36 CATALOGUE OF 



11. ASTACOPS SPINIPES. 



Mas. Lutcus, subtus testaceus, prothoracis fascia media scutello femori- 

 bus inlermediis subtus femoribusque posticis nigris ; femora qualuor 

 posteriora spinosa ; membrana nigricans. Var. /3. — Prothorax niger, 

 antice luleus ; corium nigricante nebulosum ; membrana nigra. 



Male. Luleous, testaceous beneath. Eyes very prominent, not 

 petiolated. Third and fourth joints of the antennas much shorter than the 

 second. Prothorax with a black middle band. Scutellum black. Four 

 posterior femora armed with spines beneath ; middle femora black heneath ; 

 hind femora wholly black. Membrane blackish. Var. (3.— Prothorax 

 wholly black except towards the fore border. Corium clouded with 

 blackish. Membrane black. Length of the body 5 lines. 



a. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



b. Aru. From Mr. Wallaces collection. 



12. ASTACOPS NIGRICOENIS. 



Mas. Niger; oculi rufi ; prothorax el abdomen rufo bivittata ; abdo- 

 minis dorsum rufum; venter apicem versus rufus ; corium nigricans, 

 costa apiceque rujis, 



Male. Black. Eyes red, moderately prominent. Third joint of the 

 antenna; shorter than the second and than the fourth. Prothorax and 

 abdomen with a red stripe along each side; this stripe is dilated on the 

 prothorax and especially so on the transverse furrow. Abdomen bright red 

 above and towards the tip beneath. Corium blackish, red along the costa 

 and towards the lip. Membrane black. Length of the body (5 lines. 



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



13. Astacops Dkgeeri. 

 Degeeri, Stal, A. S. E. F. 4»ie Sir. v. 187. 

 North Australia. 



14. Astacops? caligatus. 



Mas. Jiufus, fere linearis, subtus albido tomentosus ; caput supra 

 nigrum, lobo inlermedio anguslo carinato ; oculi prominuli ; rostrum 

 nigrum, coxas poslicas paullo superans ; unleniue nigra, corporis 

 dimidio mul to longiores ; prothorax marginc antico la tcrib usque 

 rttfi* } prdes nigri ; atic antice nigra, corii margine rufo, membrana 

 apicc albida. 



Male. Bed, narrow, nearly linear, with whitish (omentum beneath. 

 Head black above, short ; middle lobe narrow, keeled. Eyes prominent. 

 Rostrum black, extending a little beyond the hind coxa;. Antenna black, 

 much more than half the length of the body; first joint much shorter than 

 the head; second much more than twice the length ot the first; third very 

 in in li shorter than the Becond; fourth as long as the third. Prothorax 

 black, subquadrale; a slight transverse ridge near the fore border, which 



