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whicb there is a well-defined transverse furrow. Legs testaceous ; fore 

 femora incrassated, denticulated beneath. Corium of the fore wings dark 

 brown, with a pellucid costal streak extending from the base, and with a 

 whitish triangular costal spot near the tip; membrane brownish cinereous. 

 Length of the body Ah lines. 



a. America. Presented by Capt. Friend. 



117. Rhyparochromus serripes. 



Fcem. Fuscus, longiusculus, cincreo tomentosus ; rostrum coxas inter- 

 medias atlingens ; antenna testacecc, gracillimce, corpore breviores, 

 articulis 3o Aoque apice \oque basi nigris ; prothorax sulco trans- 

 verso medio valde determinate ; pedes longi, tibiis tarsorumque 

 articulis apice nigris ; corii costa testacco bimaculata. 



Female. Brown, long, slender, with cinerous tomentum, in structure 

 like R. armatipes. Head conical. Eyes rather large and prominent. 

 Rostrum extending to the middle coxae. Antenna? testaceous, very 

 slender, rather shorter than the body ; first joint shorter than the head ; 

 second nearly twice the length of the first; third and fourth black towards 

 the tip; third shorter than the second; fourth black at the base, a little 

 shorter than the third. Prothorax conical, with a strongly-marked trans- 

 verse middle furrow ; hind angles slightly prominent. Legs long, slender; 

 tibiae and joints of the tarsi with black tips ; fore femora incrassated, 

 denticulate beneath. Wings extending to the tip of the abdomen. 

 Coriurn of the fore wings with two teslaceous costal spots, one very near 

 the base, the other very near the tip. Length of the body 5 lines. 



Allied to R. armatipes. 



a. Petropolis. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 



118. Rhyparochromus discifkr. 



Fcem. Ater, longi-ovalus ; antenna corporis dimidio paullo longiores ; 

 prothorax postice albo bislrigalus ; corium albo interrupte margi- 

 natum ; membrana apice diaphano marginata. 



Female. Deep black, elongate-oval, in structure somewhat like 

 R. Rolandri. Head short, triangular, as broad as the fore border of the 

 prothorax. Eyes slightly prominent. Antennae slender, a little more than 

 half the length of the body; second joint much longer than the first; 

 third a little shorter than the second ; fourth a little longer than the 

 6econd. Prothorax subquadrale, widening slightly from the lore border to 

 the hind border, on which there is a short white streak on each side. 

 Legs slender ; fore femora slightly incrassated. Wings extending to the 

 tip (if the abdomen. Corium of the fore wings with a white border, which 

 is interrupted on the outer part of the costa ; membrane with a narrow 

 pellucid apical border. Length of the body 2\ lines. 



a. Tejuca. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark. 



