554 CATALOGUE OF 
to the hind coxe; tip black. Antenne testaceous, slender, less than half 
the length of the body $ ; first joint not extending to the front of the head ; 
second much less than haif the length of the third ; fourth and fifth black, 
testaceous at the base, very much shorter than the third. Thorax with a 
transverse callus and with a hinder small testaceeus callus on each side in 
front ; sides testaceous, smooth; hind angles rectangular, slightly elongated. 
Scutellum large, rounded at the tip, with a small black testaceous-bordered 
callus on each side at the base. Abdomen beneath with two testaceous 
marginal stripes ; tip excavated. Legs testaceous. Membrane of the fore 
wings cinereous fawn-colour. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 
6 lines. 
a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
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MorMIDEA NERVOSA. 
Cimex nervosus, Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent. v. 169. 
Cape. 
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MorMIDEA NIGRICEPS. 
Fulva, conferte et subtiliter punctata, subltus testacea; caput nigricans ; 
thorax jugo transverso postice nigricante, spatio anteriore sparse 
punctato, margine antico nigricante, angulis posticis productis acutis ; 
scutellum apice glabrum pallide flavum ; pedes fusco subconspersi ; 
membrana fusca. 
Tawny, elliptical, thickly and minutely brown-punctured, testaceous 
beneath. Head blackish, somewhat elongated; lobes of equal length. 
Eyes piceous, prominent. Rostrum extending a little beyond the hind 
coxe ; tip black. Thorax with a slight transverse ridge, in front of which 
it is testaceous and thinly punctured; fore border and a line along the 
hind side of the ridge blackish; the usual transverse calli; hind angles 
elongated, acute, a little shorter than their breadth at the base. Scutellum 
smooth and pale yellow at the tip, which is rounded. Legs slender; femora 
and tibie slightly brown-speckled. Membrane and hind wings cinereous. 
Length of the body 5 lines. 
Hindostan. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 
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MorMIDEA DETERSA. 
Testacea, dense et conferte nigro-punctata; caput subproductum, supra 
nigricans ; antenne articulis 40 5oque piceis, 40 apice Soque basi 
albidis ; thorax antice nigricans, lateribus unidentatis lineaque 
transversa indeterminata glabris, angulis posticis productis acutis ; 
seutellum subacutum ; venter vitlis tribus nigricantibus, lineis duabus 
arcuatis glabris, apice emarginata; femora apices versus nigro con- 
spersa; ale antice linea furcata guttisque glabris, membrana fus- 
cescente apud marginem pallide cinerea. 
