yo CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Testaceous. Rostrum extending to the middle coxce. 

 Antennte piceous, very slender, nearly as long as the body; second joint 

 longer than the first; third shorter than the first; fourth a little shorter 

 than the third, pale testaceous towards the base. Prothorax very finely 

 scabrous, with two very broad dull green stripes; a black band along the 

 hind border; hind angles obtuse, sliglilly rounded, not prominent. Legs 

 slender. Fore wings brownish, with a testaceous costal line; a black streak 

 along the hind part of the exterior border of the corium; membrane 

 brownish. Hind wings cinereous ; veins blackish. Length of the body 

 7^ lines. 



a. Singapore. Presented by W. VV. Saunders, Esq. 



18. HOMCEOCERDS GUAMINIS. 



Lygaeus graminis, Fahr. Si/sl. Rhyn. 216 — Homoeocerus graminis, Slal, 

 Hem. Fair. i. 51). 



Hindustan. 



Var. ? Teslaceus ; antcnnce coi-pnri (cqiiilougcp, articulo 4o piceo ; pro- 

 thorax subtilissiine punctalus, posiice viridescens ; antjnlis poslicis 

 obliisis lion prominulis ; aUi: antiiic apices vc'isus viridescentes, albido 

 uniguUal(C, memirana nic/ricanle. Var. .^ — Fitivus,!>ubtuii teslaceus ; 

 anlennnrum articuli apice nigri. Var.? — Teslaceus ; alee anticce 

 pallida bigullaUe. 



Female. Testaceous, paler beneath. Rostrum extending nearly to 

 the middle coxaj. Antenna; as long as the body; second joint a little 

 longer than the first; third much shorter than the first; fourth piceous, 

 very little shorter than the third. Prothorax very finely punctured, greenish 

 about the hind 1/order; hind angles oiUuse, well defined, not prominent. 

 Legs slender. Fore wings greenish about the outer border of the corium ; 

 a whitish dot near the outer border; membrane blackish. Length of the 

 body 9i lines. 



a. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



Var.i' Tawny, testaceous beneaih. Joints of the antennfe black 

 towards the tips. Fore wings with the white dot more conspicuous and 

 nearer the middle of the exterior border. Length of the body 81 lines. 



b. Siam. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Var.P Testaceous, paler beneath. Sides of the prothorax aud a 

 longitudinal line not punctured with brown. Each fore wing with two 

 paler dots, which are not punctured with brown, one on the angle of the 

 corium, the other in the disk. Length of the body 9 lines. 

 a. Bombay. Presented by E. Dowues, Esq. 



The three individuals here recorded may be three distinct species, 

 but can hardly be recogni/cd as such until more specimens arc obtained. 



