148 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Testaceous, scabrous. Head short; middle lobe prominent, 

 acute. Rostrum extending to tlie hind border of the second ventral 

 seo^ment; fourth joint longer than the third. Antenna slender, shorter 

 thnn the body ; first, third and fourth joints nearly equal in length, much 

 shorter than the second. Prothorax with a broad black band. Pectus 

 and ventral segments mostly black. Legs rather short and stout; femora 

 with a few spines beneath. Fore wings luteous, excepting the veins and a 

 space along the exterior border of the corium ; membrane brown. Female. — 

 Prothorax with a ferruginous l)and. Pectus and ventral segments wholly 

 testaceous, excepting three abbreviated black bands and six black spots on 

 the latter. Length of the body 4^ lines. 

 a, h. Mysol. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



13. Serinexha tuebata. 

 Fcera. Ochracea, snbtus pallide testacca ; oculi suhpetiolati ; rostrum 

 coxas posticus attinc/ens ; antenncc nigra:, gracillima;, corpori fere 

 crquiloiigce., articulo lo riifo, 4o tesiaceo hnsi nigra ; prothorncis 

 aiignli postici obtusi non prominuli ; scutellum carinatum ; abdo- 

 minis dorsum apicem versus nigrum; venter nigro trifasciatus ; 

 corium apicem versus nigricans ; membrana diaphana, basi fusca. 

 Female. Ochraceous, pale testaceous beneath. Eyes very prominent, 

 slightly petiolated. Rostrum extending to the hind coxre ; third and 

 fourth joints nearly equal in length. Antennae black, very slender, nearly 

 as long as the body; first joint red, about one-third of the length of the 

 second ; third a little shorter than the second ; fourth testaceous, black at 

 the base, as long as the second. Prothorax nearly sniooili ; a transverse 

 furrow near the fore border; hind angles obtuse, not jtrominent. Scutellum 

 with a keel between a transverse ridge and the tip. Abdomen black above 

 in the disk towards the tip; underside with three black bands, of which the 

 second and third are much al)brcviated. Legs dchraceous, slender, 

 unarmed ; tarsi brownish. Fore wings blackish towards the tip of the 

 corium; membrane pellucid, brown towards the base. Length of the body 

 5 lines. 



fi. New Guinea. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



14. Serinexha immunis. 



Fcera. Mufa, stiblus testacea ; capitis lalera subtus rufa; ocnli valde 



prominuli ; rostrum coxas posticus atlingens ; antennte corpore multo 



brn-iores ; prothoracis anguli postici nblusi non prominuli ; scutellum 



carinatum ; abdominis dorsum nigrum; renter fasciis tribun talis 



ahbrrriatis nigris ; pedes ruji, coxis testaceis ; membrana diapluuia, 



basifuscescens. 



Female. Red, pale testaceous beneath. Head red on each side 



beneath. Eyes very prominent. Rostrum red, black towards the tip, 



extending to the hind coxa). Antenna} red, much shurtcr than the body; 



second joint about thrice the length of the first ; third a little shorter than 



the second. Prothorax with a transveise furrow near the fore border; hind 



