llliMIPTERA HKTEUOPTEnA. lUij 



61. RuAnilGASTER MACUACANTIIUS, C. //. 26'J. 



a. North Hindostai). Fioin C.ipt. Boyes' collection. 



b. C'aliar. Prcsciilcd by J. C Bowiing, Esq. 



02. RlIAPniGASIliU DOr.SALIS. 



(lorsalis, Do/irn, Slell. Ent. Zcit. xxi. 401. 

 Ceylon. 



63. RHAnilOASTEn STRACIIlOinES. 



Liilrus, nigra punetatus ; caput nigrum, luteo quinque viUalum ; anlcnnce 

 fittvce ; thorax vitla aiUicu nigra abbreviata strigas diias lutcas iiitcr- 

 rtiplas includvnle; sculeilum macidis duabus nigris lattralibus sub- 

 apicalibus ; pectiia et venter nigra triviUata ; pedes rujhcentcs ; ahc 

 uitliece nigro uniinaciilatce. 



Luleous, oval, thinly and rathei' finely pnnctured ; punctures blacli. 

 Head black, with live luteous stripes, of" which the inner pair are forked in 

 front and the outer pair are irregular and border tlie eyes; lobes of equal 

 length. Rostrum black towards the tip, extending to the hind coxae. 

 Antennae tawny, less than half the length of the body; jiiints successively 

 increasing in length; first joint not extending to the front of the head. 

 Thorax in front with an abbreviated black band, which is dilated on each 

 side, where it contains an interrupted luteous streak; space al)out the band 

 smooih ; hind angles much rounded, Hot prominent. Sculellum with a 

 callus on each angle at the base, and with a black spot on each side near 

 liie tip. Pectus with three black stripes. Abdomen bcnealh with three 

 stripes of triangular black spots; of these the lateral spots are connected. 

 Legs reddish, short, stout. Fore wings with a black spot iu the disk of the 

 corium ; membrane pellucid. Length of the body 2j lines. 



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



04. RilAnilGASTER r.LBRIPLAGA. 



Teslaceus, dense pvnctalus; capitis Intera nigro lineata ; rostrum cn.ran 

 medias nttingcns ; anlennce fulvd, corporis dimidio breviores ; thorax 

 Iramverse snbimpressus, postice rufo biplagiutus ; sculellum maculis 

 duabus fasciaque subapicali riifis ; abdominis dorsum nigro bivit- 

 tatum; spina ventralis coxas medias uttingens ; ales an ticcc macula 

 a pi call riifa. 



Testaceous, nearly oval, thickly punctured, slightly shining. Head 

 with a black slender marginal line along each side; lubes of equal length. 

 Rostrum extending to tlie middle coxa?. Antenna tawny, less than half 

 the length of the body; joints successively and slightly increasing in 

 length; first not extending to the front of tlie head. Thorax slightly and 

 transversely impressed on each side in front; a red patch on each side 

 between the hind angles, wdiich arc slightly rounded and not prominent. 

 Scutcllum with a red spot on each side near the base and with a red band 

 near the tip. Abdomen with a black stripe on e;ich side above and with 

 an incomplete brown stripe on each side beneath ; tip truncate; venlr.il 

 spine extending lo the middle coxae. Legs rather short and stout. Fore 



