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Asia. 



9. Melucha notatipes. 



Mas. Teslacea ; caput nigro lale hivittatum ; anteyincE nigrce, corpore 



breviores ; prolhorax iiigro qtiadrivittatiis, lateribus nigra spinosis, 



angulis pomicis acitlix prominulix ; scutelli discus 7uger ; pectus 



nigra subluherctdatus ; abdominis discus piceus, callis duobus 



testaceis Iransx'crsis nigra marginalis ; femora nigra tuberculala ; 



femora poslica incrassala, fascia lata apicibusque nigris ; tibicB 



posticcB intus nigrce testacea IrislrigatcB, subius dilatalo et biangulalce, 



extus nigra marginata el bifasciata ; alee anticce nigra trivitlatae. 



Male. Testaceous. Head with two broad black stripes. Eyes 



prominent. Antennaj black, shorter than the body; joints from the first to 



the third successively decreasing in length. Prolhorax depressed in the 



fore part ; four black stripes; inner pair interrupted before the middle, not 



extending to the fore border; outer pair irregular; sides nearly straight, 



armed with short black spines ; hind angles prominent, each with an acute 



slender spine. Scntellum with a black disk. Pectus wiih a few black 



tubercles of various size. Abdomen with a piceous dorsal disk; fourth and 



fifth segments with a transverse testaceous black-bordered callus on each. 



Femora with some black tubercles and with a snbapical black spine on the 



under side. Hind femora incrassated, shnrler than the abdomen, with a 



broad black band and with black tips. Hind tibiae shorter than the hind 



femora, dilated and forming two angles beneath; inner side black, with 



three testaceous streaks, of which the first is basal, the second near the 



base and the third apical ; outer side mostly bordered with black, with two 



irregular black bands. Fore wings with three black stripes. Length of 



the body 8^ lines. 



The wings in the specimen described are rudimentary. 

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



Eastern Archipelago. 



10. Meli;cha octolineata. 



Mas. Testacea, tomentasa, sat gracilis; antennce nigrcB, corpori aqui- 



longu, arliculo Ao ferruginea \o longiore ; prolhorax fuscescente 



octolineatus, angidis poslicis obtusis ; scntellum fmcescente bi- 



vitlatuYii ; femora poslica subincrassata ; tibia posliece supra valde 



dilalatce, subtus snbdilatata; et subangulatw ; corium fuscescenle 



venosutn; membra^ia anco-cinerea . 



Male. Testaceous, tonientose, rather slender. Rostrum black ; first 



and fourth joints longer than the second and third. Antenna? black, as 



long as the body ; joints from the first to the third successively decreasing 



in length ; fourth ferruginous, longer than the first. Prolhorax with eight 



brownish stripes ; a slight transverse ridge near the hind border; hind part 



forming an obtuse and sharply-defined angle on each side. Scutellum 



with two brownish converging and connected stripes. Femora beneath 



