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CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Black, elliptical, convex, shining, very finely punctured. 

 Head transverse. Eyes slightly prominent. Antennae slender, a little 

 more than half the length of the body; first joint very short; second, third 

 and fourth yellow at the base; second a little longer than the third and 

 than the fourth. Prothorax short, a little narrower in front, with a pale 

 testaceous band, which is excavated in front and is very near the hind 

 border. Scutellum testaceous at the tip. Legs testaceous, slender, ralher 

 short; femora with a black band; fore femora slightly incrassated. 

 Wings exteuding to the tip of the abdomen. Corium of the fore wings 

 diaphanous, with a testaceous tinge and with a brown apical spot; 

 membrane and hind wings pellucid. Length of the body \\ line. 



a — /. Madeira. From Mr. Wollaston's collection. 



South Africa. 

 28. Nysius binotatus, C. II. 554. 

 a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



29. Nysius pallens, C. H. 564. 

 a — c. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



30. Nysius albidus, C. H. 555. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



31. Nysius subcinctus. 



Foem. Piceus ; antenna pallide tatlacece ; prothorax sulco transversa 

 medio valde determinate, fascia posteriare alba inlerrupta ; abdominis 

 lalera testacea ; pedes lestacei, femoribus anticis nigris subincrassatis 

 iipicn lestaceis ; coriuui pallide testaceum, nigro immaculatum ; ala 

 pastica diaphancr, lineis clavatis cinercis. 



Female. Piceous, slender, linear. Head short, triangular, broader 

 than the fore holder of the prothorax. Eyes rather prominent. Antennae 

 slender, pale testaceous ; first joint shorter than the head; second much 

 longer than the first. Prothorax much narrower in front, with a slrongly- 

 maiked transverse middle furrow, behind which there is an interrupted white 

 band. Abdomen testaceous along each side. Legs testaceous, slender ; 

 fore femora black, slightly incrassated, testaceous at the tips. Wings 

 extending to the lip of the abdomen. Corium of the fore wings pale 

 testaceous, with a black apical spot; membrane and hind wings pellucid, 

 the latter with cinereous lines, which arc dilated into apical triangular 

 spots. Length of the body 2 lines. 



More slender than N. I'livmi. 



a. Ceylon. Prescuted by Dr. Thwailcs. 



