HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. QT 
widely on each side beyond the fore wings. Legs slender, rather short, 
Fore wings extending to three-fourths of the abdomen; membrane 
pellucid. Length of the body 3} lines. 
a. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
23. MuzirRA FERREA. 
Mas. Ferruginea, fere linearis, subtus rufa; caput cornu frontali 
porrecto conico subfurcato; antenne corporis dimidio breviores, 
articulis 1o 20 B3oque fere equalibus, 40 clavato breviore apicem versus 
testaceo; prothorax antice quadricallosus ; scutellum marginatum ; 
abdomen apice tumidum; ale antice abdominis apicem fere attin- 
gentes, membrana lurida. 
Male. Ferruginous, flat, nearly linear, red beneath. Head in front 
with a slightly forked cone, which is a little shorter than the first joint of 
the antenne ; antenniferous tubercles unarmed ; no furrow for the reception 
of the rostrum, which is red. Antenne somewhat less than half the length 
of the body; first, second and third joints nearly equal in length; fourth 
clavate, testaceous towards the tip, shorter than the third. Lobes of the 
prothorax rounded, not dilated on each side; fore lobe forming four com- 
partments or calli. Scutellum triangular, with elevated sides. Abdomen 
tumid at the tip. Fore wings extending nearly to the tip of the abdumen ; 
membrane lurid, with numerous longitudinal veins. Length of the body 
5 lines. 
a, Sarawak. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
24. MeEzira SUBFURCATA. 
Mas. Nigra, fere fusiformis; caput cornu frontali porrecto antice 
bilobato, lateribus quadrispinosis ; antenne breves, articulis lo 2o 
Aoque equalibus 40 fusiformi, 30 longiore ; prothorax vie bilobatus, 
lateribus postice convexis antice subconcavis ; pedes brevissimi, obscure 
rufi, femoribus nigris subincrassatis ; ale antice abdominis apicem 
non altingentes, plaga corit albida, membrana nigricante. 
Male. Black, flat, finely punctured, nearly fusiform. Head in front 
with an elongate-quadrate horn, which rather exceeds in length the first 
joint of the antenne and forms two rounded lobes at the tip; a spine on 
the outer side of each antenniferous tubercle and another behind each eye. 
Antenne nearly one-fourth of the length of the body; second joint as long 
as the first, shorter than the third; fourth nearly fusiform, as long as the 
second. Prothorax narrower in front, hardly forming two lobes; sides 
convex in the hind part, slightly concave in front. Legs dark red, very 
short; femora black, slightly thickened. Fore wings exlending to two- 
thirds of the length of the abdomen; corium with a whitish patch along 
the outer border; membrane blackish. Length of the body 3} lines. 
a. Aru. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
