Mr. W. L. Distant on Heteroptera. 497 



apical half of scutellum, violaceous ; corium, as seen on each 

 side of basal half of scutelluni, black, posteriorly outwardly 

 ochraceous ; anteocular and postocular portions of head 

 almost equal in length, centrally longitudinally sulcately 

 impressed behind eyes, apical joint of antennae about as 

 long as the two preceding joints together; pronotum coarsely 

 punctate on the posterior half, two anteriorly curved 

 carinations on disk, between which is a fine longitudinal 

 sulcate impression, the lateral angles anteriorly very slightly 

 directed forward, their apical margins a little concave ; 

 scutellum thickly finely punctate, coarsely punctate at base ; 

 connexivum only visible at middle. 



Length 10 mm. 



Hab. Assam; Khasi W\\\% (Lefroy) . Burma (Coll.Dist.). 



Fam. Aradidae. 

 Mezira tenuicornis, sp. u. 



Fuscous ; antennae, spinous antenniferous tubercles, 

 posterior pronotal lobe and lateral margins of the anterior 

 lobe, coriura, connexivum, body beneath, and legs more 

 fuscous brown ; membrane greyish with dark veins, the 

 lateral basal angles ochraceous ; antennae with the first, 

 second, and fourth joints incrassate, third joint slender and 

 much the longer ; head granulose, spines in front of eyes 

 long, acute, behind eyes tumid and distinctly laterally 

 spined ; pronotum granulose, the anterior area sculptured, 

 the anterior angles broadly, somewhat roundly, subangularly 

 produced, the lateral margins sinuated before middle and 

 roundly ampliated towards base ; scutellum granulose and 

 subrugulose; corium granulose, the apical margins strongly 

 sinuate, the lateral margins near base distinctly ampliated ; 

 membrane not quite reaching posterior margin of penultimate 

 abdominal segment ; abdomen above granulose ; rostrum 

 scarcely passing base of head. 



Length 7-8 mm. 



Hab. Simla Hills ; Mantiana, 8000 ft. {Annandale). 



Near M. tenericornis, Bergr. 



Under bark of fir {Annandak) . 



Fam. Hebridae. 

 Hebrus bengalensis, sp. n. 



Head black, with a greyish marginal line in front of eyes 

 and a more or less ochraceous line at inner margins of eyes 



