108 CATALOGUE OF 



180. Rhyparociiromus coleopteroides. 



Niger, clHplicus, nitcns ; caput brevissimum ; anlcnnce hitea, corporis 

 dimidio noti longiores, arliculo 4o nit/ro ; prothorax transverse 

 suhsulcatus, lalerihus posticis albidis ; pedes fulvi, breviusculi,femori- 

 bus nigris. 



Blaclv, elliptical, sliiniii}^, convex. Head very short. Eyes not pro- 

 minent. Antenna) liiteoiis, slender, about half the length of the body ; first 

 joint short; second much longer than the third; fourth black, longer than 

 the third. Prolhorax smooth, a little narrower in front, finely punctured 

 and with whitish sides between the hind border and a slight transverse 

 furrow. Legs tawny, slender, rather short; femora black; fore femora 

 incrassated. Wings extending nearly to the tip of the abdomen. Coriuia 

 of the fore wings finely punctured. Length of the body \\ — 1^ Hue. 



Group of R. Rolandri. 



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



181. Rhyparochromus cincticorxis. 



Mas et fcem. Niger, convexus, fere linearis ; caput sat longum ; antennee 

 testaccw, gracillivue, corpure breviores, arliculis lo 2o 3ogue apice 

 nigris, 4o nigra basi albo ; prolhorax sulco transversa valde deter- 

 minalo, postice latior subgihbosus ; sculellum albido marginatum ; 

 pedes longi, gracilcs, femoribus larsisque basi albis, femoribus anticis 

 incrassalis sublus denticulatis ; coriuni albo slrigatnm bimaculatuni 

 ct uniguttalum ; membrana fasca. 



Male and female. Black, convex, narrow, nearly linear. Head 

 elongate, broader than the fore part of the prothora.v, narrower in front. 

 Eyes not prominent. Rostrum extending nearly to the middle cox;e. 

 Antenn;c testaceous, very slender, ratlier shorter than' the body; first, 

 second and third joints black towards the tips ; first a little shorter than the 

 head; second veiy much longer than the (list; third a little shorter than 

 the second ; fouith black, white towards the base, as long as the third. 

 Prothorax broader and slightly gibbous between the hind border and the 

 very strongly-marked transverse furrow. >Scuiellum bordered with whitish. 

 Legs long, slender; femora and tarsi white towards the base; fore femora 

 incrassated, denticulate benealh. AVings extending to the tip of the 

 abdomen. Coriuni of the fore wings with two white angular costal spots; 

 first near the base, accompanied by some white streaks; second near the 

 tip; a white dot near the second sjiot and near the interior border; 

 membrane brown. Length of the body 4 lines. 



It may be considered as the type of a new group. 



((, b. Batchian. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



182. Rhyparociiromus strictus. 



JNIas. Niger, gracilis, linearis ; caput brevissimum ; rostrum coxas 

 intcrinedias allingens ; antennu: basi /lava, corporis dimidio longiores ; 



