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with some greyish suffusions, the most prominent of which is a 

 central subapical longitudinal line; body beneath black ; legs ochra- 

 ceous, the tibiae and apices of femora and tarsi black ; antennae 

 piceous or black, with short fine hairs, second joint slightly shorter 

 than first, third and fourth subequal in length, each a little longer 

 than fifth ; pronotum sparingly coarsely punctate : scutellum finely 

 granulose, the central ridge prominent ; other structural characters 

 as in generic diagnosis. 



Length 3 millim. 



Hob. Ceylon; Peradeniya (Green). 



" On rocks in mid-stream" (E. E. Green). 



2909. Timasius atratus, Ditt. A. M. N. H. (8) iii, p. 499 (1909). 



Black ; legs pale ochraceous, posterior tibise pale piceous ; head 

 opaque, with two central carinae terminating about one-third before 

 apex, antenniferous tubercles spinously produced, eyes strongly 

 granulose ; antennae ochraceous, pilose, first joint longer than 

 second, a little shorter than third, fourth and fifth subequal in 

 length, almost fused ; pronotum with its disk considerably mutil- 

 ated in typical specimen, but apparently bicarinate, the lateral 

 margins strongly sinuate, the lateral angles roundly prominent ; 

 scutellum longitudinally carinate; pronotum, scutellura, and 

 corium shining black : membrane piceous black, opaque ; legs 

 pilose. 



Length 2| millim. 



Hob. Ceylon ; Madulsima (Bainbrigye-Fletcher). 



