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convexly rounded posteriorly; cuneus a little longer than 

 broad; legs of moderate length, posterior femora thickened. 



Araspus partilus. 

 Lopus partilus, Walk. Cat. Het. vi. p. 56. n. 27 (1873). 

 Hub. New Guinea (Brit. Mus.). 



Mertila, gen. nov. 



Elongately oval. Head rather long and depressed in front 

 of insertion of antennae, of which the first joint is shorter than 

 head and attenuated at base; second joint much longer than 

 first, it and the remaining joints pilose. Rostrum not quite 

 reaching the intermediate coxa?. Pronotum with an anterior 

 collar, which has its anterior and posterior margins carinate; 

 subimpressed or distinctly constricted before middle, the 

 depression including two transverse callosities; posterior- 

 area a little tumid; posterior margin about twice the breadth 

 of anterior margin, sometimes as long as broad. Scutellum 

 small, subtriangular, callous, foveate at base ; hemelytra 

 much longer than abdomen ; membrane with a single trian- 

 gular cell ; legs moderately short and slender. 



Mertila malayensis, sp. n. 



Orange-red ; apex of first and the whole of the second joint 

 of antenna", eyes, apex of rostrum, corium (excluding basal 

 area), cuneus, membrane, extreme apices of femora, tibia*, 

 tarsi, and sometimes abdomen beneath, indigo-black ; head 

 with a distinct central ridge and a broad foveation on inner 

 side of eyes ; pronotum a little hollowed between the anterior 

 callosities; upper surface very finely and obscurely pilose; 

 tibia? finely setose. 



Long. 5-6 mm. 



Hob. Singapore {II. N. Ridley, Brit. Mus.). 



Mertila ternatensis, sp. n. 



In colour resembling C. malayensis, but with the first and 

 second joints of the antenna? entirely indigo-black and the 

 legs entirely orange-red ; body much more elongate ; pro- 

 notum nearly as long as broad, very distinctly constricted 

 before middle, the lateral margins of the anterior lobe con- 

 vexly produced ; corium distinctly coarsely punctate, the 

 suture behind claval apex divided and forming an oblono- 



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