148 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Testaceous, scabrous. Head short ; middle lobe prominent, 

 acute. Rostrum extending to the hind border of the second ventral 

 segment; fourth joint longer than the third. Antenna slender, shorter 

 than the body ; first, third and fourth joints nearly equal in length, much 

 shorter than the second. Prothorax with a broad black band. Pectus 

 and ventral segments mostly black. Legs rather short and stout; femora 

 with a few spines beneath. Fore wings luteous, excepting the veins and a 

 space along the exterior border of the corium ; membrane brown. Female. — 

 Prothorax with a ferruginous band. Pectus and ventral segments wholly 

 testaceous, excepting three abbreviated black bands and six black spots on 

 the latter. Length of the body A\ lines. 



a, I. Mysol. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



13. Serinetha tuebata. 



Fcem. Ochracea, sublus pallide testacea ; oculi subpetiolati ; rostrum 

 coxas posticas altingens ; antenna; nigra, gracillima, corpori fere 

 ccquiloiig<e, articulo \o rufo, Ao testaceo basi nigro ; prothoracis 

 anguli postici oblusi non prominuli ; scutellum carinatum ; abdo- 

 minis dorsum apicem versus nigrum; venter nigro trifasciatus ; 

 corium apicem versus nigricans ; membrana diaphana, basi fusca. 



Female. Ochraceous, pale testaceous beneath. Eyes very prominent, 

 slightly peliolated. Rostrum extending to the hind coxae ; third and 

 fourth joints nearly equal in length. Antennas black, very slender, nearly 

 as long as the body; first joint red, about one-third of the length of the 

 second ; third a little shorter than the second ; fourth testaceous, black at 

 the base, as long as the second. Prothorax nearly smooth ; a transverse 

 furrow near the fore border; hind angles obtuse, not prominent. Scutellum 

 with a keel between a transverse ridge and the tip. Abdomen black above 

 in the disk towards the tip ; under side with three black bands, of which the 

 second and third are much abbreviated. Legs ochraceous, slender, 

 unarmed; tarsi brownish. Fore wings blackish towards the tip of the 

 corium; membrane pellucid, brown towards the base. Leugth of the body 

 5 lines. 



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



14. Serinetha immunis. 



Fcem. Rufa, subtus testacea; capitis latera subtus rufa; oculi valde 

 prominuli; rostrum coxas posticas attingens ; antennce corpore multo 

 breviores ; prothoracis anguli postici obtusi non prominuli ; scutellum 

 carinatum; abdominis dorsum nigrum; venter fasciis tribus latis 

 abbreviatis nigris ; pedes rufi, coxis lestaceis ; membrana diaphana, 

 basifuscescens. 



Female. Red, pale testaceous beneath. Head red on each side 

 beneath. Eyes very prominent. Rostrum red, black towards the tip, 

 extending to the hind coxa?. Antennas red, much shorter than the body; 

 second joint about thrice the length of the first ; third a little shorter than 

 the second. Prothorax with a transverse furrow near the fore border; hind 



