268 CATALOGUE OF 



fiiur irregular macular pale luteous stripes. Legs luteous, stout ; femora 

 mostly pakr; fore winj^s with five more or less complete pale luteous 

 stripes; membrane brown. Length of the boily 4 lines. 



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



Genus 15. TAURODES, C. H. 219. 

 1. Taurodes boops, C. H. 220. 

 a. Philippine Isles. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



Genus 16. iESCHRUS, C. H. 220. 



\. .SISCHRUS OBSCOR0S, C. H. 221. 



a. Java. From Mr. Argent's colleelion. 



h. Hindostan. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



2. JESCHRUS TESTUDINARIUS. 



Ferrugineus, aspere ptmctatiis, nigra conspersus ; caput nigrum, lohis 

 laleralibus exlus denlatis lobum medium superantibus ; antenna fulvte, 

 corporis dimidio breviores ; thorax aniiee niger vix carinatus, spinis 

 crassis longissimis peracutis apice nigris ; pectus et venter nigra 

 varia ; femora nigra, fulvo bifasciata ; tibicc pi ceo fascia tee, basi 

 nigrce ; membrana cinerea, nigricante reticulata. 



Ferruginous, elliptical, roughly punctured above and beneath ; punc- 

 tures black. Head black, hardly narrower in front; lateral lobes extending 

 beyond the middle lobes, each armed with a stout loolh on the outer side of 

 the front. Rostrum tawny, extending a little beyond the hind coxae. 

 Antennae tawny, slender, less than half the length of the body; first joint 

 not extending to the I'mnt of the head ; second shorter than the third ; fourth 

 and fifth piceous; fourth shorter than the third and than the fifth. Thorax 

 transversely and slightly impressed and partly black in front, where there 

 is a slight longitudinal keel; spines very long and stout and acute, slightly 

 inclined forward, black in front and with black tips. Sculellum about two- 

 thirds of the length of the abdomen. Pectus and under side of the abdo- 

 men partly black. Legs stout; coxse and femora black ; posterior femora 

 with two tawny bands; second band irregular; tibicc black at the base and 

 with a piceous band. Corium of the fore wings small ; membrane cine- 

 reous, with blackish reticulated veins. Length of the body 3 Hues. 



a. -^ ? From Mr. Vigors' collection. 



Genus 17. AXIAGASTUS, C. H. 221. 



1. AxiAGASTUS ROSMARUS, C. H.221. 



Tn the female of this species the sides of the roslral channel are not 

 developed into spines. The length of the rostrum is variable. The antennae 

 are much more than half the length of the l)ody and the joints to the fourth 

 successively increase in length ; the fourth and the fifth are equal in length. 

 Tiie pale luteous spot at the tip ot the sculellum is very variable in size and 

 shape. In two speciniens of the male the right antenna of the one and the 

 left antenna of the other are defornie*!, and not more than one-third of the 

 usual length, and with only three peiceptible joints. 



