484 Mr. W. L. Distant’s enumeration of the 
central base of abdomen, bluish black; abdomen, corium, mem- 
brane, and basal half of apical joint of antenne, ochraceous ; tibie 
and tarsi somewhat brownish. Pronotum behind the anterior 
transverse impression and the corium somewhat coarsely punctate ; 
scutellum somewhat gibbous at base; anterior femora spined 
beneath near apex; antenne with the basal joint longest, second 
and fourth joints subequal in length, and a little longer than the 
third joint. Long. 12 mm. 
This species is placed near D. albicornis, Fabr. 
Dysdercus cingulatus. 
Cimex cingulatus, Fabr., Syst. Ent., p. 719, 108 (1775). 
A very widely-distributed species, found in Continental 
India and China, and distributed throughout the whole 
length and breadth of the Malayan Archipelago. 
Dysdercus papuensis, n. 8. 
Body above black; anterior area of pronotum reddish ochraceous ; 
margins of prgnotum and costal, claval, and apical margins of 
corium ochraceous, posterior margins of membrane narrowly 
greyish. Body beneath reddish ochraceous; head, legs, a large 
spot on’meso- and metasterna, and disk of basal segments of 
abdomen, black ; anterior and posterior margins of prosternum, 
posterior margins of meso- and metasterna, outer margins of 
coxe, and posterior margins of abdominal segments, pale shining 
ochraceous-white ; outer margins of sternum and corium beneath 
ochraceous. Rostrum reddish ochraceous, basal joint and apex 
black, the last extending to the second abdominal segment. 
Antenne with the first and fourth joints subequal in length, apex 
of the first joint slightly incrassated, second and third joints 
shortest, second longer than third. Long. 16 mm. 
Allied to D. philippinus, H.-S., and D. decussatus, 
Boisd. I possess a specimen of this species from 
Murray Island. 
Dysdercus mesiostigma, n.s. (Pl. XIIL., fig. 12). 
Dysdercus mesiostigma, Walk. (MS8.). 
Reddish ochraceous ; antenne, eyes, basal margin of scutellum, 
a spot at basal angle of membrane, rostrum (excluding base), tibie, 
tarsi, anterior margin of mesosternum, and a lateral series of 
ventral spots, black or blackish. Membrane brownish ochraceous 
