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2. Hyalymenus dubius, C. H. 468. 



a. Para. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



b, c. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



d, e. Para. Presented by the Entomological Club. 

 /. Para. Presented by VV. W. Saunders, Esq. 



3. Hyalymenus dentatus. 



Alydus dentatus, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 249 — Hyalvmenus dentatus, Serv. 

 Hist. Hem. 224, pi. 5, f. 3. 



Cayenne. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



b. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



c. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Var. ? Mas et fcem. Niger; caput subtus, prothorax et pectus rufa ; 

 caput albo bistrigatum ; antcnnarum articulus 4us dimidio basali 

 albo ; scutellum album ; pectoris segmenta albido marginata ; venter 

 albidus, strigis duabus lads lineis duabus posterioribus et segmentorum 

 marginibus posticis nigris ; pedes lutei, femoribus posticis nigris basi 

 luteis ; aim cinerece, nigro venosce. 



Male and female. Black. Head beneath, prothorax and pectus red. 

 Head with a white streak on the face and with another between the eyes. 

 Rostrum yellowish, black towards the base, extending to the middle coxae. 

 Antennas a little shorter than the body; fourth joint white for full half the 

 length from the base. Spines of the prothorax brown, whitish towards the 

 base. Scutellum mostly white. Pectoral segments bordered with whitish. 

 Abdomen beneath whitish, with two broad black streaks, two posterior 

 black lines, and with black hind borders of the segments. Legs luteous; 

 hind femora black, luteous towards the base, with a few luteous spines 

 beneath. Wiugs cinereous; veius black. Length of the body 7 lines. 



d. e. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



4. Hyalymenus ichneumonifohmis. 



Foem. Niger; caput albo bistrigatum et sublus unifasciatum ; anten- 

 narum articulus 4us basi albus ; prothorax albo bimaculatus ; 

 scutellum album; pectoris segmenta albo marginata; venter albo 

 triviltatus ; pedes antici albidi ; femora intermedia basi albida; 

 tibia posticce albce ; ala anticce nigricantes, nigro venosa. 



Female. Black. Head with a white streak on the face, with a shorter 

 white streak between the eyes and with a white band on the hind border 

 beneath. Rostrum extending to the middle coxae. Antennae shorter than 

 the body; second joint as long as the third, a little more than half the 

 length of the first; fourth white towards the base, nearly twice the length 

 of the first. Prothorax with a white spot at the base of each spine. Scu- 

 tellum mostly white. Pectoral segments bordered with white. Abdomen 



