18 CATALOGUE OF 



Rostrum extendinj? to tbe middle coxfc. Antennre much slioiter than the 

 body ; first joint full twice the length of the head. Prothoiax slightly 

 convex and wholly red in front of the slight transverse furrow; hind part 

 bordered with red. Abdomen beneath testaceous, red in the disk, black at 

 the lip, and with three black streaks ou each side. Fore femora slightly 

 iucrassated, beset beneath with a row of minute spines. Corium of the 

 fore wings red, with a broad black stripe along the inner border, with a 

 broad black middle band, and with a black tip. Length of the body 

 8^ lines. 



a. Old Calabar. From Mr. Gray's collection. 



South Asia. 



A. First joint of the antenna; longer than the second. 



a. Corium with a white band. 



* Femora black beneath. . - - - albifascia. 

 ** Femora pale beneath. .... robusta. 



b. Corium with no white band. - - - - apicalis. 



B. First and second joints of the antenna; equally long, 



or the first slightly shorter than the second. 



a. Prolhorax red. - - . - - Schlanbuschii. 



b. Prothorax testaceous. .... immunis. 



c. Prothorax black. 



* Corium red or testaceous, with black spot, 



f First and second joints of the antennae about equal in 



length. _-_--- famelica, gulla. 



ff First joint of the antennae slightly shorter than the 



second. -.--._ cincticollis. 



** Corium black, red.bordered. - . - fimbriata. 



C. Second joint of the antennae longer than the first. - bimaculata. 



3. Phtsopelta albofasciata. 



Cimex albofasciatus, Det/. Ins. iii, 335, pi. 34, f. II — Fabr. Sp.Ins. ii. 364 ; 

 Mant. Ins. ii. 299 — Lygaeus albohisciatus. Fair. Ent. Sysl. iv. 153; 

 Sysl. Rhyn. 221 — Pliysopelta erylhroccpliala, Sern. Hisl. Hem. 271 — 

 Physopeita atfiiiis, Serv. Hist. Hem. 272 — Physopelta albofasciata, 

 Slal, Berl. Ent. Zeit. vii. 390. 



a, h. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 



c. Java. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



d. Mount Ophir. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



4. Physopelta rorusta. 

 robusta, Slal, Berl. Ent. Zeit. vii. 390. 

 Laos, 

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



