568 CATALOGUE OF 
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RHAPHIGASTER INDECORUS. 
Fulvus, conferte et subtiliter nigro-punctatus, sublus testaceus ; thorax 
fascia nigra indeterminata; scutellum longum; pectus nigricante 
biplagiatum ; venter maculis nigris univiltatus ; femora postica nigro 
unifasciata ; membrana cinerea. 
Tawny, elliptical, thickly and minutely black-punctured, testaceous be- 
neath. Head short, rounded in front; lobes of equallength. LEyes piceous, 
large, prominent. Antenne slender; first joint extending to the front of the 
head; second about half the length of the third. Thorax with an irregular 
black band between the hind angles, which are rounded and not prominent. 
Scutellum extending much beyond half the length of the abdomen, rounded 
at the tip. Pectus with a blackish patch on each side. Abdomen beneath 
with a row of black spots; ventral spine extending to the hind coxe. Legs 
testaceous ; hind femora with a black band near the tips. Fore wings with 
a cinereous membrane. Length of the body 44 lines. 
It has some resemblance to R. anticus, but in that species the band of 
the thorax is more regular and the scutellum is pale yellow towards the 
tip. 
a. Dorey, New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
RHAPHIGASTER DISCOIDALIS. 
Pallide luteus, conferte et subtiliter nigro-punctatus ; scutellum apicem 
versus ochraceum, disco antico nigro; venter macula apicali nigra ; 
membrana cinerea, fusco uniplagiata. 
Pale luteous, elliptical, shining, thickly and minutely black-punctured. 
Head short; lobes of equal length. Eves reddish, large, prominent. Rostrum 
extending to the middle coxe; tip black. Antenne slender; first joint not 
extending beyond the joint of the head; second a little more than half the 
length of the third. Thorax with a slight rim on each side; hind angles 
rounded, not prominent. Scutellum most convex towards the base, where 
the disk is black, ochraceous towards the tip, which is broadly rounded. 
Abdomen beneath with a black apical patch; ventral spine extending to 
the middle coxe. Fore wings not covering the sides of the hind wings; 
membrane cinereous, with a large brown pateh. Length of the body 
44 lines. 
a. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
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RHAPHIGASTER PALLESCENS. 
Pallide testaceus, conferle et subtiliter nigro aut fusco punctatus ; caput 
latum; rostrum coxas intermedias attingens ; thorax jugo transverso 
rufescente, lateribus glabris, angulis posticis subrotundatis ; spina 
ventralis coxas intermedias attingens ; membrana diaphana. 
Pale testaceous, elliptical, thickly and minutely punctured ; punctures 
mostly black or brown. Head broad, rounded in front; lobes of equal 
