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anterior tibiae stout, about as long as femora ; intermediate femora 

 longer and a little stouter than the posterior femora. 



Fig. 86. Metrocoris nigrofasciatus, var. 



Macropterous form. Hemelytra black ; pronotum with the 

 lateral fasciae transversely united anteriorly in typical form, not 

 transversely united in varietal form figured above. 



Length, apt. form, c? 6 ; macropt. form, 5| to 6 millim. 



Hob. United Provinces ; Bhura, Naini Tal (Ind. Mus.). Lower 

 Burma ; Dawna Hills, 2000-3000 ft. (Annandale). Malay Penin- 

 sula ; Siamese States (Annandale), Pahang (Craddock, Coll. Dist.). 



I originally described and figured the apterous form of the 

 species ; I now possess macropterous forms from Pahang (its first 

 known province) and both forms from India. 



Genus GERASTRATUS. 



Gerastratus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) v, p. 148 (1910). 



Type, G.foveatus, Dist. 



Distribution. Northern India. 



Head about as broad as long, the apex transversely rounded, 

 the disk between the eyes strongly roundly foveate ; eyes with the 

 inner margins truncately rounded, moderately produced posteriorly 

 over the lateral margins of the pronotum ; front of head 

 perpendicularly depressed to rostrum, which is short, stout, and 



