GARDEN A. 181 



pale brownish ; abdomen beneath with the lateral margins irregu- 

 larly pale brownish; antennae a little darker in hue, first and 

 second joints subequal in length and each about as long as abdo- 

 men ; rostrum with the basal joint passing eyes ; pronotum 

 elongate, about as long as rneso- and metauota together, anteriorly 

 roundly dilated, the anterior margin truncate ; abdomen strongly 

 attenuated at base, beyond basal segment gradually ovately 

 widened and again narrowed towards apex ; intermediate and 

 posterior femora a little darker in hue with their apices pale 

 ochraceous ; anterior trochanters with a single strong prominent 

 spine. 



Length 11 milliin. 



Hob. Lucknow (AitTceri). 



Genus GARDENA. (Vol. II, p. 214.) 

 2954. Gardena fasciata, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) Hi, p. 505 (1909). 



Head, pronotum and mesouotum chocolate-brown, pronotum 

 with a broad sublateral greyish fascia on each side, mesonotum 

 with three central greyish fasciae, the central fascia broadest, the 

 lateral fasciae narrower ; hemelytra greyish brown ; head beneath 



Fig. 100. Gardena fasciata. 



and sternum black, the latter greyish ly tomeutose ; legs greyish 

 brown, coxae (excluding apices) and trochanters shining black ; 

 abdomen above and beneath greyish piceous ; antennae mutilated 

 in typical specimen ; head about as long as mesouotum, shorter 

 than pronotum ; hemelytra extending to the base of the penulti- 

 mate abdominal segment ; anterior femora palely annulate near 

 apex, finely spinose beneath from about one-third from base, 

 anterior tarsi three-jointed ; rostrum reaching the base of the 



