IlKMIPTERA IlETEUOPTERA. 1.505 



61. RlIAPHIGASlER MACRACANTIIUS, C. 11. 289. 



a. Noilh Hiiulostaii. Fioin Ciipt. Boycs' cullectiou. 



b. Cahar. Preseuled by J. C. Bowling, Esq. 



02. RnAPHIGASTEU DORSALIS. 



dorsalis, Dohrn^ Slett. Ent. Zeit. xxi. 401. 



Ceylon. 



63. Khaphigaster strachioides. 



Luteus, nigra jnmctatiis ; caput ni()rum, luteo quinque villatum ; antenna 

 fulvce ; thorax vilta aiitica niyra abbreviata strigas duas lulcas inter- 

 ruptas includenle ; sculcllum maculis duabns nigris lateralibus sub- 

 apicalihus ; pectus et renter nigra Irivillala ; pedes rufescentes ; aUc 

 anlicce nigra uniinaculatcc. 



Luteous, oval, thinly and rather finely pnnctured ; punctures black. 

 Head black, with live luteous stripes, of which the inner pair are forked in 

 front and the outer pair are irrep;ular and border the eyes; lobes of equal 

 length, Rostrum black towards the lip, extending to the hind coxk. 

 Anleunaj tawny, less than half the length of the body; joints successively 

 increasing in length; first joint not extending to the front of the head. 

 Thorax in front with an abbreviated black band, which is dilated on each 

 side, where it contains an interrupted luteous streak; space about the band 

 smooth ; hind angles much rounded, not prominent. Sculcllum with a 

 callus on each angle at the base, and with a black spot on each side near 

 the lip. Pectus with three black stripes. Abdomen bencaih with three 

 stripes of triangular black spots; of these the lateral spots are connected. 

 Legs reddish, short, stout. Fore wings with a black spot iu ihe disk of the 

 corium ; membrane pellucid. Length of the body 2f lines. 



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



64. Rhaphigaster eubriplaga. 



Testaceus. dense pvnctatus ; capitis latera nigra lineata ; rastrian caxas 

 medias attingens ; antennce fulvce, corparis dimidio breviores ; (harax 

 transverse subimpressus, poslicc rvfa biplagiatns ; scutelluin maculis 

 duabits fasciaque subapicali riifis ; abdominis dorsum nigra bivit- 

 tatum ; spina ventralis coxas medias attingens; alee anticce macula, 

 a pi call riifa. 



Testaceous, nearly oval, thickly punctured, slightly shining. Head 

 with a black slender marginal line along each side; lobes of equal length. 

 Rostrum extending to the middle coxae. Antennas tawny, less than half 

 the length of the body; joints successively and slightly increasing in 

 length; first not exleudiuij to the front of the head. Thorax slightly and 

 transversely impressed on each side in front; a red patch on each side 

 between the hind angles, which are slighlly rounded and not prominent. 

 Sculcllum with a red spot on each side near the base and with a red band 

 near the lip. Abdomen with a black stripe on each side above and with 

 an incomplete brown stripe on each side beneath ; tip truncate; ventral 

 s])ine extending lo the middle coxas. Legs rather sliort and stout. Fore 



