30 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Blackish, with testaceous tomentum, tawny beneath. Second 

 joint of the rostrum longer than the third. Antennae ferruginous, a little 

 shorter than the body; joints from the first to the third successively 

 decreasing in length ; fourth joint longer than the first. Prothorax minutely 

 scabrous, with a very slight transverse ridge near the hind border; hind 

 angles serrated, dilated, slightly ascending, forming two long acute spines. 

 Tip of the scutellum pale cinereous. Abdomen red above ; border piceous. 

 Legs piceous. Femora with the two usual subapical spines. Hind femora 

 slightly bent at the base, slightly increasing in thickness from the base to 

 the tips. Hind tibiae slender, shorter than the hind femora. Membrane 

 of the fore wings aeneous. Hind wings pellucid. Length of the body 

 12 lines. 

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



70. Mictis Javana. 



Fcem. Nigra, cinereo tomenlosa ; antenna cor pore multo brevior ex ; pro- 

 thorax laleribus posticis serralis, angiitis posticis lalis acutis oblique 

 ascendentibus ; femora postica robusta ; tibia posticce latiusculce. 



Female. Black, with thick cinereous tomentum. Eyes rather 

 prominent. Rostrum extending to the hind coxae. Antennae much 

 shorter than the body; joints from the first to the third successively 

 decreasing in length. Piothorax with the sides minutely serrated; hind 

 angles broad, prominent, acute, obliquely ascending ; transverse ridge near 

 the hind border slight. Femora beneath with two subapical spines, the 

 second very minute. Hind femora stout. Hind tibia? slightly broad. 

 Fore wings with a black membrane. Length of the body 10 lines. 



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



71. Mictis limbativentris. 

 limbativentris, Stal. 

 a. New Guinea. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



Australia. 

 72. Mictis profana, C. H. 404. 



New Caledonia. 



a. New South Wales. Presented by Dr. A. Sinclair. 

 b — f. Australia. From Mr. Children's collection. 

 g. North Australia. Presented by J. R. Elsey, Esq. 



73. Mictis svmbolica, C. H. 404. 

 profana, var.P 



a, b. Australia. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 c. Moreton Bay. Presented by — Gibbons, Esq. 



