50 CATALOGUE OF 
luteous spot on each side of the hind border, scabrous in front, where 
there is a short longitudinal furrow. Apical points of the scutellum 
luteous, wide apart. Abdomen beneath red, with a narrow black band on 
the fore border of each segment, with a black stripe on each side, and 
with a black tip. Legs rather slender; furrow beneath the four anterior 
tibie elliptical. Corium reddish, with an elongate triangular black mark 
in the disk. Membrane lurid. Length of the body 63 lines. 
a. Java. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 
47. EcrrRIcHoDIA SULICA. 
Mas. Flava, nitens; caput fusiforme, prothoracis lobo antico multo 
longius ; antenne nigre, filiformes, articulo 1o basi flavo, 40 flavo 
bast nigro; prothoracis lobus posticus rufus; scutellum rufum, 
basi nigro notatum; pectus nigrum; connexivum nigro maculatum ; 
venter nigro brevibivittatus ; femora nigro bifasciata ; tibie nigre, 
flavo unifasciale ; ale anlice nigra, basi vittaque costali rufis. 
Male. Yellow, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head fusiform, much 
longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax; ante-ocular part much longer 
than the post-ocular; ocelliferous part convex, mostly black. Eyes slightly 
prominent. First joint of the rostrum longer than the second. Antenne 
black, filiform, much more than half as long as the body ; first joint yellow 
towards the base, a little longer than the ante-ocular head; second longer 
than the first; third hardly shorter than the first; fourth yellow, black at 
the base, as long as the first. Fore lobe of the prothorax shorter and more 
convex than the hind lobe, with three very slight longitudinal furrows ; 
hind lobe red, with three strongly-marked longitudinal furrows. Scutellum 
red, black in the middle towards the base; apical points wide apart. Pectus 
black. Abdomen keeled beneath, where there is a black stripe on each side 
on the third and fourth segments. Connexivum above with large black 
spots. Legs slender; femora with two broad black bands, the second 
apical; tibia black, with a broad yellow middJe band; tarsi blackish 
towards the tips. Fore wings black; corium red at the base, and with a 
narrow red costal stripe. Length of the body 5 lines. 
a. Sula. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
48. EcrricHoDIA INTERMEDIA. 
Mas. Rufa, nitens; caput fusiforme, prothoracis lobo antico multo 
longius et angusiius ; venter e maculis nigris transversis biseriatim 
vittatum ; pedes sat graciles; ale antice atre, costa cortique venis 
rufis. 
Male. Red, smooth, shining, fusiform, excepting the head. Head 
fusiform, much longer and narrower than the fore lobe of the prothorax ; 
ante-ocular part somewhat longer than the post-ocular; seat of the ocelli 
not elevated. Eyes slightly prominent. First and second joints of the 
rostrum about equally long. First joint of the antenne much longer than 
the ante-ocular head ; second longer than the first. Prothorax with a broad 
and strongly-marked longitudinal furrow; fore lobe as long as the hind 
Jobe, which has a strongly-marked furrow on each side. Scutellum with 
two long wide-apart apical points. Abdomen beneath with a row of black 
