Rhynchota .. . r margin truncate; meso-notum more than twice as long as pronotum, the disk centrallylongitudinally impressed ; anterior femora longer than the tibiae,obtusely spined at apex, intermediate and posterior femorasubequal in length. Allied to Cylindrostetlms but difi^ering in the shorter antennae,the less anteriorly produced head, and the more posteriorlyproduced eyes, &c. The description is founded on an apterous form. JANIAS.—URES, 149 2923. Janias elegantulus, Disf. A. M. N. H. (8) v, p. 146 (1910). Head dark brownish ocliraceous, eyes and antenna? black;pronotum black, the later
Rhynchota .. . r margin truncate; meso-notum more than twice as long as pronotum, the disk centrallylongitudinally impressed ; anterior femora longer than the tibiae,obtusely spined at apex, intermediate and posterior femorasubequal in length. Allied to Cylindrostetlms but difi^ering in the shorter antennae,the less anteriorly produced head, and the more posteriorlyproduced eyes, &c. The description is founded on an apterous form. JANIAS.—URES, 149 2923. Janias elegantulus, Disf. A. M. N. H. (8) v, p. 146 (1910). Head dark brownish ocliraceous, eyes and antenna? black;pronotum black, the lateral and posterior margins and a broad,central, longitudinal, snbtriangular fascia dull ocliraceous; meso-uotum castaneous brown, beyond middle with a large centraloblong black spot which contains a broad central longitudinal lineMith a large spot on each side, pale ocliraceous ; abdomenabove dull brownish ochraceous, with paler markings on lateralmargins and darker central segmental spots; body beneath and. Fig. 80.—Janias elegantulus. legs ochraceous; head beneath, apex of rostrum, apices and lono-i-tudinal streaks beneath to anterior femora and the whole of theanterior tibije and tarsi, black ; intermediate and posterior legsslightly infuscate; pronotum moderately foveately depressed ondisk; other structural characters as in generic diagnosis. Length (apterous form) 11 millim. Hah. Travancore; Kulattupuzhd, W. base of Western Ghats(Annandale). Genus URES, nov. Type, U. custos, India. Body longer than half the length of either intermediate orposterior legs; head about as long as breadth between eyes. 150 APPENDIX. HTDROMETRIDiE. anteriorly subtruucate, distinctly angularly notched a little beforeeyes, thence obliquely directed to apex; eyes oblique, interiorlymoderately emarginate, backwardly projecting over the lateralmargins of the pronotum ; antennae mutilated in typical specimen ;rostrum short, robust, reaching or very sliglitly passing the anteriorco
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