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61. MORMIDEA LATERALIS. 



Fulva, aspere punctata, subtus pallide lutea ; caput nigricans, scile 

 punctata, lobo medio fulvo lobos laterules paullo superunte ; thorax 

 striyis duabus Inteis glubris maryinalibus postice dilalatis, spiiiis 

 nigris crassis acutis longissimis suboblirjuis ; scutellum niaculis 

 duabus basalibus magnis apiccque luteis ; segmentum bum ventrale 

 pi ceo strigatum. 



Tawny, oval, largely punctured ; punctures of (lie ground hue ; under 

 side and legs pale luleous. Head blackish, thickly and minutely punctured ; 

 middle lobe tawny, extending a little beyond the lateral lobes. Rostrum 

 extending to the hind coxa;. Antennas slender; first joint not extending 

 to the front of the head ; second shorter than the third. Thorax with the 

 two usual transverse calii near the fore border; two luteous smooth mar- 

 ginal streaks, which widen from the spines to the fore border, where there 

 is a tubercle contiguous to each eye ; spines black, acute, very long and 

 stout, slightly bent forward. Scutellum with a large luteous spot on each 

 side at the base; tip somewhat rounded, bordered with luteous. Abdomen 

 benneath with an interrupted piceous streak on the fifili segment. Legs 

 slender. Fore wings with a cinereous membrane. Length of the body 

 4 lines. 



Allied to M. armigera, but the spines of the thorax are thicker. 

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



Australasia. 



62. MOKMIDEA FLOEENS. 



Saturate viridis, lata, aspere punctata; caput uc/iraceum, nigra margi- 

 natum; anlennee nigrce, basi virides ; thoracis spina; nigrce, robusta, 

 acutce, longissimw, xnx ascendentes ; scutellum macula apicali pallide 

 flava ; venter disco pallide luteo, guitis marginalibus nigris; tarsi 

 lutei. 



Deep green, broad, oval, roughly punctured; under side and legs 

 paler. Head above ochraceous, bordered witii black and sometimes with 

 black sutures between the lobes, which are of equal length. Rostrum 

 extending a little beyond the hind coxa; ; tip black. Antennas black, 

 slender, full half the length of the body ; first joint green, not extending 

 to the front; third longer than the second, shorter than the fourth ; fiftii as 

 long as the fourth. Thorax smooth along the fore border ; spines black, 

 stout, acute, very long, very slightly ascending. Scutellum with a round 

 pale yellow apical spot. Abdomen beneath with a pale luleous disk and 

 with black marginal dots. Legs slender; tarsi luteous. Membrane of the 

 fore wings brown. Length of the body 4 lines. 



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



b. Malacca. Presented by W. W. Saunders, E'jq. 



c. Sumatra. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



d. Birmah. From Mr. Waring's collection. 



