160 CATALOGUE OF 



74. J^Ithus semialuidus. 



Niger, elliplicus, ronvexits, nilens, sal latiis ; caput subimpressum, vix 

 rugulosum ; antenna; picece ; thorax npiid sulcum medium Iran ft ver- 

 sum puHctatus, disco aniico subexcavato ; scutcllum sparse punc- 

 tutum ; al(e anticce livid(e, glabra, apice nigricantes, membrana 

 albida. 



Black, elliptical, convex, sliininir, r.itlier broad. Head slighll}' im- 

 pressed, liiudly ruguluse, hardy liali" the breadth of the thorax. Antennas 

 piceous, not more llian one-third of the lengtii of the body ; joints from 

 the second to the fifth nearly equal in lenf,ah. Thorax with a transverse 

 middle furrow, which is accomjianied by punctures ; disk between the fur- 

 row and the fore bor.ier sli;r|)tly excavated. Scutelhim thinly punctured. 

 Legs stout ; tibia; strongly spinose ; lore tibiae clavate. Fore vvinj^s livid, 

 smooth, blackish at the tips, with two slri<e near the costa and two near 

 the hind border ; membrane whitish hyaline. Length of the body 

 If line. 



Amoy, China. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 

 Australasia. 



75. iEt'IIUS SUB/ENKOS, C. H. 1 Ifi. 

 a. Philippine Isles. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



76. .Sthus philtppixensis, C. H. 118. 

 rt, b. Philippine Isles. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



77. .Dtkus earociliatus. 

 Cydnus rarociliatus, Ellenr. Nat. Tijd. Nederl. Indie, xxiv. 139, f. 7. 

 Sumatra. 



78. ^THU9 JAVANIIS. 



Macroscytus javanus, Mayr, Novara Hem. 8. 

 Java. 



79. ^THUS INSIGNIS. 



Niger, ellipticui, crassus, convexus, ?ntens,latcribus setosis- ; capitis latera 

 ■ rugtdosa, dense punctata; rostrum rufnm ; anlenncr. picece, articulis 

 4rt bo(jue apice fulvis ; thorax antice excnvatus et dense punctatxis, 

 laleraliter et apud sulcum Iransversum indeterminatum. sparse punc- 

 tatus ; scutellum sparse puiiclalum ; pedes crassi ; alee anticw sex 

 striates, dense punctata;, membrana fusca. 



Black, elliptical, tliick, convex, shining, beset with stout bristles along 

 each side. Head rugulose and thickly punctured on each side, not more 

 than one-third of the breadth of the thorax; lateral lobes hardly lon<;er 

 than the middle lobe. Eves, ocelli ami rostrum red. Antennte piceous; 

 joints successively and slightly increasing in length; fourth and liftli witli 

 tawny tips. Thorax thinly and minutely punctured on each side and be- 

 hind the slight transverse middle furrow ; a shallow thickly punctured 

 excavation extending from neiv the furrow to the fore border and occupying 

 full half the breadth. Scutelhim thinly and minutely punctured. Legs 



