the 

 posteiior narrowing to apex, which is broadly obtusely angu- 



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