104 CATALOGUE OF 



slightly incrassated, spinulose beneath. Wings extending to the tip of the 

 ahdonieu. Coiiuni of the fore wings dark brown, with three testaceous 

 spots, one near the base, the other two near the exterior border ; a testaceous 

 line, wiiich extends from the disk to the exterior border, between the second 

 and third spots; membrane cinereous, partly clouded with pale brown. 

 Length of the body 3:f lines. 



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



171. Rhyparocitkomus obscuripes. 



Niger, longiusculus^ sal amjunlus ; rostrum voxas intermedias allingcns ; 

 antcnncc corporc breviores, ariiculis 2o 3o Aoqnc hasi fulvis ; prothorax 

 transverse snU'alua, ieslaccn unifasciatus, laterihus reflexis teslaceis ; 

 pedes longi, fonoriOus basi genubusque fulvis; coriwn obscure 

 fuscum, albido unimuculatuni, casta leslacea. 



Black, rather long and narrow. Head triangular. Eyes piceous, 

 slightly prominent. Rostrum extending to the middle coxte. Antennae 

 slender, rather shorter than the body; first joint rather shorter than the 

 head; second, third and fourth long, tawny towards the base, nearly equal 

 in length. Prothorax rather long, narrower in front, with testaceous and 

 elevated sides, with a transverse furrow, and with an excavated testaceous 

 band occupying the sj)ace between the furrow and the hind border. Legs 

 long, slender ; femora towards the base and knees tawny. Wings extending 

 to the tip of the abdomen. Coriuni of the fore wings dark brown, 

 irregularly testaceous along the costa, with a whitish oblique elongated 

 subapical spot; membrane black. Length of the body 3$ lines. 



a. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



172. Rhtparochromus eepressus. 



Mas. Niger, gracilis, fere linearis ; rostrum coxas intermedins altingens ; 

 antenn(t corporis dimidio longiores ; prothorax snlco transversa 

 postico valdedetcrniinato ; pedes flavi,fcmoribus quatuor posterioribus 

 tibiisc/ue apicc nlgris, fenioribus anticis nigris incrassalis ; corium 

 nigro-fuscuni, testaceo bistrigatum, flavo trimaculalum ; inembrana 

 cinerea. 



Male. Black, slender, convex, nearly linear. Head elongate-trian- 

 gular. Eyes slightly prominent. Rostrum extending to the middle coxae. 

 Antenna; slender, more than half the length of the body; second joint more 

 than twice the length of the first; third shorter than the second ; fourth as 

 long as the second. Prothorax elongate, narrow in front of the strongly- 

 marked transverse furrow, which is behind the middle. Legs yellow, 

 slender, moderately long; four posterior femora black towards the tips; 

 fore femora black, incrassated ; tibiic with black tips. Wiiijjs extending 

 to the tip of the abdomen. Corium of the fore wings blackish brown, with 

 two testaceous streaks, one costal, the other subcostal; an exterior oblique 

 band composed of three pale yellow spots; membrane cinereous. Length 

 of the body 2:1 lines. 



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



