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elytra scarcely reaching the abdominal apex ; connexivum granulose 

 and pilose. 



Length 2| millim. 



Hab. Bengal ; Calcutta, Kajshai (Annandale). 



" Stridulates when irritated, producing a shrill scraping sound 

 which is perceptible for some yards. Feeds on dead insects. 



Fig. 76. Microvelia diliita. 



Winged and apterous individuals occurring together." (Nelson 

 Annandale, in litt.) 



Allied to M. repentina, Dist., but colour of antennae and body 

 beneath different. In some specimens the lateral margins of the 

 abdomen beneath are piceous. 



2914. Microvelia annandalei, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) Hi, p. 501 

 (1909). 



Head and pronotum dull black ; pronotum with a transverse 

 dull ochraceous subanterior fascia not reaching the lateral margins 

 (this fascia is frequently discoloured and difficult to recognise) ; 

 hemelytra piceous, a basal claval streak, and three spots on apical 

 area (the apical spot linear) dull greyish with a greenish tint ; 

 body beneath black; head beneath, margins of prosternum, lateral 

 margins of abdomen, and the legs ochraceous ; antennae with the 

 first, second, and third joints oehraceous, apices of first and second 

 and the whole of the fourth joint piceous, second joint distinctly 

 shorter than either first or third, third and fourth subequal in 

 length ; head with the apex ochraceous and a pale longitudinal line 



