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63. MORMIDEA CONTIGUA. 



Fulva, aspere punctulo, nii/ro cnnspersn, subtna pali'ule leslacca ; antenna 

 apices versus nigra; thorax lineis duabus manjinalibus Jluvo-albis, . 

 spiuis nigris longis crassis obtasis siiboblicjuis ; scutellum maculis 

 duabus basalibus' unaque apicali magnis pallide Jlavis ; pedes nigra 

 conspersi ; alee aniicce casta basi aibida. 



Tawny, oval, roughly punctured; punctures black ; under side, rostrum 

 and legs pale testaceous. Head elongate-conical, more thickly punctured 

 than the thorax; lobes of equal length. Rostrum extending to the hind 

 coxte. Antennae slender, full half the length of the body; tirst joint not 

 extending to the front of the head ; second and third of about ecjual length ; 

 fourth and fifih black, very much longer than the third. Thorax with a 

 transverse callus on each side in front, and with a smooth slight yellowish 

 white marginal ridge between the spine and the fore border; spines black, 

 stout, long, rounded at the tips, slightly inclined forward. Scutellum with 

 three large smooth pale yellow spots, one on each side of the fore border, 

 the third apical. Legs slender; femora and tibite black-speckled. Fore 

 wings with the costa whitish at the base ; membrane cinereous. Length of 

 the body ;H lines. 



Very nearly allied to M. socia, but the spines of the thorax are less 

 acute. 



a. Java. 



64. MORMIDEA DUCTOR. 



Saturate viridis, scile punctata, subtus teslacea viridi pallida marginuta ; 

 caput ochraceiim, nigra marginatum ; rostrum pallide testaceum, apice 

 nigrum; thorax spinis nigris acutis langissimis perpaulla ascendenti- 

 bus ; venter guttis marginalibus nigris ; tarsi apice testacei. 



Deep green, oval, minutely punctured; under side pale green with a 

 testaceous disk. Head ochraceous, small, conical, bordered with black, 

 green towards the hind border; lobes of equal length. Rostrum pale 

 testaceous, extending to the hind border of the first abdominal segment ; 

 tip black. Antennte slender, about half the length of the body; first joint 

 extending to the front of the head ; second longer than the third ; third 

 longer than the fourth ; fifth more than twice longer than the fourth. 

 Thorax with a smooth transverse space on each side in front; spines black, 

 acute, very long, very slightly ascending. Scutellum attenuated towards 

 the tip, extending to the angle of the corium. Abdomen beneath with 

 black marginal dots. Legs slender; tarsi testaceous towards the tips. 

 Membrane of the fore wings pale cinereous. Length of the body 6^ lines. 



a. Batchian. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Es(|. 



Genus 12. TYOMA. 



Tyoma, Spin. Tav. Sin. 98 — Oxycoris, Mayr, Vcrh. Zool. But, Gcsch. 

 Wien. xiv. 909; Navara Hem. 58. 



