70 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Black, elliptical, convex, shining, very finely punctured. 

 Head tvausveise. Eyes sliglilly prominent. Antennae slender, a little 

 more than half the length of the body ; first joint very short; second, third 

 and fourth yellow at the base; second a little longer than the third and 

 than the fourth. Prothorax short, a little narrower in front, with a pale 

 testaceous baud, which is excavated in front and is very near the hind 

 border. Scutellum testaceous at the tip. Legs testaceous, slender, ralber 

 short; femora with a black band; fore femora slightly incrassated. 

 Wings extending to the tip of the abdomen. Corium of the fore wings 

 diaphanous, with a testaceous tinge and with a brown apical spot; 

 membrane and hind wings pellucid. Length of the body \h line. 



a — I, Madeira. From Mr. Wollastou's collection. 



South Africa. 



28. NySIUS BINOTAIUS, C. II. 554. 

 a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



29. Nvsius PALLENs, C. H. bbA. 

 a — c. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



30. Nysius ALBiDus, C. H. bbb. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



31. Nvsius subcinctus. 



Foem. Piceus ; nnlcnntc pallide (eslacecc ; prnlliorax sulco transversa 

 medio valde delcrmi nato, fascia posteriore alba inlerrupla ; abdominis 

 latcra teslacea ; pedes lestacei, fcmoribus anlicis nigris subincrassatis 

 upice testaceis ; coritim pallide testaceum, nigro immaculaUim ; aUc 

 posticce diapharicc, lineis clavatis cinereis. 



Female. Piceous, slender, linear. Head short, triangular, broader 

 than the fore border of the prothorax. Eyes rather prominent. Antennae 

 slender, pale testaceous ; first joint shorter than the head ; second much 

 longer than the first. Prothorax much narrower in front, with a strongly- 

 marked transverse middle furrow, behind which there is an interrupted white 

 band. Abdomen testaceous along each side. Legs testaceous, slender ; 

 fore femora black, slightly incrassated, testaceous at the tips. Wings 

 extending to the lip of the abdomen. Corium of tlie fore wings pale 

 testaceous, with a black apical spot; membrane and hind wings pellucid, 

 the latter with cinereous lines, which arc dilated into apical triangular 

 spots. Length of the body 2 lines. 



More slender than N. Thymi. 

 a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Thwaitcs. 



