502 CATALOGUE OF 



11. Megvmexcm pakallelum. 



parallel urn, Vollenh. Faune Ent. Arch. Indo-Neerland. iii. 48, pi. 4, 

 f. 10. 



Sumatra. 



a — c. China. Presented by Gen. Hardwicke. 



d — g. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowling, Esq. 



h, i. Shanghai. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



j. Ninth China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



A, /. Java. Presented by J. C. Bowling, Esq. 



12. MEGVMEXUM AFF1NE. 



atline, Boisd. Voy. Astrolabe, 633, pi. 11, f. 12. 



New Guinea. 



13. Megvmenum uasale. 



Purpurascens ; antenna nigra, subdi/a lata ; thorax antice rugulosus, 

 postice striates, cor mi bus duobos lateralibus acuiis longiusculis fere 

 porrectis; scalcllum apice vix angulation; ala antica nigra, abdo- 

 minis apicem fere altingenles, membrana fascia basali maculari 

 liturisaue exterioribus subcostaiibus pallide flavcscentibus. 



Dull purple, thickly and minutely punctured. Head with the lateral 

 lobes contiguous, slanting upward on the outer side, rounded at the tips. 

 Eyes very prominent. Antennae black, slightly dilated. Thorax rugulose 

 in front, transversely striated towards the hind border; an acute rather long 

 nearly purred horn on each side, where there is also a hinder slight angular 

 projection. Soutellum hardly keeled, hardly angular at the tip. Fore 

 wings black, extending nearly to the tip of the abdomen; a macular pale 

 yellowish band at the base of the membrane, and some small exterior pale 

 \ellow marks, most of which form a cluster near the tips of the costa. 

 Length of the body 7 lines. 



The boms of the thorax are longer than those of M. parallel um, and 

 very much moie acute than those of 31. instructum. 



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



14. MEGYMENUM INS'i'KUCTUM. 



Nigrum; caput ante oculos bispinosum; antenna dilatata; thoracis 

 latera spinis duabus anticis, cornubus duobus poslerioribus obliuue 

 porrectis apice rotundalis ; ala anlica abdominis apicem fere attin- 

 gentes, membrana fascia basali liturisque nonnullis exterioribus pallide 

 fiaveseentibus. 



Black, thickly and minutely punctured. Lobes of the head like 

 those of the preceding species ; a spine on each side in front of the eyes. 

 Antenna diluted. Thorax with an acute spine on each side of the lore 

 border; a broad obliquely porrect horn on each hinder side, rounded at 

 the lip and somewhat longer than its breadlh at the base. Fore wings 

 extending nearly in the tip of the abdomen, with an irregular pale 

 yellowish band .it the membrane and with some exterior pale yellowish. 



