150 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



late ; hemelytra passing the abdominal apex ; rostrum short, 

 scarcely passing the anterior coxa? ; legs slender, anterior 

 femora about as long as the anterior tibias, inwardly a little 

 spinous at apices, intermediate femora longer than posterior 

 femora (macropterous form). 



In the apterous or undeveloped form the pronotum is con- 

 siderably shorter than broad. 



Allied to Metrocons, but with the body shorter and broader, 

 and with hirsute antenna 3 . 



Ventidius aquarius, sp. n. 



Macropterous form. — Head and pronotum ochraceous, the 

 latter with a large cruciform fascia and the sublateral and 

 apical margins black; eyes black ; antennae black, base of 

 first joint ochraceous; hemelytra black ; body beneath ochra- 

 ceous; legs and apex of rostrum black, bases of anterior 

 femora ochraceous; acetabula and coxae spotted with black; 

 structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Apterous form. — Body above ochraceous; pronotum with a, 

 narrow sublateral fascia, angulated and reaching margin at 

 humeral angle, and two spots at centre of posterior margin 

 continued obliquely across mesonotum, black, other markings 

 generally as in macropterous form ; abdomen above ochra- 

 ceous with the segmental margins black. 



Length, macrcpt. form 5 mm., apt. form 4^ mm. 



Hab. Travancore ; Pallode, 20 miles N.E. of Trivandrum 

 ( Annauda 1 e). 



" On roadside jungle-stream " (iV. Annandale). 



Euodus, gen. nov. 



Head slightly longer than broad, the angles in front of 

 eyes slightly prominent; eyes oblique, their inner margins 

 rounded, moderately extending over ihe lateral margins of 

 the pronotum ; antennas with the first joint longest, a little 

 curved, shorter than the anterior tibiae, second and third 

 joints about equal in length, each shorter than first and 

 longer than fourth ; rostrum slightly passing the anterior 

 coxa}; pronotum short, shorter than head, narrower than 

 mesonotum, the lateral margins a little rounded, posterior 

 margin truncate and very slightly sinuate; mesonotum large, 

 posteriorly widened, nearly twice broader at base than long, 

 centrally longitudinally impressed, the anterior angles dis- 

 tinctly projecting beyond the pronotum, the lateral margins 

 oblique, the basal margin truncate, laterally obliquely sub- 

 angularly rounded to humeral angles, the basal area with 



