20 CATALOGUE OF 



3fale. Black, fusiform. Kostruni extending to the hind coxae. 

 Antennae much shorter than the body ; first joint much longer than the 

 head; second as long as the first; third much shorter than the second. 

 Prothorax with a sli;;ht transverse middle furrow, and with an abbreviated 

 and very broad black band on ihe hind part. Abdomen beneath red, black 

 at the tip. Coxsb and trochanters luteous. Fore femora with four spines 

 beneath. Corium red, with two irregular black bands, one a little beyond 

 the middle, the other subapical. Membrane with a pale cinereous apical 

 border. Length of the body 7 lines. 



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



Var. ? Fcem. Nigra, fusiformis, cinereo tomentosa ; antenna; corpore 

 mullo hreviores ; prothorax luteo late tnarginatus ; abdomen iuleinn, 

 slrigis ventralibus laleralibus transversis apiceque piceis ; coxa: et 

 Irochanteres lutea ; corium striga costali fasciaque exteriorc luleis ; 

 membrana apicem versus cinerea. 



Female. Black, fusiform, with cinereous tomentum. Rostrum piceous, 

 extending to the hind coxa?. Anlennse much shorter than the body; first 

 joint much longer than the head ; second rather shorter than the first ; third 

 much shorter ihan the second; fourth as long as the first. Prothorax 

 bioad, bordered with luteous in front and along each side; a slight trans- 

 verse furrow at somewhat in front of the middle. Abdomen luteous; 

 transverse streaks along each side beneath and tips piceous. Coxie and 

 trochanters luteous. Corium with a luteous costal streak, which extends 

 nearly half the length from the base ; an exterior luteous band. Membrane 

 cinereous about the tip. Leugih of the body (3i lines. 



a. Sula. Presented by W. VV". Saunders, Esq. 



8. PlIVSOPELTA FIMERIATA. 



fimbriata, Stal, Berl. Ent. Zeit. vii. 392. 

 Timor. 



9. Physopelta Schlanbuschii. 

 -, Stoll, Pun. f. 273 — Cimex Slanbuschii, Fair. Mnnt. Ins. 



ii. 299 — Lyga^us Schlanbuschii, Fabr. Ent. Si/st. iv. 155 — Lygicus 

 Schlanbuschii, Fabr. Si/st. Rhyn. 222 — Pyrrhocoris Slanbuschi, 

 Jl.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. ix. 179 — Pyrrhocoris Schlangenbuschii, Burm. 

 Ilandb. Ent. ii. 286 — Physopelta Schlanbuschii, Stal^ Hem. Fabr. 

 i. 80. 



a — c. Hong Kong, Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 

 d. ? 



Var.? ^las ct ficm. Rufa,fusifornds ; rostrum coxas posticas atlingens ; 

 antenna nigra:, corporis di)nidio panllo longiores ; prothorax niaculis 

 duabus anticis fasciaque postica abbreviata interrupta nigris ; 

 sculellum, tibia, tarsi, menibranaque nigra ; ventris latera nigra 

 transrcrse quadristrigala; corium apud margincm inleriorem nigra 

 strigatum. 



