24 CATALOGUE OF 



55. Miens ALBOVITTATA. 



alboviitatii, Stal, A. S. E. F. Ame Ser. v. 172. 

 Malacca. 



56. Micxis MACiu. 

 macra, Stal, A. S. E. F. 4me Ser. v. 173. 

 Malacca. 



Var.P Female. Cinereous, tomentose, ferruginous beneath. Third 

 and fourth joints of the rostrum about equal in length. Anlennffi much 

 shorter than the body; joints from the first to the third successively 

 decreasinfj in lenp;th; fourth luteous, as lonii; as the third. Prothorax 

 finely scabrous, with a slight transverse furrow near the fore border, with a 

 very slight longitudinal furrow and with a slight transverse ridge near the 

 hind border; sides straight, serrated; hind angles elongated, acute. 

 Odoriferous apertures luteous. Al)domen extending on each side a little 

 beyond the fore wings; a testaceous dot on the hind angle of each segment; 

 second ventral segment with a small tubercle on each side. Femora 

 beneath with two minute spines near the lips. Hind femora slightly 

 incrassated. Fore wings with a blackish membrane. Length of the body 

 9i — 12 lines. 



a. Ceram. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



b. Ke. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



c. Teruate. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



57. MiCTIS FEKRXFERA. 



Mas. Ferruginea, tomentosa ; antenna: ni(jr(F ; prolhoracis anguli postici 



■valde rotundati ; scuteihnn apice albidum ; abdominis dorsum rufum, 



nigra marginatum ; venlris dis(us snbtumidus; femora posliva 



incrassata, basi valde arcnata, subtas apices versus dilatata rect- 



angulata el serrata ; tibia; posliccc subdilatatie ; ahc antica: mcmbrana 



fuse a. 



Male. Ferruginous, tomentosc Rostrum black at the tip; second 



joint shorter than the third. Antenna; black; joints from the first to the 



third successively decreasing in length. Prothorax widening on each side 



from the fore border to the hind angles, which are much rounded and not 



prominent; a slight transverse ridge near the hind border. Tip of the 



scutellum whitish. Abdomen above red, black-bordered; under side 



slightly tumid in the disk near the base, where the hind border of the first 



segment is rounded. Hind femora iucrassated, much curved near the base, 



dilated beneath beyond the middle and forming a right angle, which is 



serrated along the outer side. Hind tibicc slightly dilated beneath; the 



dilatation broadest towards the base, where it is rounded. Fore wings 



extending to the tip of the abdomen ; membrane brown. Length of the 



body 12 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



