558 CATALOGUE OF 



Allied to E. gut tiger us, from which it may be distinguished by the 

 markings on the thorax and by the small size of the calli on the 

 sculellum. 



Formosa. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 



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Eysarcoris? truncatellus. 



Fulvus, conferte el subtiliter nigricanle punclalus, subtus sordide lestaceus ; 

 caput productum, valde ro tun datum ; antenna articulis Ao el bo piceis 

 basi fulvis ; thorax antice pieeo quadrimaculatus, angiitis posticis 

 oblusis non productis ; sculellum, callls duobus basalibns parvis 

 apiceque valde rotundato pal tide Jlavis ; pectus nigra nolalum ; venter 

 plagis ditabtts basalibus maculaque subapicali nigris ; pedes robusti, 

 nigro guttati; ala antica gutlis nigricantibus, membrana obscure 

 fusca albido venosa. 



Tawny, short-elliptical, thickly and minutely blackish punctured; 

 dingy testaceous beneath. Head elongated, much rounded in front; lobes 

 of equal length. Eyes piceous, prominent. Rostrum extending nearly to 

 the hind coxae; tip black. Antennae slender ; first joint not extending to 

 the front of the head; second much longer than the third ; fourth and fifth 

 piceous, tawny at the base ; fourth longer than the third ; fifth longer than 

 the fourth. Thorax with four piceous spots in front ; sides smooth ; hind 

 angles obtuse, not prominent. Scutellum with a minute callus on each 

 side at the base, and with the much rounded tip pale yellow. Pectus with 

 some black marks on each side. Abdomen beneath with a black patch on 

 each side at the base and with a black subapical spot; tip emarginate. 

 Legs stout; femora and tibiae dotted with black; tarsi and tips of tibiae 

 black. Fore wings with some blackish dots; membrane dark brown, with 

 whitish slightly reticulated veins. Length of the body 2 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Ker's collection. 



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Antestia annulifera. 



Nigra, dense el subtiliter punctata ; caput margine antico, strigis duabus 

 posticis lineaque anteriore albis ; antenna lutca ; thorax lateribus 

 margincque antico interruple, lineolis tribus arcualis fasciaque con- 

 spersa abbreviata albis; scutellum maculis tribus basalibus, maculis 

 duabus discoidalibus fasciaque apicali i>icisa albis; pectus albo 

 nolalum ; venter vittis duabus macularibus abbrcviatis spinaque albis ; 

 ala antica; casta maculaque discoidali albis. 



Black, elliptical, thickly and minutely punctured. Head bordered 

 with white and rounded in front; two longitudinal white streaks near the 

 hind border and a longer anterior white streak on the middle lobe. Eyes 

 piceous, rather prominent. Rostrum, antennae and legs luteous. Rostrum 

 extending to the hind coxae. Joints of the antenna; from the first to the 

 tilth successively increasing in length. Thorax narrowly bordered with 

 white in front and on each side, this hue interrupted on each side of the 

 fore border; a few small various while marks on each side; an abbreviated 

 black-speckled band on the hind border, having in front of it three white 



