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6. SERINETHA taprobanensis, n. s. 



S. rufo-fulva, punctata, subtus nigra margine omni fulvo ; mem- 

 brana, antennis, pedibus rostroque nigris. # . 

 Long. lin. 1~1\. 



Above orange-red, very thickly and finely punctured. Eyes and 

 ocelli red. Thorax with a strong furrow near the anterior mar- 

 gin, enclosing an elevated collar and with a very distinct transverse 

 furrow on the posterior margin. Scutellum longer than broad. 

 Membrane of the elytra black, with a brassy tinge. Body beneath 

 black, margined with red and fulvous. Legs, rostrum and an- 

 tennae black. 



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



7. SERINETHA longirostris, n. s. 



S. rostro fere corporis longitudine, nigro ; capite, thorace, cor- 

 poreque subtus rufis ; scutello, elytrorum corio pedibusque pi- 

 ceis ; membrana nigra ; antennis nigris, articulo basali rufes- 

 centi. $ . 

 Long. lin. 7* 



Head more produced in front than in the preceding species, 

 red, impunctate. Thorax red, thickly and finely punctured, with 

 a strong transverse impression a little behind the anterior mar- 

 gin, and with a faintly elevated longitudinal line on the centre 

 of the disc. Scutellum pitchy red. Coriaceous portion of the 

 elytra pitchy, thickly and finely punctured, and clothed with pale 

 hairs, with the nervures elevated and smooth; membrane black. 

 Body beneath red, sparingly clothed with soft hairs. Legs pitchy 

 black. Rostrum black, very long, reaching the posterior margin 

 of the penultimate segment of the abdomen. Antennas black, 

 with the basal joint red. 



a. Java. From the East India Company's Collection. 



8. SERINETHA lurida, n. s. 



S. supra fusco-rufescens, obscura, subtus, cum capite, laete rufa ; 

 pedibus antennisque piceis ; rostro nigro. c? . 

 Long. lin. 5. 



Head red, impunctate. Thorax dull reddish grey, with the 

 margins red, a transverse impression near the anterior margin, 

 and a slightly elevated longitudinal line down the centre. Scu- 

 tellum and coriaceous portion of the elytra dull reddish brown ; 

 membrane dark brown. Body beneath bright red. Legs and 

 antennae pitchy. Rostrum reaching the base of the abdomen, 

 black. 



