338 Mr. W. L. Distant on Heteroptera. 



Aphanus suratensis, sp. n. 



Heacl_, proiiotum, and scutellum black; lateral pronotal 

 margins (not quite reaching base) ochraceous, two central 

 spots on basal area of pronotum reddish ochraceous ; extreme 

 apex of scutellum ochraceous; tegmina black, corium with 

 the outer claval margin (more or less), the costal margin for 

 about two-thirds from base with an inner elongate spot near 

 its base, and a large round spot near the apical margin ochra- 

 ceous ; membrane pale fuliginous, subhyaline ; body beneath 

 black, lateral margins of sternum ochraceous, lateral margin 

 of abdomen pale brownish ; rosti'um ochraceous, the basal 

 joint black ; legs ochiaceous, anterior femora (excluding 

 base), apical halves of intermediate and posterior femora, and 

 extreme apices of tibiae black ; second joint of antennae longer 

 tlian third (fourth mutilated in type) ; pronotum transversely 

 constiicted near middle, behind the constriction thickly punc- 

 tate, the lateral margins laminate and impunctate ; scutellum 

 obscurely finely punctate ; clavus thickly coarsely jjunctate ; 

 corium (excluding costal margin) thickly punctate ; anterior 

 femora spined beneath ; intermediate and posterior tibiae 

 spinulose. 



Long. 8 mm. 



Hah. Bombay Prov. ; Surat. 



UzzA, gen. nov. 



Head (including eyes) slightly wider than anterior margin 

 of pronotum, ocelli close to basal margin, almost equally 

 removed from eyes as from each other; antenna long, basal 

 joint longer than first joint of rostrum ; first, second, and 

 third joints almost subequal in length, each a little longer 

 than fourth ; rostrum about reaching the anterior coxae, first 

 joint about or almost reaching base of head ; pronotum as 

 long as broad at bsse, transversely constricted a little behind 

 middle, before which it is subglobose, the lateral margins 

 moderately dilately ampliate, the basal margin concavely 

 sinuate ; scutellum longer than broad ; lateral margins of 

 corium concavely sinuate; membrane reaching or slightly 

 passing the abdominal apex ; legs long, anterior femora 

 thickened, obtusely spined beneath, and armed with a strono- 

 spine before apex, posterior legs very long, posterior tibijE 

 much longer than the femora and about as long as head, 

 pronotum, and scutellum together, posterior tarsi with the 

 first joint about twice as long as the other two joints together. 

 Allied to Dieuches, from which it differs by having tiie 



