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14. Trematocoris elegans. 



Fcem. Fulva, tomenlosa ; vertex niger,fulvo univiltatus ; antenna nigra, 

 corpore longiores ; prothorax callis duobus anticis vittis tribus posticis 

 guttis nonnullis spinisque lateralibus nigris, angulis posticis aculissi- 

 mis subproductis ; scutellum basi luteo fasciatum ; pedes quutuor 

 anleriores picei, subtus lutei,femorlbus nigro spinulosis ; pedes postici 

 lutei, femoribus subincm,ssatis nigro quinque fasciatis, tibiis fascia 

 antemedia apiceque nigris ; alee anlicce piceo subnebulosa, membrana 

 anea. 



Female. Tawny, tomentose. Vertex black, with a tawny stripe. 

 Second and third joints of the rostrum about equal in length. Antenna 

 black, longer than the body ; joints from the first to the third successively 

 decreasing in length. Prothorax with a black callus on each side near the 

 fore border, and with three posterior black stripes; the lateral stripes 

 irregular and accompanied by some black dots; a slight transverse furrow 

 at one-third of the length, and a slight transverse ridge near the hind 

 border; sides with minute black spines; hind angles slightly elongated, 

 very acute. Scutellum with a luteous band on the base. Pectus with an 

 obHque interrupted piceous stripe on each side. Legs luteous. Four 

 anterior legs piceous above; femora with a few very minute black spines. 

 Hind femora slightly incrassated, with five black bands. Hind tibiae a 

 little shorter than the hind femora, black at the tips and with a black band 

 before the middle; the band including au angular dilated part beneath. 

 Fore wings slightly clouded with piceous; membrane aeneous. Length of 

 the body 11 lines. 

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



15. Trematocoris patulicollis. 



Mas. Fulva ; antenna nigra, corpore paullo breviores ; prothorax nigri- 

 cante tuberculatus, lateribus serratis subascendentibus valde dilatatis, 

 anqulis breviter attenuatis oblique retractis ; abdomen ochraceum, 

 subtus nigricans testaceo octoplagiatum ; femora nigro spinosa ; tibia 

 postica subtus dilatata, serrala, spinosa, uniangulata ; membrana 

 nigricans. 



Male. Tawny. Rostrum extending nearly to the middle coxae ; 

 second joint hardly longer than the third. Antenna? black, slightly setaceous, 

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

 decreasing in length ; fourth longer than the second, shorter than the first. 

 Prothorax with numerous very minute blackish tubercles ; sides serrated, 

 much dilated and slightly ascending, except towards the fore border; each 

 angle forming an acute spine, which is obliquely retracted. Abdomen 

 above ochraceous, blackish and with four pale testaceous patches along 

 each side. Hind femora above and four anterior femora with some very 

 short black spines; hind femora with two rows of black spines beneath, 

 a few of these large and curved ; hind tibiae dilated beneath, the dilatation 

 slightly serrated, very obtusely angular near the base, armed beyond the 



