224- CATALOGUE OF 



longer tlian the third ; fouilh much longer than the tliird and than the 

 fifth, which is testaceous at the hase. Thorax, sciitelhini and fore wings 

 partly and slightly clouded with brown. Thorax with a transverse im- 

 pression, in Iron t of which there are four black spots; hind angles black, 

 smooth, shilling, globose. Scutellum attenuated towards the hase. Pectus 

 with a black patch on each side containing three testaceous dots. Abdo- 

 men beneatli with a furiow which extends to the hind liorder of the fourth 

 segment, with a piceous apical patch, and with two black stripes which 

 include testaceous lateral spots. Legs long, setuhise; femora black- 

 speckled ; tibiae piceous towards the tips. Membrane of the fore wings 

 cinereous, with broad brown streaks between the veins. Length of the body 

 7 lines. 



It is narrower than D. nodifera, with which it agrees in the structure 

 of the hind angles of the thorax. 



a. Hindostan. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



17. Dalpada tecta. 



Pallide teslacen, eliiptica, aspere punctata, (sneo conspersa, sublus 

 Intea ; caput ihoruce pirpaullo bieviu.s, lobo medio labos Uiterales vix 

 superante ; rostrum apice niyiuin, abdominis se<jmentum Hum allin- 

 gens ; antenna lulea, ijraciles, nigra conspersa: ; thorax vilta glabra, 

 angulis posticis obtusis ; pedes graciles, nigra conspersi ; alee anticce 

 vilta brevi nigra, membrana fusca. 



Pale testaceous, elliptical, thickly and coarsely punclnrtd ; punctures 

 aeneous; under side luleous. Head very little shorter than the thorax; 

 middle lobe hardly extending beyond the lateral lobes ; a thinly punctured 

 space on the hind border. Eyes rather prominent. Rostrum black towards 

 the lip, extending a little beyond the fore border of the third abdominal 

 segment. Antennae luteous, slender, black-speckled ; first joint not ex- 

 tending to the front of the head ; second shorter than ttie third. Thorax 

 with a smooth longitudinal line, which is dilated on the transverse impres- 

 sion ; hind angles obtuse, prominent. Scutellum extending rather beyond 

 the angle of the corium, with a smooth interrupted longitudinal line which 

 is dilated on the fore border and at the lip. Pectus and under side of 

 abdomen thinly and minutely punctured on each side ; punctures black. 

 Legs slender, black-speckled. Fore wings with a short black stripe iu the 

 disk; membrane brown. Length of the body 6 lines. 



It is shorter than D. affinis, and the hind angles of ihe thorax are not 

 convex nor smooth. 

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



18. Dalpada brevivitta. 

 Sordide luridn, eliiptica, subliliter punctata, acervatim nigra con- 

 spersa ; caput thnrace paullo brevius. loba medio lobos laterules nan 

 superante; rostrum abdominis segmentum \um paullo superans; 

 antennce gracillimic, corpore mullo breviores ; tliorace traiisverse iin- 

 pressus, vitta postica lata lurida, angulis posticis subacutis ; pedes 

 langiusculi, sat graciles, fcnioribus tibiisque apice tarsisque nigris ; 

 alec anticce nigricante biplayiata, membruna cinerea fusco unistrigata 

 el submarginata. 



