222 APPENDIX. SALBID^E. 



longer than fourth ; rostrum reaching the posterior coxae ; pro- 

 iiotum more than twice broader than Jong, the lateral margins 

 roundly oblique, the posterior margin moderately concavely sinuate 

 before scutellum, and with a transverse impression on disk; 

 scutellum broad, transversely impressed before middle; corium 

 with the costal margin moderately convexly rounded ; membrane 

 passing the abdominal apex ; tibiae spinulose. 



Var. a. Corium with a single ochraceous spot on costal margin 

 before apex, membrane darker, the suffusions piceous. 



Var. b. Corium with a central apical pale spot before membrane 

 which is marked and shaded as in typical form. 



Length 4| millim. 



Hob. Punjab ; Simla Hills, Matiana (Annandale). 



Under stones at edges of mountain streams ; jumping and flying 

 at edge of pond (N. Annandale). 



2999. Salda fletcheri, Dist. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. liii, p. 375 (1909). 



Black ; apical joint of antennae, rostrum, coxae, legs, and ab- 

 dominal segmental margins more or less ochraceous ; corium black 

 with the costal margin, a spot near apex and base of each side of 

 clavus, a basal longitudinal streak, four spots on subcostal area 



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Fig. 122. Salda fletcfteri. 



and three on inner area ochraceous, those on the subcostal area 

 somewhat whitish ; membrane piceous, the lateral margins and a 

 transverse series of small spots behind middle ochraceous. nearer 

 base a transverse series of more obscure spots ; antennas with 



