22S CATALOGUE OF 



roslrum apice nigrum^ coxas posticus paulio svpcrans ; thorax antice 

 testuceo guadriguttatus viridi biplagiatus, postice nigrieante octo-slri- 

 ffutus, ajigulis pusticis subobtusis ; scutellum guttis quatuor basalibus 

 apiceque teslaceis ; pectoris lalera viridi notata ; venter rufescente tri- 

 viltalus, macula subupicali nigra ; pedes validi,nigro conspersi, tibiis 

 anticis apice subdilalalis ; alee anliccB nigricanle varicc, membrana 

 cinerea venis fusco fascialis, Var. /3. — Ferrugineo conspersa ; venter 

 ■viridi biviltatus. 



Testaceous, elliptical, roughly punctured ; punctures green,, bere and 

 there flustered with iuterrening smooth spaces; under side luteous, 

 ihitilj punctured. Head shorter than the thorax, with two very irregular 

 hlackish stripes; underside with two irregular green streaks ; lobes of equal 

 length. Eyes prominent. Rostrum black towards the tip, extending to 

 the hind bolder of the first abdominal segment. Thorax with a transverse 

 impression, in front oT which there are four smooth testaceous dots and two 

 green patches formed by the clustering punctures; hind part with eight 

 blackish streaks ; hind angles slightly obtuse and prominent. Scutellum 

 attenuated towards the tip, which is testaceous and smooth, hardly extending 

 Leyond the bend of the corium ; four testaceous dots at the base. Pectus 

 with some green marks on each side. Abdomen with black quadrate lateral 

 spots ; under side with three irregular reddish stripes and with a black spot 

 on the fore border of the fifth segment. Legs pale testaceous, stout, black- 

 sptckled ; fore tibiae slightly dilated at the tips. Fore wings here and there 

 blackish ; membrane cinereous, its veins with two or three brown bands. 

 Var. (i. — Punctures mostly ferruginous. Abdomen beneath with a very 

 irregular green stripe on each side, l^ength of the body 6 lines. 



It has a very close resemblance to D. brevis, but the hind angles of 

 the thorax are less rounded and the scutellum is a little more abruptly 

 attenuated towards the tip. 



fl, b. Java. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



24. Dalpada japonic a. 



Nigricans, elliptica, subrugnlosa, subtvs lutea; caput elongaturn, lobis 

 (iqualibus ; rostrum apice nigrum, ventris segmeiitum '2um allinqens ; 

 anlenrxB graciles, corporis dimidio breviores, arliculo So basi pallide 

 teslaceo ; thorax linea liturisque nonnuilis testaceis, lateribus unticis 

 svbvrenidalis, angulis posticis subobtusis; pectoris lalera nigra votata ; 

 venter macula subapiculi nigra trigona ; jiedes nigricanlcs, tougius- 

 culi,femoribus tesluctis nigra conspersis, tibiis iestaceo lute fasciatis ; 

 alee anticce testaceo iwtatcc, membrana fusca. 



Blackish, elliptical, minutely rugulose; under side luteous, smooth in 

 the disk, minutely punctured on each side. Head elongate-conical, v\ith 

 a slight angle on each side, much shorter than the thorax ; lobes of equal 

 length. Eyes very prominent. Rostrum black towards the tip, extending 

 nearly to the hind border of the second abdominal segment. Anlenns 

 slender, less than half the length of the body; first joint not extending to 

 the front of the head ; second much longer than the third ; fourth longer 

 than the second ; fifth pale testaceous at the base, a little shorter than the 

 second. Thorax with a testaceous longitudinal line, and with several small 

 testaceous marks; transverse impression hardly apparent; sides slightly 

 crenulated in front: hind angles slightly obtuse, not prominent. Scutellum 

 extending a little beyoud the angle of the corium, with a very slight keel 



