55 I CATALOGUE Ol- 



io the hind coxae ; tip black. Antennae testaceous, slender, less than half 

 the length of the hody ; first joint not extending to the front of the head ; 

 second much less than half the length of the third; fourth and fifth black, 

 testaceous at the base, very much shorter than the third. Thorax with a 

 transverse callus and with a hinder small testaceous callus on each side in 

 front ; sides testaceous, smooth ; hind angles rectangular, slightly elongated. 

 Scutellum large, rounded at the tip, with a small black testaceous-bordered 

 callus on each side at the base. Abdomen beneath with two testaceous 

 marginal stripes ; tip excavated. Legs testaceous. Membrane of the fore 

 wings cinereous fawn-colour. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 

 6 lines. 



a. Santa rem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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MORMIDEA NERVOSA. 



Cimex nervosus, Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent. v. 169. 

 Cape. 



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MORMIDEA NIGRICEPS. 



Fulva, conferte el subtililer punctata, sublux testaeea ; caput nigricans; 

 thorax jugo transverso postice nigricante, spatio anteriore sparse 

 punctalo, margine antico nigricanle, angulis posticis productis acutis ; 

 scutellum apice glabrum pallide flavum ; pedes fusco subconspersi ; 

 membrana fusca. 



Tawny, elliptical, thickly and minutely brown-punctured, testaceous 

 beneath. Head blackish, somewhat elongated; lobes of equal length. 

 Eyes piceous, prominent. Rostrum extending a little beyond the hind 

 coxae ; tip black. Thorax with a slight transverse ridge, in front of which 

 it is testaceous and thinly punctured; fore border and a line along the 

 hind side of the ridge blackish; the usual transverse calli ; hind angles 

 elongated, acute, a little shorter than their breadth at the base. Scutellum 

 smooth and pale yellow at the tip, which is rounded. Legs slender; femora 

 and tibia; slightly brown-speckled. Membrane and hind wings cinereous. 

 Length of the body 5 liues. 



Hiudostan. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 



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MoilMIDEA DETEUSA. 



Testaeea, dense et conferte nigro-punctata ; caput subproductum, supra 

 nigricans; antennce articulis 4o boqnv. piceis, 4o apice 5<>que basi 

 albidis ; thorax antice nigricans, lateribus unidentatis lineaque 

 transversa indeterminala glabris, angulis posticis productis acutis ; 

 scutellum subacutum ; venter viltis tribus nigricantibus, lineis dun bus 

 arcuatis glabris, apice emarginata ; femora apices versus nigra con- 

 tpersa ; aim antico: tinea furcala gutlisquc glabris, membrana fus- 

 cacente apud marginem pallide cinerea. 



