352 CATALOGUE OF 



5. CaTACANTHUS SUMI'TUOSUg. 



sumptuosus, Dohrn, Stelt. Ent. Zeit. xxiv. 348. 



a, b. Ani. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



c. New Guinea. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



d — •/. New Guinea. Preseuled by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



g. Wagiou. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



6. Catacanihus tricolor. 



Pentatoma tricolor, Mlrz. Faune PFood/ar A— Catacan ill us nigripes, var. ? 

 Sign. A. S. E. F. 4me Ser. 1, 65. 



Art. Woodlark. 



Genus 37. VULSIREA, C. H. 271. 

 Mexico. 



1. Vulsikea liturata, C. //. 273. 



Edessa insignis, Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. 144 — Taurocerus cinctus, Il.-Sch. 

 Wanz. Ins. ix. 316 — Vulsirea cincta, Stal, Slett. Ent. Zeit. xxii. 140 

 — Vulsirea insignis, Stal, Stetl. Ent. Zeit. xxiii. 108. 



a. Orizaba. From M. Salle's collection. 



b. S. America. From Mr. Children's collection. 



2. Vulsirea anchora, C H. 272. 

 Mexico. 



a—b. S. America. From Mr. Children's collection. 

 c — e. • ? 



3. Vulsirea transducta. 



Viridis, longi-ovata, diffuse et aspere punctata ; caput luleum, maculis 

 duabus plagaque postica ramosa viridibus, lobo medio apice piceo ; 

 thorax fascia indeterminata margineque poslico luteis ; sculellum 

 luteo tmifasciatum ; pectus lateribus ritfescente-luteis, segmentis lutco 

 marginatis ; abdomen rvfescente-luteum, maculis lateribus viridibus, 

 venter e plagis viridibus bivittatum ; femora rufescente- luteo wm- 

 fasciata ; alee anticce membrana nigricante. 



Metallic-green, elongate-oval, shining, thinly and roughly punctured. 

 Head luteous; a large green patch on the hind border emitting two 

 branches, which extend to the base of the antennje and approach two ante- 

 rior green elongated spots; middle lobe piceous at the tip, hardly extending 

 beyond the lateral lobes. Rostrum black, extending rather beyond the 

 hind coxae. Antennae black, less than half the length of the body ; first 

 joint luteous, not extending to the front of the head ; second very much 

 shorter than the third ; fourth much longer than the third, a little longer 

 than the fifth. Thorax with an irregular luteous band near the fore border; 

 hind border luteous between the hind angles and the scutellum. Scutellum 

 with a luteous band very near the tip, in a line with a luteous band on each 



