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aud legs pale ochraceous ; tegmina ochraceous, posterior costal 

 and apical areas pale and subhyaline, with the veins and three 

 costal spots brownish-ochraceous ; vertex somewhat acutely pro- 

 duced anteriorly ; scutellum with a distinct transverse incision 

 near middle; pronotum with an anterior submarginal trans- 

 verse impression. 



Length incl. tegm. 5 millim. 



Hab. Assam ; Margherita (Doherty). 



3586. Paralinmus lefroyi, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum and scutelluiu dull ochraceous ; scutellum with 

 a black spot near each basal angle ; on anterior margin of vertex 

 two transverse black lines ; body beneath dull ochraceous, legs 

 pale ochraceous ; tegmina pale ochraceous, with scattered white 

 macular markings, the apical areas greyish-white where the veins 

 are dark, and there are three blackish costal spots ; posterior tarsi 

 black, with their bases and apices greyish-white ; vertex of head 

 subconically produced anteriorly ; pronotum with a transverse 

 impression before anterior margin continued on each side beneath 

 eyes ; scutellum transversely impressed near middle. 



Length incl. tegm. 4| millim. 



Hab. Pusa (H. M. Lefroy}. 



Genus NEOALITURUS, n. nom. 



Aliturus, Dist. Faun. Brit. 2nd., Rhynch. iv, p. 398 (1908). 

 Fairmaire having used this generic name in Coleoptera (1902), 

 I am compelled to rename my genus. 



NBOALITDRUS GARDESTERI. 

 Aliturus gardineri, Dist. (vol. iv, p. 398, fig. 247). 



Genus MAHALANA, nov. 



Type, M. fidelis, Dist. 



Distribution. N."W. India. 



Vertex of head subangulate, central length about equal to space 

 between eyes ; face elongate, considerably longer than broad, 

 lateral margins behind eyes nearly straight, with a moderate 

 central convex ridge ; pronotum about twice as broad as long, 

 posterior margin straight, anterior margin subconvex ; scutellum 

 at base nearly twice as broad as long, the lateral margins straight ; 

 tegmina elongate, about three times as long as broad, costal area 

 broad, transversely veined, ante-apical cell very long. 



This genus is allied to Scaphoideus, Uhler, and Aconura, Leth. 



3587. Mahalana fidelis, sp. n. 



Vertex of head ochraceous, with a series of minute greyish- 

 white spots at basal margin and two small dark spots near apex ; 



