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widened and rounded, cuneus very much broader than long, 

 interiorly transversely angulate, cuneal fracture profound ; mem- 

 brane longly passing the abdominal apex, its greatest length 

 almost equalling that of corium without cuneus ; legs of moderate 

 length, not spinulose. 



To be placed in the division Laboparia and by the profound 

 cuneal fracture near Bilia, Dist. (vol. ii, p. 480). 



3061. Acratheus nocturnus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) v, p. 16 (1910). 



Head orange-yellow, eyes black ; antennae stramineous, apical 

 joint infuscate ; pronotum, scutellum, and corium black : cuneus 

 greyish white, with the basal marginal area black ; membrane pale 

 fuscous, with a large greyish white spot on lateral margin ; head 



Fig. 156. Acratheus noctui-nus. 



beneath orange-yellow or pale reddish ; sternum and abdomen 

 black ; legs and rostrum pale stramineous ; apices of tarsi black ; 

 structural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Length 3 millim. 



^Hab. Bengal; Bhogaon, Purneah Distr. (Paiva\ Calcutta (Ind. 

 Mus.}. Kumaon, Bhim Tal, 4500 ft. (Annandale). 



Genus ARISTOBULUS. 



Aristobulus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) v, p. 16 (1910). 



Type, A.filius, Dist. 



Distribution. N. India. 



Head about as broad as long, strongly deflected in front of 

 eyes, which are situate at base of head and project beyond the 

 anterior margin of the pronotum ; antennae pilose, with the first 

 joint a little shorter than head and with a few long hairs, second 

 more than twice as long as first, gradually moderately thickened 

 apical half, where it is also more strongly pilose, third twice 



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