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which is narrowly united to a similar spot near apex of 

 clavus and inner angle of membrane, the third spot occupying 

 apical angle of corium ; membrane black ; sternum and legs 

 blackly punctate, apices of femora and tibiae narrowly 

 blackish ; antennaj with the first joint thickest and shorter 

 than head, second a little longer than the third and slightly 

 longer than the fourth joint ; pronotum transversely im- 

 pressed near middle, before which it is moderately eonvexly 

 raised, clavus and corium thickly somewhat finely punctate ; 

 membrane reaching apex of abdomen ; rostrum about or 

 almost reaching the intermediate coxse, the area of the sternum 

 between the coxfe black ; tarsi very pale ochraceous, with 

 their apices black. 



Long. 8 mm. 



Hub. Nepal Terai. 



Aphanus hengalensis, sp. n. 



Head reddish ochraceous ; antennas brownish ochraceous, 

 basal joint, apices of second and third joints, and fourth joint 

 (excluding base) piceous; pronotum ochraceous, thickly 

 blackly punctate, the lateral margins paler and longitudinally 

 coarsely blackly punctate ; scutellum ochraceous, darkly 

 punctate (somewhat mutilated in type) ; clavus and corium 

 pale ochraceous, thickly blackly punctate, the lateral margins 

 pale and sparingly coarsely blackly punctate ; a somewhat 

 large greyish-white spot on apical margin at each side of 

 basal angle of membrane, the apical angle of corium piceous ; 

 membrane pale brownish, the upper margins paler, and with 

 a small but very pale spot near apical angle of corium ; pro- 

 sternum ochraceous, blackly punctate ; raeso- and metasterna 

 piceous, the latter with two marginal lines and the posterior 

 margin ochraceous and blackly punctate; abdomen beneath 

 piceous; legs orange-yellow, sparingly, finely, blackly punc- 

 tate, apices of the tibiae black ; first joint of antennas thickest 

 and shorter than head, second and fourth subequal in length, 

 each a little longer than third joint ; pronotum transversely 

 impressed near middle, before which it is slightly convex ; 

 rostrum slightly passing the anterior coxae ; anterior femora 

 shortly spined beneath ; membrane very slightly passing the 

 abdominal apex. 



Long. 6^ mm. 



Hah. Bengal, Pusa {Lefroy). 



Allied to ^4. sparsus^ Dist. 



