410 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 81. BALSA. 



Corpus fusifdVine, dense punctatum. Caput lanceolalum ; loTii laterales 

 lobum inediuin longe superantes, apice disjuncti. Rostrum coxas puslicas 

 attingeiis. Antennae graciles. Thorax laleribus anticis crenaiis, angulis 

 poslicis subobtnsis. Scutellum allenuatuni. Peeliis vix cariuatum. Pedes 

 gracillimi, longiusculi; tibiiK sulcala; tarsi triarticulati. 



Body fusiform, thickly and minutely punctured. Head lancetdale; 

 lateral lobes extending very much beyond the middle lobe, separate at the 

 lips. Rostrum extending to the bind coxffi. Antennae slender; first joint 

 much shorter than the anterior part of ihe head. Tiiorax with the sides 

 crenated in front; bind angles slightly obtuse and prominent. Scutellum 

 attenuated towards the tip. Pectoral keel extremely slight. Legs very 

 slender, rather long; tibite furrowed ; tarsi three-jointed. 



It has most affinity to Arvelius, from which it is sufficiently dis- 

 tinguished by the want of a ventral spine. 



1. Balsa extenuata. 



Testacea ; caput liluris duabus posticis glahris ; thorax lateribus anticis 

 nigris, liluris duabus poslicis glabris arcuatis ; scutellum basi nigra 

 bipimctalum ; venter vilta maculari nigra; femora nigra subcon- 

 spersa; membrana litnpida. 



Testaceous, paler beneath. Head with a smooth space on each side 

 of the hind border. Rostrum with a black tip. Thorax with a curved 

 smooth mark on each side of the hind border; sides black in front. Scu- 

 tellum with a black point on each side at the base. Abdomen beneath 

 with a stripe of black spots. Femora slightly speckled with black. Mem- 

 brane of the fore wings pellucid. Length of the body 6^ lines. 



a. North China. Froui Mr. Fortune's collection. 



Fara. 13, UROSTYLID^, C. H. 313. 

 Genus 1. UROCHELA, C. H. 313. 



1. Urochela bimaculata, C.H. 3\3. 

 a. N. Hindostan. From Capt. Boys' collection. 



2. Ukochela obscura, C. //. 314. 



a, b. Hindostan. From Mr. Children's collection. 

 c — e. ? Presented by Gen. Hardwicke. 



f-i. ? 



3. Ukochela quadripunctata. 

 quadripunctata, Dallas, Trans. Ent. Sac. Neiv Ser. i. 3, pi. 2, f. 1. 

 Hindostan. 



