the single-jointed, simple, clawless tarsi appearing as a continu- 

 ation of the tibiae, tarsi of second and third pairs of legs two-jointed, 

 the posterior ones clothed with long natatorial hairs." (Saunders.) 



3100. Naucoris SCntellariS, St&l, Freg. Eug. Resa, Ins. Hem. p. 266 

 (1859) ; id. En. Hem. v, p. 145 (1876). 



" Oval, palely testaceous-flavescent, Very finely rugulose and 

 punctate; head, pronotum, femora, and heinelytra irrorated with 

 fuscous, the latter behind middle fuscous, a small spot on corium at 

 membranal margin indistinctly testaceously flavous ; scutellum 

 blackish ; beneath fuscous, marginal spots to abdomen testaceously 

 flavous. Oval, moderately convex ; head palely testaceously 

 flavescent, very finely rugulose, sparsely minutely irrorated with 

 fuscous ; pronotum scarcely one-third broader than long, anteriorly 

 slightly narrowed, laterally very slightly rounded, palely tes- 

 taceously flavous, very finely rugulose, minutely irrorated with 

 fuscous, except on the posterior and lateral margins, anteriorly 

 with a small fuscous spot, posteriorly with many small black 

 spots, anteriorly on each side a small marginal piceous spot ; 

 scutellum blackish, densely punctate; hemelytra very finely punc- 

 tate, palely testaceously flavous, minutely irrorated with fuscous, 

 behind middle fuscous, a small spot to corium at membranal 

 margin indistinctly palely testaceous flavous ; beneath piceous, 

 lateral margin of sternum and subtriangular marginal spots to 

 abdomen palely testaceously flavous ; legs palely testaceously 

 flavous, femora sparsely minutely irrorated with fuscous." (St8l.) 



Length 6| millim. ; breadth 4 millim. 



Hob. Pondichery (fide Stai).3ax&. 



I have not seen this species. 



3101. Naucoris sordidus, sp. n. 



Head twice as broad at base between eyes as long, ochraceous 



Fig. 186. Naucoris sordidus. 

 or olivaceous, more or less speckled with fuscous ; pronotum 



