494 Mr. W. L. Distant on Ileteropteva. 



membrane piceous black and not quite reaching abdominal 

 ap x; antennae brownish ochraceous ; structural characters 

 as in generic diagnosis. 



Length 9 mm. 



Hab. Bengal; C\\2t.^va. {Mackenzie) . 



Eremocoris naini, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum dull black; clavus and 

 corium dull ochraceous^ punctured and shaded with piceous, 

 the costal margin narrowly ochraceous, a rather distinct 

 piceous spot near middle of costal area, and a similar, 

 rather more obscure spot on disk near apex of clavus ; 

 membrane pale piceous, the posterior margin and veins 

 greyish white, forming a looped linear spot near apical 

 margin of corium ; body beneath and femora black ; tibise, 

 tarsi, and rostrum (excluding basal joint) brownish ochra- 

 ceous ; antenuEe black, stout, first joint passing apex of 

 head, about subequal in length to third joint, second joint 

 considerably longer than either first or third, fourth joint 

 mutilated in typical specimen ; head very thickly punctate ; 

 pronotum with the anterior lobe thickly finely punctate, 

 convex and longer than the posterior, which is flat and more 

 coarsely punctate, the lateral margins sinuate at the trans- 

 verse impression, anteriorly convexly rounded, the posterior 

 angles a little thickened and slightly piceous brown ; corium 

 somewhat coarsely punctate, the pale narrow costal margin 

 impunctate except at the region of the piceous central spot ; 

 membrane scarcely passing the abdominal apex; rostrum 

 reaching or slightly passing the posterior coxae. 



Length 5 ram. 



Hab. Kumaon ; Naini Tal, 6400 ft. 



Manataxus, gen. nov. 



Head about as long as broad, subacutely narrowed 

 anteriorly^ somewhat longitudinally conically ridged above ; 

 antennae with the first joint considerably extending beyond 

 apex of head, second- joint a little longest, third and fourth 

 almost subequal in length or third only slightly longer than 

 fourth; rostrum almost reaching the posterior coxae, first 

 joint about reaching base of head; pronotum about as long 

 as broad, transversely impressed a little behind middle, the 

 lateral margins almost straight but roundly narrowed 

 anteriorly, basal margin concave before scutellum ; hemelytra 

 scarcely extending beyond middle of abdomen, membrane 



