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17.3. Rhyparociiromus termixalts. 



Foeni. Ni(jro-fuscus, gracilis, cinerco tomcnlosus ; rostrum coxas inter- 

 medias atlingens ; anlemuE Icslacecc ; prnthorax sulco transversa valde 

 determinato, laleribus suhrejlcxis aniice fulvis; scnteUnm apice 

 tvstaccum ; venter lestacen qundrimncutatm ; pedes longi, femoribiis 

 fulvis qnatucir posterioribua basi teslaceis ; coriuni fulvo nnilituratwn, 

 albo unimaculaium ; membranafusca, albido uninolata, apice alba. 

 Female. Blackish bvown, elonj^ate, sleiuler, witli cinereous tonicntum, 

 in structuie like R. amiipes. Head somcvvliat conical. Eyes sliglilly 

 prominent. Rostrum extending to the middle cox:e. Antenna; slender, 

 testaceous; first joint as long as the liead. Piothorax narrower in front, 

 with a strongly marked transverse furrow; sides slightly reflexed, tawny 

 except towards the hind border. Scutellum pale testaceous at the tip. 

 Abdomen beneath with two pale testaceous spots on each side. Legs 

 testaceous, long, slender ; four posterior femora tawny, pale testaceous 

 towards the base; fore femora wholly tawny, slightly incrassated, denti- 

 culated beneath. Winjjs extending to the tip of the abdomen. Corium of 

 the fore wings with a slight tawny mark which adjoins the middle of the 

 costa and with a white triangular costal spot near the tip. Membrane 

 brown, with a whitish angular mark near the tip of the corium and with a 

 white tip. Length of the body lines. 



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



174. Rhyparociiroaius divisus. 



Teslaceus, longiusculus ; caput nigrum; anf.ennce testnccct ; prolhorax 

 antice niger, sulco transversa bene detcrminalo ; scutellum basi 

 nigrum; corium nigra bimaculatnm ; membrana diaphana,fusces- 

 cenle uniplagiata. 



Testaceous, elongate, shining. Head and thorax punctured. Head 

 black, short-conical, as broad as the prolhorax. Eyes testaceous, 

 prominent. Antenna; testaceous, slender; first joint shorter than the 

 head; second about twice the length of the first; third much shorter 

 than the second. Prolhorax narrower in front, black between the fore 

 border and the well-defined transverse furrow. Scutellum black about 

 the base. Legs slender; fore femora slightly incrassated, slightly 

 denticulated beneatli. Wings extending to the tip of the abdomen. 

 Corium of the fore wings with two black apical spots, one on the costal 

 angle, the other on the interior angle ; membrane pellucid, with a brownish 

 patch adjoining the costa. Length of the body 1^ lines. 



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



175. Rhyparociiromus aliexus. 



Fcem. Niger, ellipticus; rostrum testaceum, coxas posticus attiugens ; 

 antenna gracllUmic, corpore brcviorcs, articulo iJo ^a** ajiicet/ue albo ; 

 prothorax transverse subsulcatus, latcribus pallidc Icstaceis ; corium 

 teslacea venosum, maculis duabus costalibus, \o untemcdia diaphana, 

 2a subapicali albida ; membrana diaphana fusco nebulosa, Irunsverse 

 ve7iosa. 



