904 CATALOGUE OF 



63. MORMIDEA COXTIGUA. 



Fulva, aspere punctata, nigra conspersa, subtus pallide leslacca ; antenna 



apices versus nigra: ; thorax lineis duabiis laaryinalibus Jlavo-atbis, 



spinis nigris longis crassis obttisis subobllquis ; scutellum mnculis 



duabus basalibiis unuque apicali magnis pallide Jluvis ; pedes nigra 



conspersi ; alee anticce casta basi albida. 



Tawny, oval, roughly punctured; punctures black ; under side, rostrum 



and legs pale testaceous. Head elongate-conical, more thickly punctured 



than the thorax; lobes of equal length. Rustium extending to the bind 



coxte. AntenncE slender, full half the length of ihe body; first joint not 



extending to the fiont of the head ; second and third of about equal length ; 



foLirih and fifih black, very much longer than the third. Thorax with a 



transverse callus on each side in front, and with a smooth slight yellowish 



white marginal ridge between the spine and the fore border; spines black, 



stout, long, rounded at the lips, slightly inclined forward. Scutellum with 



tliree large smooth pale yellow spots, one on each side of the fore border, 



the third apical. Legs slender; femora and tibiae black-speckled. Fore 



wings with the costa whitish at the base; membrane cinereous. Length of 



the body ;3^ lines. 



Very nearly allied to M. socia, but the spines of the thorax are less 

 acute. 

 a. Java. 



64. MORMIDEA DUCTOR. 



Saturate viridis, scite punctata, subtus testacea viridi pallida marginata ; 

 caput achraceum, nigra rnarginalum ; rastrum pallide leslaceum, apice 

 nigrum; thorax spinis nigris acutis longissimis perpaulla ascendenii- 

 bus ; venter gullis margiualibus nigris ; tarsi apice testacei. 



Deep green, oval, minutely punctured; under side pale green with a 

 testaceous disk. Head ochraceous, small, conical, bordered with black, 

 green towards the hind border ; lobes of equal length. Rostrum pale 

 testaceous, extending to the hind border of the first abdominal segment; 

 lip black. Antennte slender, about half the length of the body ; first joint 

 extending to the front of the head ; second longer than the third ; third 

 longer tlian the fourth ; fifth more than twice longer than the fourth. 

 Thorax with a smooth transverse space on each side in front; spines black, 

 acute, very long, very slightly ascending. Scutellum attenuated towards 

 the tip, extending to the angle of the corium. Abdomen beneath with 

 black marginal dots. Legs slender; tarsi testaceous towards the tips. 

 Membrane of the fore wings pale cinereous. Length of the body 6^ lines. 



u. Batchiau. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Estj. 



Genus 12. TYOMA. 



Tyoma, Spin. Tav. Sin. 98 — Oxycoris, Mayr, Verh. Zoal. Dot, Gcsch. 

 Wien. xiv. 909; Novara Hem. 58. 



