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spots ; femora moderately but distinctly thickened, the posterior 

 femora more distinctly so. 



Length 3| to 4 millim. 



Hob. E. Himalayas; Kurseong, 5000 ft. (Ind. Mus.). 



Genus IDATIUS. 



(To follow Psallus, Vol. II, p. 482.) 

 Idatius, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) v, p. 20 (1910). 



Type, /. priscillianus, Dist. 



Distribution. Northern India. 



Head about as long as broad, not foveately sulcate between the 

 eyes, which project considerably beyond the anterior margins of 

 the pronotum ; antennae with the first and second joints moder- 

 ately thickened, the first distinctly shorter than head, second four 

 times the length of first, third and fourth slender but together 

 not so long as second ; rostrum robust, reaching the intermediate 

 coxae ; pronotum at base twice as broad as long and about twice 

 as broad as at anterior margin, deflected anteriorly, the lateral 

 margins a little roundly oblique, the posterior margin subtruucate ; 

 scutellum somewhat large and triangular, moderately transversely 

 impressed before middle ; corium (excluding cuneus) considerably 

 longer than second joint of antennae ; cuneus with the basal and 

 outer margins subequal in length ; membrane considerably passing 

 the abdominal apex, with a distinct basal cell ; posterior femora 

 moderately thickened, posterior tibiae spinulose. 



3067. Idatius priscillianus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (8) v. p. 20 (1910). 

 Black; eyes black; antennae with the basal joint brownish 



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Fig. 160. Idatius priscillianus. 



ochraceous, second joint black, with its basal area brownish 

 ochraceous, third and fourth joints palely fuscous, basal area of third 



