Gy CATALOGUE OF 
four strie, of which the two near the hind border are accompanied by 
punctures; membrane cinereous. Length of the body 24 lines. 
a, Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
36. ALTHUS NITIDULUS. 
Niger, ellipticus, nitens, subplanus ; capitis thoracisque latera subsetosa ; 
caput bisulcatum; rostrum fulvum ; antenne picee ; thorax sulco 
transverso punctato sulcoque brevi longitudinali ; scutellum sparsissime 
punclatum ; pedes rufescente picei, femoribus incrassatis ; ale antice 
impunctale, membrana cinerea. 
Black, elliptical, smooth, shining, almost flat. Head and thorax with 
a few bristles along each side. Head with a longitudinal furrow on each 
side. Eyes piceous. Rostrum tawny. Antenne piceous, about one-third 
of the length of the body; joints successively and slightly increasing in 
length. ‘Thorax with a slight longitudinal furrow which extends from the 
fore border towards a transverse middle furrow, the latter accompanied by 
punctures. Scutellum with a few punctures. Legs reddish piceous ; femora 
incrassated ; tibiz with stout spines. Fore wings not punctured, with the 
usual four striae ; membranes cinereous. Length of the body 14 line. 
4:. rubrifemur closely resembles this species, from which it may be 
distinguished by the punctured fore wings. 
a. Belize, Honduras. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
37. AATHUS DOCILIS. 
Ferrugineus, ellipticus, nitens, lateribus subsetosis ; caput piceum, utrinque 
impressum ; thorax glaber, sulcis duobus transversis ; scutellum sub- 
punctatum, transverse impressum ; pedes fulvi, robusti; ale antice 
apud strias punctate, membrana albida. 
Ferruginous, elliptical, shining, hardly convex, with a few bristles 
along each side. Head piceous, nearly half the breadth of the thorax, 
impressed on each side in front. Antenne tawny, less than half the length 
of the body; joints successively increasing in length. Thorax not punc- 
tured, reddish towards the hind border, with two transverse furrows, one 
very near the fore border, the other in the middle. Scutellum very thinly 
punctured, with a transverse impression in the middle. Legs tawny, stout ; 
tibie with black spines ; fore tibie clavate. Fore wings hardly punctured, 
except along the well-detined strie, of which two are near the costa and 
two near the hind border; membrane whitish hyaline. Length of the body 
2 lines. 
a. Rio Janeiro. Presented by A. Fry, Esq. 
West Asia. 
38. AATHUS HISPIDULUS. 
Cydnus hispidulus, Klug, Symb. Phys. v. pl. 43, f. 8. 
Arabia Deserta. 
39. ALTHUS SETOSUS. 
Niger, ellipticus, robustus, convexus, nitens; capitis thoracisque latera 
dense setosa ; caput punctatum ; antenne picee ; thorax murginibus 
sulcoque transverso punctatis ; scutellum sparse punctatum ; pedes 
picet, crasst ; ale antice subliliter punctate, membrana cinerea. 
