10 CATALOGUE OF 



Male and female. Bright red. Head, rostrum, antennse, fore division 

 of tlie proliiorax and legs black. Head shining. Eyes piceous, hardly 

 prominent, at some distance from the prothorax. Rostrum e.xieiiding lo 

 the hind border of the first ventral segment. Antennae shorter th;in the 

 body ; first joint very much longer tlian the head ; second much s-horler 

 than the first; third a little shorter than the second; fourth white, black 

 towards the tip, longer than the third. Prolhorax black in front of the 

 strongly-marked transverse furrow; sides reflexed. Scntellum black at the 

 base. Pectus mostly white, with three black bands. Abdomen beneath 

 pale testaceous. Fore femora beneath with three subapical spines. Mem- 

 brane of the fore wings lurid. Var. ^. — Membrane black towards the tip. 

 Var. y. — Membrane wholly black. Var. 6. — Scutellum wholly black. 

 Var. s. — Coriuni with an elongated black patch along the interior border. 

 Length of the body 6 — 9 lines. 



a — c. Aru. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



d — g. Aru. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



h, i. Ke. Presented by W. \V. Saunders, Esq. 



j. Ke. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



k. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



/, m. New Guinea. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



30. DiXUYMUS INDIGNUS. 



Mas. Niger, fnslfortnis ; cnpile supra connexivo ventreqne ftilvis ; roshum 

 co.vas poslicas paullo svperans ; prolhorax fulvo lenuiler inarginalus. 

 Mule. Black, fusiform, very finely punctured. Head triangular, 

 tawny above; middle Inbe very prominent. E^es very prominent. Rostrum 

 extending to a little beyond the hind coxaj. Prothorax with a strongly- 

 maiked transverse furrow at one-third of the length from the foie l)order, 

 and with a narrow tawny border. Alidomen tawny beneath, and on each 

 side above. Legs rather stout; fore femora beneath with minute subapical 

 spines. Length of the body 7 lines. 



fl. Siani. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



31. DiNDVMUS VENTEALIS. 



ventralis, Mai/r, Verh. Zool. Bot. Gesdl. Wien. xvi. 3f)4 ; Reise, Nov. Hem. 

 132, pi. i3, f. 33 ; Slal, K. Sv. Vet. Ak. Handl. lS7t», 113. 



Philippine Isles. Australia. 



Australia. 



A. Corium with no black points. 



a. Alidomen with no black bands beneath. 



* Flind part of the prolhorax luteous. - - - versicolor. 



** Hind part of llie prolhorax black. - . - circumcinctus. 



b. Abdomen with black bands beneath. - - - cinctifer. 



B. A black point on the corium. - - - - bipunclalus. 



