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South Asia. 



11. Heterogaster Kinbergi. 

 Phygadicus Kinbergi, Stal, Eug. Resa, 241. 

 Malacca. 



12. Heterogaster signifer. 



Mas. Testaceus, fere fusiformis ; caput piceum, apice fulvum ; antenna 

 testacea, articulo 2o apicnn versus piceo ; prothorax antice piceus, 

 sulco transverso indeterminate) ; scutellum piceum, carinula testacea 

 antice furcata el abbreviata ; femora anlica fuscescente unilineata ;. 

 femora quatuor posteriora apice fuscescentia ; corii rnargo exterior 

 fuscus ; membrana diaphana. 



Male. Testaceous, shining, nearly fusiform, very finely punctured. 

 Head piceous, nearly triangular, tawny at the tip. Eyes very prominent. 

 Antennae testaceous, slender; first joint shorter than the head; second 

 very much longer than the first, piceous towards the tip. Prothorax much 

 narrower in front, piceous between the fore border and a slight transverse 

 furrow which is at a little before the middle. Scutellum piceous, with a 

 slight testaceous keel, which is forked and abbreviated in front. Legs 

 slender; fore femora with a pale brown line on the hind side, and with a 

 small oblique spine beyond the middle beneath ; four posterior femora pale 

 brown towards the tips. Wings extending to the tip of the abdomen. 

 Corium of the fore wings brown about the exterior border; membrane and 

 hind wings pellucid. Length of the body 2 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Thwaites. 



13. Heterogaster Cvmoides. 



Mas. Niger, ellipticus ; caput brevissimum ; [oculi prominuli ; rostrum 

 coxas anlicas paullo snperans ; antenna: pallide leslacea, gracillimce, 

 corporis dimidio breviores ; prothoracis sulcus transversus valde 

 indetermintitus ; pedes pallide Jiavi ; femoribus basi coxisque nigris, 

 femoribus anticis incrassulis ,• corium lestaceum, slriga transversa 

 apicali nigra ; membrana diaphana. 



Mule. Black, elliptical, shining, very finely punctured. Head very 

 short. Eyes prominent. Rostrum extending a little beyond the lore 

 coxa*. Antennae pale testaceous, very slender, less than half the length of 

 the body ; first joint shorter than the head ; second longer than the first; 

 third as long as the second. Prothorax narrower in front, with a very 

 indistinct transverse furrow before the middle. Legs pale yellow, short, 

 slender; femora at the base and coxae black; fore femora incrassated. 

 Wiii^s extending a little beyond the tip of the abdomen. Corium of the 

 lore wings testaceous, with a black transverse apical streak; membrane and 



hind wings pellucid. Length of the body 2 -J- lines. 

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



