568 CATALOGUE OF 



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 Rhaphioaster jndecorus. 



Fulvus, conferle et subtiliter nigro-punctatus, subtus lestaceus ; thorax 

 fascia nigra indeterminata ; sculellum longum ; pectus nigricante 

 biplagialum ; venter maculis nigris univiUatus; femora poslica nigro 

 unifaseiata ; membrana cinerea. 

 Tawnv. elliptical, thickly and minutely black-punctured, testaceous be- 

 neath. Head short, rounded in front ; lohes of equal length. Eyes piceous, 

 large, prominent. Antenna) slender ; first joint extending to the front of the 

 head ; second about half the length of the third. Thorax with an irregular 

 black hand between the hind angles, which are rounded and not prominent. 

 Scutellum extending much beyond half the length of the abdomen, rounded 

 at the lip. Pectus with a blackish patch on each side. Abdomen beneath 

 witli a row of black spots ; ventral spine extending to the hind coxae. Legs 

 testaceous ; hind femora with a black band near the tips. Fore wings wilh 

 a cinereous membrane. Length of the body 4i lines. 



It hat; some resemblance to R. anticus, but in that species the band of 

 the thorax is more regular and tbe scutellum is pale yellow towards the 

 tip. 

 a. Dorey, New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Rhapuigasteb discoidalis. 



Pallide lutcus, conferle et subtiliter nigro-punctatus; scutellum apicem 



versus uchraceum, disco antico nigro ; venter macula apicali nigra ; 



membrana cinerea, fusco uniplagiala. 



Pale luteous, elliptical, shining, thickly and minutely black-punctured. 



Head short; lobes of equal length. Eyes reddish, large, prominent. Rostrum 



extending to the middle coxa? ; tip black. Antenna? slender; first joint not 



extending beyond the joint of the head ; second a little mote than half the 



length of the third. Thorax with a slight rim on each side; hind angles 



rounded, not prominent. Sculellum most convex towards the base, where 



tbe disk is black, ochraceous towards the tip, which is broadly rounded. 



Abdomen beneath with a black apical patch ; ventral spine extending to 



tlir middle coxae. Fore wings not covering the sides of the hind wings; 



membrane cinereous, with a large brown patch. Length of the body 



4% line-. 



a. New Guinea. Presented by W. \V. Saunders, Esq. 



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 Rbaphioastbb PALLESCENS. 



PaUide tesiaceus., conferle et subtiliter nigro aut fusco punctatus; caput 



latum; rostrum coxas intermedias aitingens } thorax jugo transversa 



rufescente, laleribus glabris, angulis posticis subrotundatU ; spina 



ven trail coxa intermedias atlingens ; membrana diaphana. 



Pali testaceoun, elliptical, thickly and minutely punctured; punctures 



•lv black or brown. Head broad, rounded in front; lobes of equal 



