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Body beneath pale yellowish green. Legs yellowish green, with 

 the tarsi ferruginous. Antennae red, with the basal joint greenish. 

 a. Canada. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



26. RHAPHIGASTER anticus, n. s. 



R. testaceus, punctatus ; thorace postice, scutello, apice excepto, 

 elytrorumque corio, fusco-rufescentibus ; antennis fiil\ 7 is, arti- 

 culis 2 ultimis fuscis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 4. 



Head testaceous, thickly and finely punctured, with the mar- 

 gins brown. Thorax irregularly and not very thickly punctured ; 

 the anterior portion as far as the line of the lateral angles testa- 

 ceous, the posterior portion dark reddish brown. Scutellum 

 brownish red, thickly and finely punctured, with the apex testa- 

 ceous, impunctate. Coriaceous portion of the elytra brownish 

 red, thickly and finely punctured ; membrane transparent, brown- 

 ish. Body beneath testaceous. Abdomen faintly and sparingly 

 punctured on the sides ; the disc smooth, impunctate ; basal spine 

 very small. Breast somewhat orange, more thickly and distinctly 

 punctured than the sides of the abdomen. Legs testaceous; 

 tarsi dusky. Rostrum testaceous, with the tip black. Antennae 

 with the basal joint testaceous ; the second and third reddish ; 

 the fourth and fifth brownish. 



27. RHAPHIGASTER fulvescens, n. s. 



R. supra griseo-fulvus, nigro -punctatus, subtus fulvus, pectore 

 nigro-punctato ; membrana fuscescente, subhyalina, n'ervis 

 fuscis ; pedibus testaceis, punctis nonnullis minutis nigris ; 

 rostro antennisque testaceis, his articulis tribus ultimis pilosis ; 

 spina ventrali brevissimo, obtuso. $ . 

 Long. lin. 6. 



28. RHAPHIGASTER Guildinii. 



Raphigaster Guildinii, Hope, Cat. 31 (1837). 



a. S. America. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



29. RHAPHIGASTER flavolineatus. 



Raphigaster flavolineatus, Hope, Cat. 31? (1837). 

 Ilhaphigraster virescens, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 148. 2? (1843). 



a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



b. Navigators' Islands. 



c. N. Bengal. From Lieut. Campbell's Collection. 

 ? d. (S. America.) From Mr. Children's Collection. 



