96 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Testaceous. Rostrum extending to the middle coxa. 

 Antennae piceous, very slender, nearly as long as the body; second joint 

 longer than the first; third shorter than the first; fourth a little shorter 

 than the third, pale testaceous towards the base. Prothorax very finely 

 scabrous, with two very broad dull green stripes ; a black band along the 

 hind border; hind angles obtuse, slightly rounded, not prominent. Legs 

 slender. Fore wings brownish, with a testaceous costal line; a black streak 

 along the hind part of the exterior border of the corium ; membrane 

 brownish. Hind wings cinereous; veins blackish. Length of the body 

 7| lines. 



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



18. HoMCEOCERUS GRAMINIS. 



Lygseus graminis, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 216 — Homceocerus graminis, Stal, 

 Hem. Fabr. i. 59. 



Hindostan. 



Var. ? Testaceus ; antennae eorpori cequilongce, articulo 4o piceo ; pro- 

 thorax subtilissime punctatus, postice viridescens ; anyulis posticis 

 obtusis non prominulis ,• alee antica apices versus viridescentes, albido 

 uniyutlata;, membrana niyricante. Var.? — Fulvus,subtus testaceus; 

 antennarum arliculi apice nigri. Var.? — Testaceus ; alee antica 

 pallido biyutlata. 



Female. Testaceous, paler beneath. Rostrum extending nearly to 

 the middle coxa;. Antennae as long as the body; second joint a little 

 longer thai) the first; third much shorter than the first; fourth piceous, 

 very little shorter than the third. Prothorax very fiuely punctured, greenish 

 about the hind border; hind angles obtuse, well defined, not prominent. 

 Legs slender. Fore wings greenish about the outer border of the corium ; 

 a whitish dot near the outer border; membrane blackish. Length of the 

 body 9\ Hues. 



a. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



Var.? Tawny, testaceous beneath. Joints of the antennae black 

 towards the tips. Fore wings with the while dot more conspicuous and 

 nearer the middle of the exterior border. Length of the body 8£ lines. 



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



Var.? Testaceous, paler beneath. Sides of the prothorax and a 

 longitudinal line not punctured with brown. Each fore wing with two 

 paler dots, which are not punctured with brown, one on the angle of the 

 corium, the other in the disk. Length of the body 9 lines, 

 a. Bombay. Presented by E. Downes, Esq. 



The three individuals here recorded may be three distinct species, 

 but can hardly be recognized as such until more specimens are obtained. 



