30H CATALOGUE OF 



ulriii(/ue alteniiata nigris ; sculellum /lavescens, apieem versus 

 nigrum ; pectus Jlanesccnte blfuscialum ; spina vcnlralis brevissima ; 

 ■pedes robusli,fciuu>ibiis posteriori bus basi Jlavesccnlibus ; membrana 

 nigricans, cinereo pallido margiuala. 



Black, broad, oval, shining, very thinly punctured. Head obliquely 

 and finely striated on each side; sides hardly reflexed; lubes of equal 

 lengtli ; disk beneath yellowish. Rostrum extending to the hind coxae. 

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

 not extending to the front of the head ; second very much shorter ihan the 

 third; fourth longer tliau the third, shorter than the fifth. Thorax 

 yellowish, with a transverse black streak on each side near the fore border 

 and with an irre<jular black band which is undulating in front, attenuated 

 on each side, and of which the middle part joins the hind border. Scutel- 

 lum yellowish for nearly half the length from the base, black from thence 

 to the tip, which is rather broad. Pectus yellowish about the coxas and 

 with two yellowish bands. Ventral spine obtuse, very short, not extending 

 to the hind coxa3. Legs stoul; posterior femora towards the base, coxa; 

 and trochanters yellowish. Membrane of the fore wings blackish, with a 

 pale cinereous border. Length of the body 6 lines. 



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



Var. Niger; caput luteo bimaculalum et bivitlatum, sublus flavum ; 

 thorax iuteus, strigis duabus anlicis transversis, maculis duabus 

 lateralibus, plagis duabus posticis laieribusque nigris; scutelhim 

 luteum, vitla postica nigra latissima subf areata ; pectus Jiavtim ,sirigii 

 sex transversis maculisque duabus nigris; venter Iuteus, lateribus 

 nigra maculatis ; pedes basijiavi; alee attticce luteo tmigultatce. 



Var. Black beneath. Head with a luteous spot on each side; lateral 

 lobes luteous along the middle lobe; under side yellow. Thorax luteous ; 

 two patches on the hind border, a spot near each hind angle, two trans- 

 verse streaks in front and sides black. Sculellum luteous; apical part 

 black, forked in front. Pectus yellow ; three transverse black streaks on 

 each side ; a black spot on each side between the second and third streaks. 

 Abdomen beneath with black lateral spots. Legs black; femora towards 

 the base and coxa; pale yellow. Fore wings with a luteous subcostal post- 

 medial dot. Length of the body 7 lines. 



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



76. Rhaphjgaster continuus. 



Piceus, ovatus, dense punctatiis, subtus testaceus ; caput parviim, antice 

 testaceum, lateribus subreflexis ; rostrum coxas intermedias attingens ; 

 antennce testacece ; thorax iiluris sex lalcralibus fasciaque postica 



Jlavis glabris ; scutcUum strigis nonnullis apiceque testaceis ; pectus 

 piceo biplagiatum; venter vitla maculari nigra ; femora jwsteriora 



fusco unimacu/ata, membrana pallide cinereu. 



Piceous, oval, thickly and minutely punctured, testaceous beneath. 

 Head small, testaceous along the fore border; sides slightly retlesed ; lobes 



