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body beneath black ; femora black, their apices and the whole 

 of the tibia3 and tarsi pale ochraceous ; antennas black, second 

 joint a little longer tiian third, fourth longest and thickest; 

 vertex finely granulose, snbacutely prominent anteriorly ; 

 pronotum somewhat coarsely granulose, about as long as 

 broad at base, the lateral margins a little convexly rounded ; 

 scutellum sparingly but coarsely granulose ; membrane not 

 quite reaching abdominal apex nor covering connexivum ; 

 corium strongly palely pilose, covering or almost covering the 

 connexivum. 



Long. 2-2^ mm. 



Hah. Bombay Province ; Matheran, 2500 feet, Igatpuri, 

 2000 feet (Pusa Coll.). 



As in the previous species, the specimens on which this is 

 founded are in a more or less greasy condition, which renders 

 the coloration difficult to determine. This more particularly 

 applies to the membrane, which in some examples appears to 

 be brownish grey, with the veins piceous. 



Besides the distinct markings of the corium the species is 

 to be recognized by the broader and comparatively shorter 

 pronotum, with its more convexly rounded lateral margins. 



Nerthus, gen. nov. 



Elongate ; head broad, convexly narrowed in front of eyes, 

 central lobe prominent and slightly produced; antennge with 

 the first joint shortest, distinctly shorter than the head, 

 second joint a little longer than either third or fourth; ros- 

 trum just passing the posterior coxae, first joint passing base 

 of head, second and third subequal in length ; ocelli near 

 posterior margin, nearer to eyes than to each other; pro- 

 notum elongate, moderately laterally sinuate, transverse 

 constriction distinct^ anterior lobe convex, a little shorter than 

 posterior lobe, which is deflected anteriorly, the posterior 

 lateral angles rounded, their posterior margins slightly 

 lobately produced ; scutellum a little longer than broad, with 

 a discal longitudinal carination ; corium a little more than 

 half the length of abdomen and concavely constricted at 

 middle; membrane reaching apex of abdomen; legs mode- 

 rately long, unarmed, pilose, femora moderately evenly 

 thickened ; posterior tibiae with the basal joint a little longer 

 than the remaining joints together; abdomen beneath with a 

 distinct, central, longitudinal, carinate line. 



Allied to Ariemulorus, Dist., but differing by the basal 

 joint of antennae being shorter than the head; the much 

 longer rostrum and the relative lengths of joints of same, the 



