38 CATALOGUE OF 



middle with four spines ; first spine very broad, second slightly curved, 

 third smaller than the fourth, much broader and more regular than the 

 first, with three very minute black teeth beneath. Fore wings extending 

 to the lip of the abdomen ; membrane blackish aeneous. Length of the 

 body 11 lines. 



a, b. Hindostan. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



Genus 9. MICTOIDES. 



Mas el fcem. Corpus fere ellipticum. Rostrum coxas intermedias 

 fere attingens. Antennas corporis dimidio paullo longiores ; articulus 4us 

 longi-fusilormis, 3o latior vix brevior. Prothoracis latera denticulata, 

 augulis posticis rectangulatis vix prominulis. Femora subtus apices versus 

 spinosa. Tibiae posticas femoribus longiores. Mas. — Femora postica valde 

 incrassata. Tibiae posticas subincrassat33, subtus dentata?. Fcem. — Femora 

 postica subincrassata. Tibiae posticas vix dentalas. 



Body nearly elliptical. Eyes prominent. Rostrum extending nearly 

 to the middle coxae ; joints of nearly equal length. Antennas a little more 

 than half the length of the body ; joints from the first to the third succes- 

 sively increasing in length; fourth elongate-fusiform, a little broader and 

 hardly shorter than the third. Prothorax with two slight abbreviated 

 transverse ridges, one near the fore border, the other near the hind border; 

 sides minutely denticulated ; hiud angles rectangular, slightly prominent. 

 Femora with a few 6pines beneath towards the tips. Hind femora much 

 iucrassated in the male, slightly incrassated in the female. Hind tibiae 

 longer than the hind femora, dentate beneath and slightly incrassated in 

 the male, hardly dentate in the female. 



Allied to Ainorbus. 



I. MlCTOIDES MARGINALIS. 



Mictis marginalis, C. H. 401— affinis, C. H. 402. 



a. Columbia. From M. Goudot's collection. 



b. Columbia. 



2. MlCTOIDES TRIOUTTATA. 



Mictis triguttata, C. H. 402. 



a. Mexico. Presented by J. Taylor, Esq. 



b, c. Orizaba. From M. Salle's collection. 



d, e. Mexico. From Mr. Glennie's collection. 

 /. Mexico. Presented by VV. \V. Saunders, Esq. 



Genus 10. PETASCELIS, C. H. 389. 

 Slal, Hem. Afr. ii. 9. 



