IIEMri'TEKA IlETELiOPTKUA. 531 



MaCRORIIAPHIS ISl'USCATA. 



Lulescens, siihfusifonnis, Jiigro aspcre punctata; caput nigro-viridi 

 quadrivillutum ; antenntc fidva-, articulo lo nigro ; thorax nigricanle 

 ricbuldsus, callis nonnullis anticis spatioque postico paliidc luteis ; 

 scutcllum nigricante biplagiatum ; pectus et venter nigricante raria ; 

 venter macula subapicali nigra ^ spina basalt coxas anticas fere 

 attingente ; pedes nigricante cingulati ; alts anlicce nigricanle 

 biplagiatcc, membrana dinphana fusco univittala. 



Dull luteous, uearly fusiform, roughly puuclured. Head willi fuur 

 Macl^ish gret'u stripes, the middle pair much abbreviated liindward. 

 Anlennas tawny ; first joint black ; second more than twice the length of 

 the first; third rather longer than the seeoud, very little longer than the 

 fourth ; fifih somewhat shorter than the fourth. Thorax clouded with 

 blackish, except along the hind border and several pale luteous calli in 

 front; spines prominent, stout, acute. Scutcllum with two large blackish 

 patches, one at the base, the other beyond the middle forming a band. 

 Pectus blackish, with some pale luteous calli on each side. Abdomen 

 beneath with blackish blotches on each side, these marks including irregular 

 jmle luteous spots; a black nearly round apical spot; spine extending 

 almost to the fore coxas ; hind angles of the apical segment elongated, 

 acute. Femora towards the tips, tibias towards the base and towards the 

 tips and tarsi blackish. Fore wings mostly occupied by two large black 

 patches; membrane pellucid, with a broad brown stripe. Length of the 

 body 6 lines. 



This may be a variety of M. acuta, from which it is distinguished by 

 the longer ventral spine. 



a. Whydab. From Mr. Fraser's collection. 



Macroehaphis spuecata. 



Lutesccns, nigro aspere punctata ; caput nii/ro (juadrivittatum ; antenna 

 nigra, basi ferruginetc ; thorax maculis quatuor anticis spinisque 

 nigris, scutellum subcarinatum, callis duobus parvis atris, plagis 

 duabus nigris, \a magna '2a vix conspicua ; abdomen macula vcnirali 

 subapicali nigra, spina ventrali coxas anticas attingente; femora 

 nigro conspersa ; alee anticce nigro biplagiatu, menibranu cinerea fusco 

 univiltata. 



Dull luteous, elongate-oval, roughly punctured, paler beneath ; 

 punctures black. Head with four indeterminate black stripes. Antenna; 

 black, ferruginous towards the base. Thorax in front with four intermediate 

 black spots; spines stout, acute, mostly blatk above. Scutellum slightly 

 keeled, with a small deep black callus on each side of the fore border, and 

 with two black patches; first patch large, extending to the fore bt.rder ; 

 second hardly ajiparent. Abdomen with the usual two apical spines; a 

 subapical black ventral spot; ventral spine extending lo the fore coxtc. 

 Femora speckled with black; fore tibia slightly dilated. Fore wings with 



