968 CATALOGUE OF 



four irregular macular pale luteous stripes. Legs luteons, stout ; femora 

 luostl}^ pakr; fore wings with five more or less complete pale luleous 

 stripes; membrane brown. Length of ihe boiiy 4 lines. 



a. Celebes. Presented by W. \V. Saunders, Esq. 



Genus 15. TAURODES, C. H. 219. 

 1. Taurodes boops, C. H. 220. 

 a. Pbilippine Isles. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



Genus 16. ^SCHRUS, C. H. 220. 



1. .SSCHRUS OBSCURUS, C. H. 221. 



a. Java. From Mr. Argent's colleetion. 



b. Hiudostau. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



2. ^SCHRUS TESTUDINARIUS. 



Ferrugineus, aspere pttnctaiiis, nigro conspcrsus ; caput nigrum, lobis 

 laleralibus exlus denlalis lobum medium superuntibus ; antenntefiUva, 

 corporis dimiclio breviores ; thorax an lice niger vix carinatus, spiuis 

 crassis longissimis peracutis apice nigris ; pectus el venter nigra 

 varia ; femora nigra, fulvo bifasciata ; tibia piceo fasciatcc, basi 

 nigra; membrana cinerea, nigricante reticulata. 



Ferruginous, elliptical, roughly punctured above and beneath; punc- 

 tures black. Head black, hardly narrower in front; lateral lobes extending 

 beyond the middle lobes, each armed wilh a stout tooth on the outer side of 

 the front. Roslriim tawny, extending a little beyond the hind coxae. 

 AntennsB tawny, slender, less than half the length of ihe body; first joint 

 not extending to the front of the head ; second shorter than the third ; fourth 

 and fifth piceous; fourth shorter than the third and than the fifth. Thorax 

 transversely and slightly impressed and partly black in front, where there 

 is a slight longitudinal keel; spines very long and stout and acute, slightly 

 inclined forward, black in front and with black tips. Scutellum about two- 

 thirds of the length of the abdomen. Pectus and under side of the abdo- 

 men partly black. Legs stout; coxie and femora black; posterior femora 

 wilh two tawny bands; second band irregular; tibiae black at the base and 

 with a piceous band. Corium of the fore wings small ; membrane cine- 

 reous, with blackish reticulated veins. Length of the body 3 lines. 



a. ? From Mr. Vigors' collection. 



Genus 17. AXIAGASTUS, C. H. 221. 



1. AxiAGASTDS ROSMARUS, C. H. 22 L 



Tu the female of this species the sides of the rostral channel are not 

 developed into spines. The length of the rostrum is variable. The antennae 

 are much more than half the length of the body and the joints to the fourth 

 successively increase in length ; the fourth and the fifth are equal in length. 

 The pale luleous spot at the tip of the scutellum is very variable in size and 

 shape. In two specimens of the male the right antenna of the one and the 

 left anleunH of the other aie deformed, and not more than one-third of the 

 usual length, aud wilh only three perceptible joints. 



