HEMIPXEKA HETEKOPTEEA. 567 



Rhaphigaster pehounatus. 



Rufiis, conferln ct snblililer ptinclaius, sublus luteits ; caput ci/anewn, rufo 

 marijinatum ; thorax cycineo bimuculatus ; sctilellum cyaneum, dimidio 

 apicali rufo; venter macula subapicali niijra ; pedes pallide Jiavi, 

 femoribus tihiis larsisque apice libihque basi nigris ; alee anlicce striya 

 obiujua cyanea, mcmbranu niyro-fusca, dimidio apicali pellucido. 



Red, elliptical, shining-, thickly and minutely punctured, luteous 

 beneath. Head deep blue above; lateral lobes bordered with red on the 

 outer side. Eyes black, prominent. Rostrum luteous, black towards the 

 lip, extending to the middle coxsu. Antennae black, slender; first joint 

 not extending to the front of the head ; second much longer than the third ; 

 fourth a little longer than the second; fifth a little longer than the fourth. 

 Thorax with a large elongated deep blue spot on each side of the disk; 

 hind angles rounded, hardly prominent. Sculelhun deep blue for half the 

 length from the base, rounded at the tip. Pectus black. Abdomen beneath 

 with a large black subapical spot; ventral spine extending to the middle 

 coxsB. Legs pale yellow; femora black towards the tips; tibia; black at 

 the base and at the tips; tarsi with black tips. Fore wings with an oblique 

 deep blue streak, which extends from the disk to the exterior border; 

 membrane blackish brown, with the exterior half colourless and pellucid. 

 Length of the body 3j lines. 



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



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Rhaphigaster quinquemaculatus. 



Rufus, conferte et sultiliter punctatus ; caput nigrum, rufo quinque vit- 

 tatum; rostrum coxas iutermedias attingms ; thorax callin duobus 

 transversis nigris rufo striyatis ; scutellum lateribus basi maculisque 

 tribus uigris ; pectus et venter nigra trivittata ; spina venlralis coxas 

 inter)nedias atiingens ; alec anticcc striya postica maculaque apicali 

 nigris, mcmbrana pellucida. 



Red, ellii)tical, shining, thickly and minutely black-punctured. Head 

 black, rounded in front, with five red stripes, of which the inner pair are 

 short; lobes of equal length. Eyes piceous, not pri>n)inent. Rostrum 

 black towards the tip, extending to the middle coxa). Thorax in front wilh 

 two transverse black calli, each including a red streak ; hind angles rounded, 

 not prominent. Scutellum much rounded at the tip, with three black spots, 

 one in the disk before the middle and one on each side beyond the middle; 

 sides black towards the base. Pectus and under side of tlie abdomen wilh 

 three black stripes, the midiile stripe macular on the abdomen ; ventral 

 spine extending to the middle coxic. Fore wings wilh a black apical spot 

 and with a black streak along the hind part of the exterior border; mem- 

 brane pellucid. Length of the body 3J lines. 



Formosa. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 



