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ochraceous ; head almost twice as broad at base between eyes as 

 medial length, shorter than pronotum, with a more or less 

 distinct central longitudinal ridge and an obscure tubercle near 

 base ; elytra with four obscure darker longitudinal fasciate lines ; 



Fig. 210. Micronecta proba. 



posterior tarsi streaked with piceous ; face frequently with a 

 castaneous central line, the clypeus castaneous. 



Length 4 millim. 



Hob. Bengal ; Calcutta, Eajshai (Annandale) ; Lucknow. 

 Burma ; Mandalay (Annandale). 



In some varieties of this species the colour is more ashen-grey 

 than olivaceous-brown, and the fasciate lines to the elytra are 

 more indistinct and broken ; the broken piceous line in the pale 

 ochraceous lateral margin of the elytra is frequently more pro- 

 minently dislocated and exhibits two distinct lineate spots. 



3129. Micronecta thyesta, P . n. 



Allied to the preceding species M.proba, but smaller in size, 

 the dark coloration more ashen-grey than olivaceous-brown, the 



Fig. 211. Micronecta thyesta. 



anterior margin of the clavus only obscurely ochraceous, the 

 fasciate dark lines to the elytra fewer and more broken ; head 



