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Var. ? Mas et foem. Testaceus; caput nigro bivit latum ; antennae. 

 nigra, cor pore vix breviores, articulo Ao apice testaceo ; prothorax 

 niffro punctatus cl bilineatus, angulis posticis nigris acutis ascendenti- 

 bus sat prominalis ; venter nigro biseriatim gutlalus ; alec anticae 

 villa subcostali maculaque nigris, membrana fusca. 



Male and female. Testaceous. Head with two black stripes. Rostrum 

 extending to the middle coxae. Antennae black, very slender, nearly as 

 long as the body; second joint much longer than the first; third a little 

 shorter than the first; fourth much shorter than the third, testaceous 

 towards the tip. Prothorax with a black line near each side and with minute 

 black punctures; transverse ridge near the hind border well defined ; hind 

 angles black, acute, ascending, rather prominent. Abdomen beneath with 

 black dots along each side. Legs very slender. Fore wings with a black 

 subcostal stripe, which joins a black spot in the disk; membrane brown. 

 Length of the body 8 lines. 



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



b. Sarawak. Presented by W. W. Sauuders, Esq. 



15. HOMCEOCERUS TURB1DUS. 



Foem. Olivaceo-viridis, sublus pallidissime flavus ; antenna obscure 

 rufee, cvrpori aquilongce ; prothorax subtiiissime punctatus, angulis 

 posticis obtusis non prominulis ; pedes pallidissime Jlavi ; membrana 

 diaphana. 



Female. Olive-green, very pale yellow beneath. Head with an 

 impression on each side between the eyes and wilh a short anterior furrow. 

 Rostrum extending nearly to the middle coxae. Antennae dark red, very 

 slender, as long as the body; second joint somewhat longer than the first; 

 third much shorter than the first. Prothorax very finely punctured; 

 transverse ridge near the hind border well defined ; hind angles obtuse, not 

 rounded nor prominent. Legs very pale yellow. Fore wings with a 

 pellucid membrane. Length of the body 9 lines. 



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



16. HOMCEOCERUS ABBREVIATES. 



Lygaeus abbreviatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 150; Syst. Rhyn. 219 — Honiceo- 

 cerus abbreviatus, Stal, Hem. Fabr. i. 59. 



Hindostan. 



17. HOMCEOCERUS UMBRATUS. 



Gouocerus? abbreviatus, H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. vi. 81, pi. 207, f. 652 — 

 Tliponius abbreviatus, Stal. 



Var. ? Mas. Testaceus; antenna picea, corpore vix breviores, articulo 

 Ao basi pallide testaceo; prothorax subtiiissime scaber, viridi 

 latissime biviltalus, nigro unifascialus, angulis posticis obtusis sub- 

 rolundatis non prominulis ; ala antica fuscescentes, linea coslali 

 leslacea, striga postica nigra, membrana fuscescens. 



