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CATALOGUE OF 



black stripe on each side between this band and the transverse furrow, and 

 with a black stripe on each side between the furrow and the fore border; 

 hind angles rounded, not prominent. Scutellum black, with a tawny dot 

 on each side near the base. Legs testaceous, rather stout; femora and 

 tibiae with numerous black bands. Fore wings blackish; veins of the 

 corium partly tawny. Length of the body 6 lines. 



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



47. Cletus conspicdus. 



Mas. Rufus ; caput nigro bivitlatum, postice subtus nigrum ; oculi pro- 

 mitiuli ; antenna nigra; prolhorax ferrugineus, vittis duabus nigris 

 antice connexis inlus fulvo marginatis, spinis duabus longis fere 

 erectis ; pectus nigro decern gutlatum; abdomen maculis laleralibus 

 apice guttisque duabus ventralibus nigris; pedes picei ; alee antica 

 fulva, costa rufa, membrana fusca ; alee posticet fuscescentes, costa 

 lutea. 



Male. Red. Head with two black stripes; hind part black beneath. 

 Eyes prominent. Antenna? black ; second joint much longer than the 

 first. Prothorax ferruginous, with two black stripes, which are united in 

 front and are bordered on the inner side with tawny; a long slender nearly 

 erect spine on each hind angle. Pectus with five black dots on each side. 

 Abdomen with black lateral spots and with a black tip; second ventral 

 segment with a black dot on each side. Legs piceous. Fore wings tawny ; 

 costa red, except towards the tip ; membrane brown. Hind wings brownish ; 

 costa luteous towards the base. Length of the body 7 lines. 



The antennae of the specimen described are mutilated, and it cannot 

 be ascertained whether their structure agrees with that of the other 

 Coreidae. 



a. Hindoslan. From Mr. Foxcrofi's collection. 



48. Cletus? ixehmis. 



Mas. Piceus, gracilis, cinereo tomentosus ; caput antice produclum ; 

 oculi subprominuli ; rostrum longissimum ; antenna corpore breviores, 

 arliculis '2o lioque basi albidis, 4o leslaceo ; prothoracis anguli postici 

 rotundati,non prominuli; venter nigro sexmaculalus ; pedes graciles, 

 tibiis larsisque fulvis ; membrana nigricans. 



Mule. Piceous, slender, with cinereous toinentum. Head more 

 elongate than in other species of the genus. Eyes slightly prominent. 

 Rostrum extending to the fourth ventral segment; joints nearly equal in 

 length. Antennae shorter than the body ; second and third joints whitish 

 at the base; second much longer than the first; third hardly shorter than 

 the first; fourth testaceous, a little shorter than the third. Prolhorax with 

 a transverse furrow near the fore border; hind angles rounded, not promi- 

 nent. Fourth, fifth and sixth ventral segments with a deep black round 



