86 APPENDIX. 



equal in length to third joint, second joint considerably longer 

 than either first or third, fourth joint mutilated in typical speci- 

 men ; head very thickly punctate ; pronotum with the anterior 

 lobe thickly finely punctate, convex and longer than the posterior, 

 which is flat and more coarsely punctate, the lateral margins 

 sinuate at the transverse impression, anteriorly convexly rounded, 

 the posterior angles a little thickened and slightly pitchy brown ; 

 corium somewhat coarsely punctate, the pale narrow costal margin 

 impunctate except at the region of the piceous central spot ; mem- 

 brane scarcely passing the abdominal apex ; rostrum reaching or 

 slightly passing the posterior coxae. 



Length 5 millim. 



Hob. Kumaon ; mini Tal, 6400 ft. 



Genus MANATANUS. 

 Manatanus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) iii, p. 494 (1909). 



Type, M. montanus, Dist. 



Distribution. Northern India. 



Head about as long as broad, subacutely narrowed anteriorly, 

 somewhat longitudinally conically ridged above ; antennae with 

 the first joint considerably extending beyond apex of head, second 

 joint a little longest, third and fourth almost subequal in length 

 or third only slightly longer than fourth ; rostrum almost reaching 

 the posterior coxae, first joint about reaching base of head ; pro- 

 notum about as long as broad, transversely impressed a little 

 behind middle, the lateral margins almost straight but roundly 

 narrowed anteriorly, basal margin concave before scutellum; 

 hemelytra scarcely extending beyond middle of abdomen, membrane 

 small; anterior femora incrassate and spined beneath near apices ; 

 scutellum a little elevated. 



In my enumeration of the Oriental Lygaeidae I place this genus 

 near Lua, Dist. (cf. p. 87). 



2862. Manatanus montanus, Dist. A. M.N. H. (8) iii, p. 495 (1909). 

 Head, pronotum, and scutellum black ; lateral margins of the 

 anterior lobe of pronotum (broadened posteriorly) white ; antennae- 

 black ; abdomen above and body beneath black ; rostrum and 

 legs ochraceous, basal joint of rostrum, anterior femora (excluding 

 apices), more than apical halves of intermediate and posterior 

 femora (excluding apices), and the tibiae more or less black or 

 piceous ; clavus pitchy-brown, corium greyish white or pale 

 stramineous, two elongate black spots before middle and the apex 

 broadly black ; membrane narrow, whitish, sometimes divided by 

 black into two large whitish spots. 



Far. Posterior pronotal lobe more pitchy brown than black ; 



