16 CATALOGUE OF 



body ; first joint nearly as long as the bead ; second about half the length 

 of the first; third a little shorter than the first; fourth clavate, a little 

 shorter than the second. Prolhorax with two tuberculate longitudinal 

 ridges ; a short stont spine on each side near the fore border ; by the hind 

 border on each side a large stout acute spine, which is inclined forward 

 and is obliquely ascending and diverging outward. Scutellura with two 

 ridges, one longitudinal, the other transverse. Abdomen with four short 

 spines on each side; a longer spine on each side at the tip, which is 

 truncated. Legs pubescent, rather stout. Fore wings extending nearly to 

 the tip of the abdomen ; membrane with longitudinal veius, some of which 

 are forked. Length of the body b\ lines. 



a. Sumatra. From Sir Stamford Raffles' collection. 



10. Crimia laminifera. 



Mas. Picea, bicarinata, postice latescens ; caput cornu frontali porrecto 

 lanceolato antice furcato, lateribus quadrispinosis ; antenna corporis 

 dimidio vix breviores, articulis 2o 4oque subaqualibus hoc clavato, 

 lo 3oque longioribus ; prothoracis lobus anticus lateribus anticis 

 quadrispinosis, posticis lateribus bidentatis ; scutellum nigrum, ferru- 

 gineo bislrigatum; abdomen ferrugineo biseriatimmaculatum, subtus 

 testaceum, lateribus spinosis, denlibus quatuor apicalibus duabus 

 testaeeis rotundatis duabus oblique truncatis ; tibia rufescente fasciatce ; 

 alee anticce abdominis apicem fere attingentes, corii striga furcata 

 testacea, membrana cinerea albido reticulata. 



Male. Piceous, flat, widening hindward. Head forming in front a 

 forked lanceolate horn, which is a little shorter than the first joint of the 

 antennas; a spine on the outer side of each antenniferous tubercle, rather 

 less than one-fourth of the length of the first joint of the antennae; an 

 obliquely retracted spine on each side behind the eye ; two ridges which 

 continue on the protborax, where they diverge from the fore border to the 

 hind border. Rostrum red. Antenna? nearly half the length of the body ; 

 first joint about twice the length of the second; third rather longer than 

 the first ; fourth clavate, about half the length of the third. Lobes of the 

 prothorax dilated on each side ; dilatation of the fore lobe with two stout 

 spines, which incline obliquely forward, that of the hind lobe forming a 

 rounded tooth, which is also inclined obliquely forward. Scutellum trian- 

 gular, black, with two ferruginous streaks, which extend from the fore 

 border to the middle. Disk of the pectus testaceous. Abdomen with 

 ferruginous spots on each side above ; under side testaceous ; five short 

 spines on each side ; apical part on each side with two long broad obtuse 

 teeth, of which the fore one is testaceous and rounded and the hind one 

 obliquely truncated ; a spine on each side of the tip, which is angular. 

 Tibia? with a reddish band before the middle. Fore wings extending 

 nearly to the tip of the abdomen ; corium with a forked testaceous apical 

 streak ; membrane cinereous, with irregularly reticulated whitish veins. 

 Length of the body 5£ lines. 



a. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



