16 CATALOGUE OF 



abbreviated black stiipe on eacb side. Femora red. Fore femora slightly 

 incvassated, with two minute spines near the tips beneath. Corium black, 

 with a very narrow whitish border. Length of the body 8 lines. 



a. Ceram. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



b. Ceram. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 



10. Melamphaus scutifer. 



Fcjem. Lcete rufus, fiisiformis, roslro antennis pedibuaqiie nigris ; rostrum 

 coxas intermedias allingens ; antenme corpore breviores ; prot/wrax 

 nigra unifascialus ; sciilellum nigrum ; pectus nigra sex plag'mtum ; 

 venter niger rufo marginatus ; membrana Jtigra, cinereo marginata. 



Female. Bright red, fusiform. Head triangular. Eyes lurid, pro- 

 minent, very near the prothorax. Rostrum, anleunse and legs l)lack. 

 Rostrum extending to the middle co.xie. Antennte somewhat shorter than 

 the body; first joint much longer than the head; second longer than the 

 first; third shorter than the first; fourth as long as the second. Prothorax 

 with two distinct transverse luirows, one in the middle, the other near the 

 fore border and much curved; space between them black; sides reflexed. 

 Scutellum black. Pectus with three large black patches on each side. 

 Abdomen beneath black, red along each side and towards the tip. Legs 

 rather stout ; fore femora slightly inorassaled, with minute subapical spines 

 beneath. Membrane of the fore wings black, with a pale cinereous border. 

 Length of the body 9 lines. 



a. Gilolo. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



11. Melamphaus ciecumdatus. 



Foem. Niger, fusiformis, subtus rufus ; rostrum coxas intermedias 

 attingens ; antenna: corpore breviores ; prothorax ochraceo late mar- 

 ginatus ; pedes longi, graciles, coxis et trochanteribus ochraceis ; 

 corii casta ochraceo vitiata. 



Female. Black, fusiform, red beneath. Head shining, triangular. 

 Eyes slightly prominent, contiguous to the prothorax. Rostrum extending 

 to the middle coxee. Antenn;e slender, shorter than the body ; first joint 

 nearly twice the length of the head ; second a little shorter than the first; 

 third shorter than the second ; fourth as long as the first. Prothorax 

 broadly ochraceous along each side, more broadly so along the fore border; 

 two transverse furrows, one at a little in front of the middle more strongly 

 marked than the other, which is angular and near the fore border. Meso- 

 pectus and raetapectus mostly black and shining. Legs black, long, 

 slender; coxtc and trochanters ochraceous; fore femora beneath with two 

 subapical spines. Corium with an ochraceous costal stripe. Length of the 

 body 8 — 8^ lines. 



a. Wagiou. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



b. Aru. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



c. d. Aru. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



