UEMIFfEKA IIETEUOPXKIIA. 555- 



Testaceous, elliptical, lliickly ami niiuiitely biack-punclurecl. Head 

 slightly elongated, hhickisli above, iduiided in front; lobes of equal length. 

 Eyes piceous, prominent, lloslrum extending to the hind coxte; tip black. 

 Antenna slender; first joint extending beyond the foie border of the head ; 

 second much hmger than the first; lliird hardly shorter than the second; 

 fourth and fifth piceous; fourth whitish at the tip, longer than the third ; 

 fifth whitish at the I)asc, a little longer than the fourth. Tliorax blackish 

 in front, dentate on each side very near llic fore border; sides, fore Inirder 

 and an irregular transverse line l)ttween the hind angles smooth; hind 

 angles elongated, acute, much shorter than their breadth at the base. 

 Sculellum slightly acute, less thickly punctured towards the tip. Pectus 

 almost smoolli near the coxae, partly blackish on each side. Abdomen 

 beneath with a short curved smooth line on each side near the base and 

 with three blackish stripes; tip emaiginale. Legs rather stout; femora 

 black-speckled towards the tips. Fore wings with a smooth forked line 

 and some small smooth dots; membrane brownish, jiale cinereous about 

 the veins, which are few; one line of transverse veinlets. Length of the 

 body 3^ lines. 



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



JMOKMIDEA KUyTHIlOSPILA. 



Lulea, fusco aiii nicjro aspere punctata; capitis lulera suhmarginala ;. 

 antenncE paliide liitecc, arlicuto do nii/ricante basi pallida; thorax 

 snlco tenui transversa , fascia poslica niyricanle, spiiiis aculis gracil- 

 limis ; scutelium siibcarinaliDn, cullis dunbus parvis hasalibns apicique 

 paliide luleis ; pedes pallidi ; alee anticce macula rufa subcoslali, 

 membrana pellucida. 



Luteous, nearly elliptical, roughly ])unctured ; punctures brown or black. 

 Head large, with a slight rim on each side; its punctures forming three 

 and in front two stripes. Eyes rather i)rominent. Antenna.' pale luteous; 

 first joint extending a little beyond the fore border of ilie head ; second 

 much longer than the first, a little longer than the third; fourth as long as 

 the second, a little longer than the fifth, which is blackish except at the 

 hase. Thorax thinly punctured in front, where there is an indistinct trans- 

 verse ftirrovv; a blackish band along the hind border including the spines, 

 which are acute and very slender. Sculellum indistinctly keeled, with a 

 small pale luteous callus on each side at the base, pale luteous at the tip, 

 which is slightly acute. Pectus thinly punctured. Abdomen with black 

 spiracles. Legs pale luteous. Fore wings more finely punctured than the 

 thora.x; a red subcostal spot on each near the tip ; membrane diaphanous. 

 Length of the body 2'^ lines. 



Very distinct in structure from all the described Asiatic species. 

 a. Tondano, Celebes. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



JIoinilDEA VENTKALIS. 



Testacea, dense el suhtiliter nigra punctata; ocidi magni; antenna: articulo 

 ',ia upice piceo ; thorax villa striyisquc qualuor oblif/uis sparse pnnc- 

 tatis, lalcribns unidcntatis, anyniis poslici.i subproduclis sxibucnlis ; 



