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sli;j^htly shorter than first, more distinctly shorter than third ; 

 head globosely arched; pronotum vrith the lateral margins 

 sinuate^ the lateral angles subangularly prominent ; hem- 

 elytra scarcely reaching the abdominal apex ; connexivum 

 granulose and pilose. 



Length 2j mm. 



Hub. Bengal ; Calcutta, Rajshai (Annandale). 



" Stridulates when irritated, producing a shrill scraping 

 sound which is perceptible for some yards. Feeds on dead 

 insects. Winged and apterous individuals occurring to- 

 gether.''' [Nelson Amiandale, in litt.) 



Allied to M. repentina, Dist., but colour of antennae and 

 body beneath different. In some specimens the lateral 

 margins of the abdomen beneath are piceous. 



Microvelia annandalei, sp. n. 



Head and pronotum dull black ; pronotum with a trans- 

 verse dull ochraceous subanterior fascia not reaching the 

 lateral margins (this fascia is frequently discoloured and 

 difficult to recognize) ; hemelytra piceous, a basal claval 

 streak, and three spots on apical area (the apical spot linear) 

 dull greyish with a greenish tint ; body beneath black ; 

 head beneath, margins of prosternum, lateral margins of 

 abdomen, and the legs, ochraceous ; antennae with the first, 

 second, and third joints ochraceous, apices of first and second 

 and the whole of the fourth joint piceous, second joint dis- 

 tinctly shorter than either first or third, third and fourth 

 subequal in length ; head with the apex ochraceous and a 

 pale longitudinal line at inner margins of eyes; extreme 

 apices of the femora and sometimes the intermediate and 

 posterior tibiae more or less inf uscate ; lateral angles of the 

 pronotum broadly subprominent. 



Length 2 mm. 



Hab. Lower Bengal; Port Canning (in brackish pools). 



Fam. Reduviidge. 



Emesin^. 



Ploiariola mixta, s]j. n. 



Head cinnamomeous, clothed with a greyish pubescence, 

 eyes black ; antennae pale stramineous ; pronotum cinna- 

 momeous, the anterior area and lateral margins speckled 

 with greyish ; body beneath and rostrum piceous, the apical 

 joint of the latter pale stramineous ; anterior legs pale 



