74 CATALOGUE OF 



South Asia. 



11. Heterogaster Kinbergi. 

 Phygadicus Kinbergi, Stal, Eug. Resa, 241. 

 Malacca, 



12. Heterogaster signifee. 



Mas. Testaceiis, fere fiisiformis ; caput piceiim, apice ftdvum ; antennm 

 te<tfnc('(e, arliciilo '2o a/iicnn versus piceo ; prolhnrax antice piceus, 

 sxdco Iransverso indelenmnaio ; scutelluni picttim, carinula teslacea 

 anlice furcnia el ahbrevioAa ; femora anlica fuscescenle wiilineata ; 

 femora gualuor posteriora apice JuscescerUia ; corii margo exterior 

 fuscus ; inembrana diaphana, 



Male. Testaceous, shining, nearly fusiform, very finely punctured. 

 Head piceous, nearly tiianuular, tawny at the tip. Eyes very prominent. 

 AntenncE testaceous, slender; first joint shorter than the head; second 

 very much hinj^er than the first, piceous towards the tip. Prothorax much 

 narrower in (nmi, piceous between the fore border and a slight transverse 

 furrow which is at a little before the middle. Scutellura piceous, with a 

 slight testaceous keel, which is firked and abbreviated in front. Legs 

 slender ; fore femora with a pale brown line on the hind side, and with a 

 small oblique spine beyond the middle beneath ; four posterior femora pale 

 brown towards the tips. Wings extending to the tip of the abdomen. 

 Cerium of the fore wings brown about the exterior border; membrane and 

 bind wings pellucid. Length of the body 2 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Tbwaites. 



13. Heterogaster Cymoides. 



Mas. Niger, ellipticus ; caput brevissimum ;'ocnli prominuii ; rostrum 

 coxus aiiliras paullo siiperaus ; antenna paltide testacece, gracillimcE, 

 corporis dimidio breviores ; prothoracis sulcus transversus vafde 

 indelerminittus ; pedes pidlide Jiavi ; femoribus basi coxisque nigris, 

 femoribus aiilicis incrassatis ; corium testaceum, striga transversa 

 apicali nigra ; membrana diaphana. 



Male. Black, elliptical, shining, very finely punctured. Head very 

 short. Eyes ])rominenl. Rostrum extending a little beyond the fore 

 coxff. Autennte pale testaceous, very slender, less than half the length of 

 the body ; first joint shorter than the head ; second longer than the first; 

 third as long as the second. Prothorax narrower in front, with a very 

 indistinct transveise furrow bcfiue tbe middle. Legs pale yellow, short, 

 slender; femora at the base and cnxae black; fore I'emora incrassated. 

 Wint;s extending a little lieyond the tij) of the abdonieii. Corium of the 

 fore winj;s test.iceous, with a black transverse apical streak; membrane and 

 hind wings |iellucid. Length of the body 2.V lines. 



a. Cckd)es. Prcsenled by VV. W. Saunders, Esq. 



