JATALOGUE OF 
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MormMIpDEA MELANOCANYHA. 
Fulva, dense et subtiliter nigro-punctata, callis parvis ornata, subtus 
pallide testacea; thorax callis duobus anticis transversis, lateribus 
nigris antice serratis, spinis posticis nigris robustis subacutis perparum 
ascendentibus ; scutellum vitta antica nigricante; abdomen apice 
quadridentatum, lateribus sublus nigro punctatis, membrana cinerea 
subreticulata. 
Tawny, elliptical, thickly and minutely black-punctured, pale testaceous 
beneath. Head slightly truncated in front; lobes of equal length. Eyes 
piceous, prominent. Rostrum testaceous, extending to the hind coxe ; tip 
black. ‘Thorax, scutellum and corium with several small calli. Thorax 
with a larger transverse callus on each side in front; sides black, serrated 
in front; hind angles forming two black stout slightly acute spines, which 
are as long as their breadth at the base and are very slightly ascending. 
Scutellum with a short blackish stripe proceeding from the base; tp 
smooth. Abdomen beneath with a black point on each side at the base of 
each segment; tip quadridentate. Legs slender. Membrane of the fore 
wings cinereous, slightly reticulated, extending a little beyond the abdo- 
men. Length of the body 43 lines. 
a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Hearne’s collection. 
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MoRMIDEA SPECIOSA. 
speciosa, Hagl. Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxix. 1505. 
Amazon Region. 
MorMIDEA RUFESCENS. 
Q(balus rufescens, Hagl. Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxix. 155. 
Amazon Region. 
Page 257. 
MorMIDEA PULCHELLA. 
Pallide cervina, longi-elliptica, aspere punctata, fusco conspersa, subtus 
pallide flava ; caput breviusculum, lobo medio subglabro lobos laterales 
vix superante ; rostrum apice piceum, coxas posticas vie altlingens ; 
antenneé nigre, yraciles, corporis dimidio non longiores, articulo lo 
SJlavescente, 20 brevissimo ; thorax guttis duabus anticis lateribusque 
pallide flavis, spinis posticis nigris longis crassis acutis subascendenti- 
bus; scutellum vittis duabus abbreviatis apiceque pallide flavis ; venter 
villa nigra guitulart, spinis duabus apicalibus apice nigris ; pedes 
lutet, graciles; ale aniice apud costam rufescentes, apices versus 
lutea, gutta subcostali glabra pallide flava, membrana hyalina. 
Pale fawn-colour, roughly punctured, elongate-elliptical; punctures 
brown; under side pale yellow. Head much shorter than the thorax ; 
middle lobe nearly smooth, hardly extending beyond the lateral lobes. 
Eyes prominent. Rostrum piceous, rather stout, pale yellow on each side 
except towards the tip, hardly extending to the hind coxw. Autennie 
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