HEMIPTERA HETEROPTEHA. 



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subprominuHs ; iwntris latera alho bimaculata ; pedes longl, gracil- 

 litni, femoribus poslicis basi coxisque albis ; alee anliccc linea 

 coslali intemipla alba, linea apud marginem interiorem fulva, 

 viembraiia nigricanle veiiis ex parte strigisque duabus albidis. 



Female. Black, slender, slightly tomenlose. Head tvianp^ular ; 

 middle lobe extending l)eyond the lateral lobes. Eyes slightly prominent. 

 Rostrum extending to the middle coxae; third joint very short; fourth 

 shorter than the first and than the second. Autennae very slender, longer 

 than the body ; second joint much longer than the first ; third a little longer 

 than the second ; fourth as long as the second, with a white band near the 

 base. Pruthorax slightly contracted in front, with a short white streak in 

 the disk and with a shallow transverse furrow in the middle; hind angles 

 rectangular, slightly prominent and ascending. Abdomen with two 

 elongated white spots on each side beneath. Legs long, very slender ; hind 

 femora towards the base and coxa3 white. Fore wings with an interrupted 

 white line on the costa and with a tawny line on the interior border; 

 membrane blackish, with partly white veins and with two parallel whitish 

 streaks in the disk. Length of the body 5^ lines. 



This species differs in some characters from the typical Nolipbi. 



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



7. NOLIPHUS? BtPLAGIATUS. 



Foem. Niger, gracilis, subtomcntosus ; anlennte graciliitme, corpori 

 aquilungce, articulo 2o basi fulvo, '3o basi albo, 4o basin verstis albo ; 

 prothorax slrigula discali albo, sulco medio transversa bene determi- 

 nato, angtilis posticis rotundatis non prominidis ; ventris latera albo 

 quinquemaculala ; pedes graciles, femoribus basi albis; alee anticcE 

 striga transversa plagaque cxteriore costalibus albis, membrana 

 strigulis basalibus upiceque albidis. 



Female. Black, slender, slightly tomeutose. Head triangular; 

 middle lobe extending beyond the lateral lobes. Eyes proiriinent. Rostrum 

 extending to half the distance between the fore cox?e and the middle coxs. 

 Antennae very slender, as long as the body; second joint tawny at the base, 

 longer than the first; third a little longer than the first, white at the base; 

 fourth as long as the second, white towards the base. Prothorax with a 

 short white streak in the disk and with a well-defined transverse middle 

 furrow; hind angles rounded, not prominent. Abdomen beneath with four 

 elongated white spots on each side. Legs slender; femora white at the 

 base. Fore wings with a whitish costal streak extending to the disk and 

 with an exterior and more conspicuous costal whitish patch ; some Hitle 

 longitudinal whitish streaks at the base of the membrane, which has a 

 whitish tip. Length of the body .0.^ lines. 



Nearly allied to N. deliueatus. 



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



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