558 CATALOGUE OF 



Allied to E. gulhgems, from wliich it may be distinguished by the 

 maikiiifjs on the thorax and by the small size of the calli on the 

 sculellum. , 



Formosa. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 



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Eysarcoris? teuncatellus. 



Fulvus, conferte et subliLiter nigricante punclatus, sublus sordide testaceus ; 

 caput produclum, valde rotundatam ; antennce articulis 4o et bo piceis 

 hasi fulvis; thorax antice piceo quadrimaculalus, angulis poslicis 

 oblusis non produclis ; sculellum callis duobits basaiibus parvis 

 apiceque valde rotundato pallide Jlavis ; pectus nigra notalum ; venter 

 plagis duabtts basaiibus maculaque subapicali nigris ; pedes robusli, 

 nigra yuttati; alee anticcB gutlis nigricantibus, membrana obscure 

 fusca albido venosa. 



Tawny, short-elliptical, thickly and minutely blackish punctured ; 

 dingy testaceous beneath. Head elongated, much rounded in front; lobes 

 of equal length. Eyes piceous, prominent. Rostrum extending nearly to 

 the hind coxiB ; tip black. Antennae slender ; first joint not extending to 

 the front of the head; second much longer than the third ; fourth and fifth 

 piceous, lawny at the base ; fourth longer than the third ; fifth longer than 

 the fourth. Thorax with four piceous spots in front ; sides smooth ; hind 

 angles obtuse, not prominent. Scutelhim with a minute callus on each 

 side at the base, and with the much rounded tip pale yellow. Pectus with 

 some black marks on each side. Abdomen beneath with a black patch on 

 each side at the base and with a black subapical spot; tip emarginate. 

 Leijs stout; femora and tibiae dotted with black; tarsi and tips of libiaB 

 blacL Fore wings with some blackish dots; membrane dark brown, with 

 whitish slightly reticulated veins. Length of the body 2 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Ker's collection. 



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Antestia annulifeea. 



Nigra, dense el subtiliter punctata ; caput margine antico, sirigis duabus 

 poslicis lineaque anteriore albis ; antennce lulecB ; thorax lateribus 

 margitirque aniica interrupte, lineolis Iribus arcuatis fasciaque con- 

 spersa ubbreviata albis; sculellum macul is tribus basaiibus, maculis 

 duabus discoidalibus fasciaque apicall incisa albis; pecluP alba 

 notatum ; venter vitlis duabus macularibus abbreviatis spinaqne albis ; 

 alcE anticce casta maculaque discoidali albis. 



Black, elliptical, thickly and minutely punctured. Head bordered 

 with white and rounded in front; two longitudinal white streaks near the 

 hind border and a longer anterior white streak on the middle lobe. Eyes 

 piceous, rather prominent. Rostrum, antennsse and legs Inteous. Rostrum 

 extending to the hind coxce. Joints of the antenna; from the first to the 

 tilth successively increasing in length. Thorax narrowly bordered with 

 white in front and on each side, this hue interrupted on each side of the 

 fore border; a few small various while marks on each side; an abbreviated 

 black-speckled band on the hind border, having in front of it three white 



