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subprominulis ; ventris latera albo bimaculata ; pedes longi, gracil- 

 limi, femoribus posticis basi coxisque albis ; alee anticm linea 

 costali interrupla alba, linea apud marginem interiorem fulva, 

 membrana nigricante penis ex parte strigisque duabus albidis. 



Female. Black, slender, slightly toraentose. Head triangular ; 

 middle lobe extending beyond the lateral lobes. Eyes slightly prominent. 

 Rostrum extending to the middle coxae; third joint very short; fourth 

 shorter than the first and than the second. Antennas very slender, longer 

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

 than the second ; fourth as long as the second, with a white band near the 

 base. Prothorax slightly contracted in front, with a short white streak in 

 the disk and with a shallow transverse furrow in the middle; hind angles 

 rectangular, slightly prominent and ascending. Abdomen with two 

 elongated white spots on each side beneath. Legs long, very slender ; hind 

 femora towards the base and coxas white. Fore wings with an interrupted 

 white line on the costa and with a tawny line on the interior border ; 

 membrane blackish, with partly white veins and with two parallel whitish 

 streaks in the disk. Length of the body 5^ lines. 



This species differs in some characters from the typical Noliphi. 



a. Sarawak. Presented by VV. W. Saunders, Esq. 



7. NOLIPHUS? BIPLAGIATUS. 



Fcein. Niger, gracilis, subtomentosus ; antenna gracillimee, corpori 

 aquilongee, articulo 2o basi fulvo, 3o basi albo, 4o basin versus albo ; 

 prothorax slrigula discali albo, sulco medio transverso bene determi- 

 nato, angulis posticis rotundalis non prominuiis ; ventris latera albo 

 quinquemaculata ; pedes graciles, femoribus basi albis; alee antica? 

 slriga transversa plagaque exteriore costalibus albis, membrana 

 strigulis basalibus upi.ceque albidis. 



Female. Black, slender, slightly tomentose. Head triangular; 

 middle lobe extending beyond the lateral lobes. Eyes prominent. Rostrum 

 extending to half the distance between the fore coxae and the middle coxae. 

 Antennae very slender, as long as the body; second joint tawny at the base, 

 longer than the first; third a little longer than the first, white at the base; 

 fourth as long as the second, white towards the base. Prothorax with a 

 short white streak in the disk and with a well-defined transverse middle 

 furrow; hind angles rounded, not prominent. Abdomen beneath with four 

 elongated white spots on each side. Legs slender; femora while at the 

 base. Fore wings with a whitish costal streak extending to the disk and 

 with an exterior and more conspicuous costal whitish patch; some little 

 longitudinal whitish streaks at the base of the membrane, which has a 

 whitish tip. Length of the body 5£ lines. 



Nearly allied to N. deliueatus. 



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



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