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bright orange, with the margins spotted with black ; vulvar plates 

 spotted with black. Breast orange, with six black spots on each 

 side. Legs black. Rostrum black, with the basal joint yellow. 

 Antennae with the first two joints black ; remainder wanting. 

 a. Ceylon. From Capt. Parry's Collection. 



Genus 4. MICROBASIS, n* g. 



Head rather large, triangular, with the central lobe projecting 

 beyond the lateral lobes. Eyes not very prominent, placed near 

 the back of the head ; ocelli distant, placed near the posterior 

 inner angles of the eyes. Antennae about two-thirds the length 

 of the body, inserted about the middle of the lateral margins of 

 the head, rather stout, of four joints ; basal joint short and stout, 

 shorter than the head ; second joint longest ; third joint longer 

 than the fourth. Rostrum very long, reaching the middle of the 

 fourth segment of the abdomen ; basal joint passing the base of 

 the head ; second joint about as long as the first ; third joint 

 shortest ; fourth longest. Body oblong. Abdomen projecting a 

 little beyond the elytra on each side, not furrowed beneath. Legs 

 rather stout; tarsi three-jointed; basal joint longer than the 

 other two together ; second joint shortest. 



1. MICROBASIS maculata, n. s. PL XIV. fig. 1. 



M. supra rufa, nigro-variegata, subtus flava, nigro-maculata ; an- 

 tennis nigris, articulo basali rufo ; pedibus rostroque rufis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 7- 



Above red, opaque, thickly and finely punctured. Head with 

 a narrow longitudinal black line on each side, within the eyes. 

 Thorax with four longitudinal black lines, the outer ones a little 

 within the lateral margins, the intermediate ones broadest. Scu- 

 tellum with two triangular black spots at the base. Coriaceous 

 portion of the elytra with a broad band down the clavus, the 

 outer margin, a large triangular spot on the disc, and a smaller 

 one near the apex, black ; membrane brassy black. Margins of 

 the abdomen red. Body beneath yellow, narrowly margined with 

 red, and with three rows of black spots on each side ; abdomen 

 with a black spot on the centre of the third and fourth segments ; 

 vulvar plates red. Legs and rostrum red, the latter tipped with 

 black. Antenna? black, with the basal joint red. 

 a. Columbia. From M. Goudot's Collection. 



Genus 5. SERINETHA. 

 Lygseus, p., Fab. Ent. Syst. iv. (IJ94) fy Syst. Eh. (1803). 



