UTBBOAIETRID^E. 137 



Family HYDROMETRID/E. (Vol. II, p. 168.) 



Subfamily MESOVELIIN^. (Vol. II, p. 168.) 



Genus MESOVELIA. (Vol. II, p. 168.) 



MESOVELIA MULSANTI. (Vol. II, p. 169.) 



I was previously only able to record this species from Ceylon, 

 at least so far as this fauna is concerned. 



Add : Hob. Bengal ; Port Canning (brackish pools, Ind. Mus.), 

 Calcutta, at light (Paiva), Rajshai (Annandale), Puri, Orissa 

 Coast (Annandale). United Provinces ; Lucknow ( Annandale). 



Subfamily VELIIN^E. (Vol. II, p. 171.) 



Genus RHAGOVELIA. (Vol. II, p. 171.) 



2910. Khagovelia nigricans, Burm. (Velia), Handb. Ent. ii, p. 213 

 (1835) ; Mayr, Reise Novara, Hem. p. 181 (I860). 



Velia infernalis, Butl. Ann. Mag. Nut. Hist. (4) xvii, p. 411 

 (1876) ; id. Phil. Trans, clxviii, pi. liv, f. 5 (1879). 



Khagovelia maculata, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) xii, p. 472 (1903). 



? Var. Bhagovelia reitteri, Rent. Ofo. Finsk. Vet. Soc. Fork. xxv. 

 p. 39 (1882). 



Piceous black ; anterior margin of pronotum (sometimes medially 

 interrupted), base of first joint of antennae, connexivum above and 

 beneath, base of rostrum, acetabula, coxae, trochanters, bases of 

 femora above and the greater part of femora beneath, luteous; 

 henielytra with a narrow streak at base and sometimes some 

 smaller scattered spots bluish grey ; antennae, legs, and margins of 

 pronotum somewhat longly pilose ; first joint of antennae longest, 

 outwardly curved, second and fourth subequal, each slightly 

 shorter than third. 



Length 3 to 4 millim. 



Hob. Travancore (Annandale). Ceylon (Green); Diyatalawa 

 (Bainbrigge- Fletcher). Syria. Egypt. Abyssinia. West Africa. 

 Mascarene Islds. Seychelles. 



This species is mostly represented by apterous forms. 



