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jjj — kkh. Isle of Pines. Presented by tbe Admiralty. 

 Ill — qqq. New Caledonia. From Mr. Alacg^illivray's collection. 

 rrr. Timor. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 

 sss — til. Ceram. Piesenled hv W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 vvv. Celebes. Presented by W. \V. Saunders, Esq. 



uuu — www. ? Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



XXX. ? Presented by Sir Johu Liddell. 



2. Tectocoris cyanipes, C. II. 16. 



a, b. Australia. 



c. N.W. Coast of Australia. Presented by J. Hunter, Esq. 

 d — i. Australia. From Mr. Cbildren's collection. 

 j. Java. Presented by J. Wilson, Esq. 

 k, I. Australia. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 

 tn — o. Java. Presented by M. Serville. 

 p, g. Port Essinfiton. Presented by tbe late Earl of Derby. 

 r. Australia. Presented by Sir. J. Richardson. 

 s. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 

 t. Java. From Mr. Argent's collection. 

 V, u. Celebes. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 

 w. Bauda. From Mr. W^allace's collection. 



X. ? From tbe Voyage of H.M.S. ' Herald.' 



y, z. Java. Presented by J. C Bo\vrin<r, Esq. 

 aa, hb. Ceram. From .Madame Ida Pleiffer's collection. 

 cc, dd. Celebes. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq, 

 ee,ff. Ceram. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 gg. Java. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



3. Tectocobis pusillus. 



Rufus ; caput purpureum, macula rufa quadrata lineolam emittenle ; 

 thorax macula transversa arcuata purpureo-yiigra , lateribus pur- 

 pureis ; scutellum maculis sex purpuren-ni gris ; pectus purpurea 

 quadriplayiatum ; abdomen subtus plaga nigra, maculis laleralibus 

 purpureis. 



Red. Head purple, witb a quadrate red spot whicb rests on tbe 

 bind border and emits a red line to the front. Antennae Idack, purplisii at 

 tbe base. Thorax purple along each side, and witb a purplish Idack 

 transverse arched spot near the hind border. Scutellum witb tbree large 

 purplish black .spots on each side. Pectus with two puiple patches on each 

 side. Abdomen beneath with a black (/atcb in the disk, -and with purple 

 spots along each side. Le^s purple. Length of the body 6 lines. 



Future observations will determine whether this is a distinct species 

 or a small variety of T. lianksiw. 



a. New Caledonia. From Mr. Macgillivray's collection. 



4. Tectocoris obliquus. 



Rufus ; caput strigis duabus anticis furcatis maculisque duabus posticis 

 purpureo-nigris ; thorax strigis duabus vigris obtiquis ; pectus pur- 

 purea biniavulutum ; abdominis lu.lera subtus purpurea maculala ; 

 pedes purpurei, fenioribus subtus rujis. 



Red. Head with a purplish black spot on each side of the hind 

 border, and with a forked purplish black streak on each side in front, and 



