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and stout ; femora speckled with brown and hlack ; tarsi witli hrown tips. 

 Fore wings wilb three very slight brown pulches ; membrane cinereous, 

 wilh brown streaks between the veins. Length of the body (3 lines. 



It has much resemblance to D. oculala, from which it may be distin- 

 guished by the more acute front of the head. 



a. Java. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



14. Dalpada apicifera. 



SorcHdn leslacea, elliplica, fuscn conspersa, subltis pnllide lulea ; caput 

 fusco suff'usum, llwrace sal brcviu.i, lobo medio lobos lalerales per- 

 paullo superans ; rostrum nigricans, basi testaceitm, coxas posticus 

 siiperans ; antenna picecc,graciUimce, corpore mullo breviores, articulis 

 4o ooque bad testaceis ; thorax vittis c/ualuor fuscis inlerruplis inde- 

 terminulis, angulis posticis bene delerminatis vix acutis ; scutellum 

 fusco biviltatum, basi luteo triniaculatum ; pectus et venter ceneo bi- 

 vittata ; abdominis dorsum macutis lateralibus pallide luteis ; pedes 

 robusli, femoribus nigris luleo conspersis, tibiis nigris luteo unifas- 

 cialis ; alee anlicm fusco el rufescenle plagiatce, membrana cinerea 

 ven is strigisque fuscis. 



Dingy testaceous, elliptical, minutely punctured, punctures brown; 

 under side pale luleous and very finely punctured. Head above mostly 

 brown, rather shorter than the thorax ; middle lobe extending very little 

 beyond the lateral lobes. Eyes very prominent. Rostrum rather slender, 

 blackish except towards the base, extending rather beyond the hind coxae. 

 AntennoB piceous, very slender, much shorter than the body ; first joint 

 extending nearly to the front of the head ; second very much longer than 

 the first; third longer than the second; fourth and fifth testaceous towards 

 the base; fourth longer than the third and than the fifth. Thorax with 

 four brown irregular and interrupted stripes, slightly and transversely im- 

 pressed near the fore border; hind angles prominent, hardly acute, slightly 

 elevated. Scutellum attenuated towards the lip, extending a little beyond 

 the hind angle of the corium, wilh two irregular brown stripes which are 

 dilated and connected towards the base, on which there are three pale 

 luteous spots. Pectus wilh two broad irregular marginal dull aeneous 

 stripes, which are partly cupreous and are continued in two narrower stripes 

 beneath the abdomen, where they include pale luleous spots; these are 

 connected with like spots on the upper surface. Legs stout; femora black, 

 speckled with pale luteous, wholly pale luleous towards the base, the luteous 

 hue most prevalent in the hind legs ; tibiae black, wilh a broad middle pale 

 luleous baud ; tarsi black towards ihe tips. Eore wings with three brown 

 and wilh thiee dull reddish patches, two of ihe latter on the ouier border; 

 membrane cinereous, wilh brown veins and wilh several brown streaks. 

 Length of the body 8 lines. 



It much resembles D. oculata, but the hind angles of the thorax are 

 not globose, 



a. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



15. Dalpada xodifera. 



Fulva, cUiptica, aspere punctata, nigro conspersu, sublus lulea ; caput 

 thorace sal brcvius, nigro trivittatiun, lobis longitudine aqnutibus ; 

 rostrum nigrum, basi lultum, abdominis scgmcnlum \um allingcns ; 



