30 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Blackish, with testaceous tomentuiD, tawny beneath. Second 

 joint of the rostrum longer thau the third. Antenuce ferruginous, a little 

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

 decreasing in length ; fourih joint longer than the first. Prothorax minutely 

 scabrous, with a very slight irausverse ridge near the hind border; hind 

 angles serrated, dilated, slightly ascending, forming two long acute spines. 

 Tip of the scutellum pale cinereous. Abdomen red above; border piceous. 

 Legs piceous. Femora with the two usual subapical spines. Hind femora 

 slightly bent at the base, slightly increasing in thickness from the base to 

 the tips. Hind tibiae slender, shorter thau the hind femora. Membrane 

 of the fore wings sneous. Hind wings pellucid. Length of the body 

 12 lines, 

 a, 6. Sarawak, Borneo. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



70. MicTis Javana. 

 Foem. Nigra, cinereo tomenlosa ; anlennce corpore mullo hreviores ; pro- 

 thorax lateribus posiicis scrralis, angulis poslicis lalis acutis oblique 

 aacendenlibus ; femora poatica rohusla ; tibicB posticcE laliusculce. 

 Female. Black, witli thick cinereous tomentum. Eyes rather 

 prominent. Rostrum extending to the hind coxae. Antennas much 

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

 decreasing in len<;th. Prothorax with the sides minutely serrated; hind 

 angles broad, prominent, acute, obliquely ascending ; transverse ridge near 

 the hind border slight. Femora beneath with two subapical spiues, the 

 second very minute. Hind femora stout. Hind tibia? slightly broad. 

 Fore wings with a black membiane. Length of the body 10 lines. 

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



71. MiCTIS LIMBATIVENTRIS. 



limbativentris, Stal. 



a. New (juinea. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



Australia. 



72. MiCTIS PROFANA, C. H. 40-i 



New Caledonia. 



o. New South Wales. Presented by Dr. A. Sinclair. 

 b—f. Australia. From Mr. Children's eolleclion. 

 </. Norih Australia. Presented by J. R. Elsey, Esq. 



73. MlCTlS SVMBOLICA, C. //. 404. 

 profaua, var.? 



a, h. Australia. Presented liy Sir J. Richardson. 

 c. Moretou Bay. Presented by — Gibbons, Esq. 



