130 CATALOGUE OF 



2(\ TSCHNODEMUS DISCOLOR. 



Micropus discolor, IValk. Zool. '2nd Srr. 2378. 

 Harkeko. 



27. IsCHNODEMOS STRIGATUS. 



Foera. Niger, planus, longissimiin ; rostrum fulvum, coxas poslicas 

 allingens ; antcnncc fulvce ; prolhorax longitrorsum el transverse sub- 

 sulcatus, fascia postice fulva ; pectus fulvo bimaculatum ; venter 

 apicem versus rufescente vittatus ; pedes fulvi, breves; aUc anticcB 

 picecE, breves, basi testacece piceo venosce. 



Female. Black, linear, flat, very long. Head small, transverse, a 

 little broader than the fore border of the prolhorax. Eyes small, not 

 prominent, llostrum tawny, cxtendinff to the hind cox;t3. Antennae 

 lawny, slender; second joint more than twice the length of the first. Pro- 

 thorax much narrower in front, rather thinly punctured, with a slight 

 transverse furrow and a slight longitudinal furrow; a tawny band along 

 the hind border. Pectus with a tawny spot on each side near the middle 

 coxiE. Abdomen with a reddish stripe beneath near the tip. Le^s tawny, 

 short. Wings not extending to the tip of the abdomen. Fore wings 

 piceous, testaceous and with piceous veins towards the base. Hind wings 

 pellucid. Length of the body 4 lines. 



The black middle lobe of the head and the colour of the fore wings 

 distinguish it from I. fusconervosus. 

 a. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



28. ISCIINODEMUS BASALTS. 



Mas. Piceus, Inngus, planus, fere linearis; caput anlice conicum ; 

 antenna scluloscc, corporis dimidio vix breviores ; prolhorax sulcis 

 duobus Iransversis valde indclerminalis ; scutellum ferrugincum, 

 macula basaii Iriangulari ; pedes fulvi, femoribus incrassalis ; 

 cerium ferruginetim, tcstaceo unigutlaluni ; membrana pallida 

 cinerea, piceo venosa. 



Male. Piceous, dull, long, slender, flat, nearly linear. Head short 

 conical in front, much broader than the fore border of the prothorax. Eyes 

 not prominent. Antennae slender, selnlose, nearly half the length of the 

 body; fust joint stout, much shorter than the head; second more than 

 twice the length of the first ; third a little shorter than the second; fourth 

 as long as the third. Prothorax elongate, nearly conical, with two very 

 indistinct transverse furrows. Scutellum ferruginous, with a basal piceous 

 triangular mark. Legs tawny, short; femora incrassated, fore femora 

 especially so. Fore wings ferruginous, more than half the length of the 

 abdomen ; corium with a pale testaceous dot in the disk ; membrane pale 

 cinereous, with piceous veins. Length of the body 5^ lines. 



The longer antennae of this species distinguish it from L brevicornis. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



