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black or dark castaneous; rostrum ochraceous, when slightly passing 

 the anterior coxae ; abdomen beneath centrally, basally and 

 laterally mottled with sanguineous ; abdomen above sanguineous ; 

 connexivum spotted with ochraceous ; apices of tibiae and tarsi 

 black. 



Length rf 9-10 millim. 



Nab. South India; Chikkaballapura (T. V. Campbell). 



Allied to E. singalensis, Dist., but with the third joint of 

 antennae distinctly longer than the first. 



3741. Euthetus atomarius, sp. n. 



Head and pronotum stramineous, a double central longitudinal 

 fascia not reaching apex, a central longitudinal fascia not reaching 

 base of pronotum, and a spot behind each eye, fuscous or black ; 

 antennae ochraceous, apices of first, second and third joints black, 

 second shortest, third longer than first, fourth longest ; scutellum 

 blackish, the apex stramineous ; corium stramineous, the clavus 

 and interior area of corium blackish ; membrane subhyaline, 

 reflecting the dark abdomen beneath ; body beneath and legs 

 ochraceous ; a spot on each side of anterior margin of prosternum, 

 head beneath, meso- and metasterna (excluding margins), central 

 and lateral suffusions on abdomen, and spots on connexivum, 

 black ; apices of femora, tibiae and tarsi black, posterior femora 

 with also a black subapical annulation. 



Length 9-10 millim. (2 specs.). 



Hab. South India; Chikkaballapura (T. V. Campbell). 



The larger specimen is probably a $ , but the abdomen is too 

 mutilated for decisive opinion. 



Genus AKBARATUS. (Vol. IV, p. 485.) 



Male specimens recently received from South India enable me 

 to add to the generic diagnosis. 



d 1 . Femora gradually thickened from base to apex, considerably 

 more so than in $ , and not only finely spined beneath, but 

 armed with a prominent long spine on inner side a little before 

 apex. 



AKBARATUS FISHERI. (Vol. IV, p. 486.) 



c? . The spine on inner side of femora a little before apex is 

 ochraceous with its apex black. 



Add : Hab. South India ; Chikkaballapura (T. V. Campbell). 



3742. Akbaratus fasciatus, sp. n. 



Testaceous-brown ; abdomen beneath with a longitudinal black 

 submarginal fascia on each side and a marginal segmental series 

 of black spots ; head beneath and sternum more or less centrally 

 black ; legs brownish-ochraceous, with somewhat obscure and 



