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Bhaphigaster indecorus. 



Fulvus, conferte et subliliter nigro-punctatus, sublus testace.us ; thorax 

 fascia nigra indetenninata ; sculellum longum ; pectus nigricante 

 biplagiatum ; veiiter maculis nigris univittalus ; femora poslica nigra 

 unifasciata ; membrana cinerea. 



Tawny, elliptical, thickly and minutely black-puncluied, testaceous be- 

 neath. Head short, rounded in front; lobes of equal length. Eyes piceous, 

 large, prominent. Antennae slender ; first joint extending to the front of the 

 head ; second about half the length of the third. Thorax with an irregular 

 black band between the hind angles, which are rounded and not prominent. 

 Scutellum extending much beyond half the length of the abdomen, rounded 

 at the lip. Pectus with a blackish patch on each side. Abdomen beneath 

 with a row of black spots; ventral spine extending to the hind coxae. Legs 

 testaceous ; hind femora with a black band near the tips. Fore wings with 

 a cinereous membrane. Length of the body 4j lines. 



It has some resemblance to R. anticus, but in that species the band of 

 the thorax is more regular and the scutellum is pale yellow towards the 

 tip. 



a. Dorey, New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Rhaphigasteb discoidalis. 



Pallide luteus, conferte et subliliter nigro-punctatus ; scutellum apicem 

 versus ochracetim, disco antico nigra; venter macula apicali nigra ; 

 membrana cinerea, fusco uniplagiata. 



Pale luteous, elliptical, shining, tliickly and minutely black-punctured. 

 Head short; lo1)es of equal length. Eyes reddish, large, prominent. Rostrum 

 extending to the middle coxs: ; lip black. Antennae slender; first joint not 

 extending beyond the joint of the head ; second a little move than half the 

 length of the third. Thorax with a slight rim on each side ; hind angles 

 rounded, not prominent. Sculellum most convex towards the base, where 

 the disk is black, ochraceous towards the lip, which is broadly rounded. 

 Abdomen beneath with a black apical patch ; ventral spine extending to 

 the middle coxte. Fore wings not covering the sides of the hind wings; 

 membrane cinereous, with a large brown patch. Length of the body 

 4^ lines, 



a. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



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Rhaphigasteb pallescens. 



Pallide testaceus, conferte el subliliter nigra aul fusco puuclatus ; caput 

 latum; rostrum coxas intermedias ailingens ; thorax j ago transversa 

 rufescenle, lateribus glabris, angulis poslicis subrotundatis ; spina 

 veiitralis caxas intermedias atlingens ; membrana diaphana. 



Pale testaceous, elliptical, thickly and minutely punctured ; punctures 

 mostly black or brown. Head bioad, rounded in front; lobes of equal 



