498 Mr. W. L. Distant on Heteroptera. 



finely pilose on basal area; prouotum dark castaneouSj tlie 

 anterior marg;iaal area greyishly pilose, continued centrally 

 towards middle by a wedge-shaped fascia ; scutellum black ; 

 corium black, with short coarse pale hairs, a very prominent 

 claval greyish fascia widening posteriorly and a curved more 

 obscure greyish line before basal half of costal margin; 

 membrane shining brownish, with a pale central subapical 

 spot and a pale marginal line; body beneath black, legs 

 pale ochraceous; antennse dull ochraceous, with fine pale 

 hairs, second joint shorter than first or third, fourth and 

 fifth joints subequal in length; pronotum with the lateral 

 margins strongly sinuate, the lateral angles prominent; 

 scutellum with the apex angularly rounded, not incised. 



Length 2 mm. 



Hub. Lower Bengal (Coll. Dist.). 



Merragata pallescens, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and scutelliTm pale cinnamon-brown ; 

 corium ochraceous, the claval area milky white, base of 

 costal margin narrowly black ; membrane milky white, head 

 beneath and sternum pale cinnamon-brown ; abdomen 

 beneath piceous, legs and rostrum ochraceous ; antennae 

 ochraceous, with fine hairs, third joint a little shorter than 

 second, fourth piceous and about subequal in length to 

 third; pronotum with the lateral margins strongly sinuate, 

 the lateral angles broadly prominent, the basal margin 

 moderately concave before scutellum ; apex of scutellum 

 broadly subtruncate, very slightly angulate on each side, the 

 disk transversely foveately depressed. 



Length 2 ram. 



Hab. East Bengal ; Rajshai (Annandale) . 



I have only seen a single specimen of this beautiful and 

 distinctly marked species. 



TiMASius, gen. nov." 



Head moderately elongate, a little depressed anteriorly, 

 with two central longitudinal ridges not reaching apex; 

 eyes strongly granulate; antenniferous tubercles spinous 

 externally ; antennae five-jointed ; pronotum with the lateral 

 margins strongly sinuate, the lateral angles broadly roundly 

 prominent, transversely impressed before middle, and with 

 two strong central longitudinal ridges ; scutellum sub- 

 triangular, strongly, centrally, longitudinally ridged; corium 

 and membrane subequal in length. 



