HEUIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 567 



Khaphigaster perornatus. 



Rufus, conferle et subtiliter punctatus, subtus luteus ; caput cyaneum,rufo 

 marginatum; thorax cyaneo bimaculatus ; sculellum cyaneum,dimidio 

 apicali rufo ; venter macula subapicali nigra; pedes pallide fiavi, 

 femoribus tibiis tarsisque apice tibiisque basi nigris ; aide anticm striga 

 obliqua cyanea, membrana nigro-fusca, dimidio apicali pellucido. 



Red, elliptical, shining - , thickly and minutely punctured, luteous 

 heneath. Head deep blue above; lateral lobes bordered with red on the 

 outer side. Eyes black, prominent. Rostrum luteous, black towards the 

 tip, extending to the middle coxae. Antennae black, slender ; first joint 

 not extending to the front of the head ; second much longer than the third ; 

 fourth a little longer than the second; fifth a little longer than the fourth. 

 Thorax with a large elongated deep blue spot on each side of the disk; 

 hind angles rounded, hardly prominent. Sculellum deep blue for half the 

 length from the base, rounded at the tip. Pectus black. Abdomen beneath 

 with a large black subapical spot; ventral spine extending to the middle 

 coxae. Legs pale yellow; femora black towards the tips; tibiae black at 

 the base and at the tips; tarsi with black tips. Fore wings with an oblique 

 deep blue streak, which extends from the disk to the exterior border; 

 membrane blackish brown, with the exterior half colourless and pellucid. 

 Length of the body 3j lines. 



a. Whydah. From Mr. Fraser's collection. 



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Rhaphigaster quinquemaculatus. 



Rufus, conferle et subtiliter punctatus ; caput nigrum, rufo quinque vit- 

 latum; rostrum coxas inlermedias attingens ; thorax callis duobus 

 transversis nigris rufo slrigatis ; scutellum lateribus basi maculisque 

 tribus nigris ; pectus et venter nigro triviltata ; spina venlrulis coxas 

 inlermedias allinge.ns ; aim anticce striga postica maculaque apicali 

 nigris, membrana pellucida. 



Red, elliptical, shining, thickly and minutely black-punctured. Head 

 black, rounded iu front, with five red stripes, of which the inner pair are 

 short; lobes of equal length. Eyes piceous, not prominent. Rostrum 

 black towards the tip, extending to the middle coxa). Thorax in front with 

 two transverse black calli, each including a red streak ; hind angles rounded, 

 not prominent. Scutellum much rounded at the tip, with three black spots, 

 one in the disk before the middle and one on each side beyond the middle; 

 sides black towards the base. Pectus and uuder side of the abdomen with 

 three black stripes, the middle stripe macular on the abdomen ; ventral 

 spine extending to the middle COX8B. Fore wings with a black apical spot 

 and with a black streak along the hind pail of the exterior border; mem- 

 brane pellucid. Length of the body 8] lines. 



Formosa. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 



