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triangular white spot near tbe tip of the costa. Var. (3. — Second and third 

 joints of the antennae white at the base, black towards the tips; fourth 

 black, while for neatly half the length from the base. Var. y. — Antenna? 

 black; second and third joints white at the base; fourth ? Length of the 

 body 3J — 5 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



b. Batchian. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



160. Rhyparochromus testaceipes. 



Fcem. Niger, gracilis, rostrum coxas intermedias attingens ; antenna 

 fulvce, corpore breviores, articuds 2o 3o Aoque apice nigris ; pro thorax 

 testaceo unifasciatus, lateribus subreflexis antice pallide teslaceis, 

 sulco transvcrso bene determinato ; venlris latera testaceo maculata ; 

 pedes testacei, longi ; alee anticce fuscce, corio testaceo-bimaculato. 



Female. Black, slender, in structure like R. armipes. Head some- 

 what conical. Eyes prominent. Rostrum extending to the middle coxa?. 

 Antenna? tawny, somewhat shorter than the body ; first joint shorter than 

 the head; second, third and fourth black at the tips; second much longer 

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

 the second. Prothorax elongate, with a testaceous band along tbe hind 

 side of the well-defined transverse furrow; sides slightly reflexed, pale 

 testaceous except towards the hind border. Abdomen beneath with pale 

 testaceous spots along each side. Legs testaceous, long, slender; fore 

 femora slightly incrassated, denticulated beneath. Wings brown, extending 

 to the tip of the abdomen. Corium of the fore wings with a testaceous 

 costal spot in the middle, and with a longer and paler testaceous spot near 

 the tip. Length of the body 4 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



161. Rhyparochuomus leucoceras. 



Mas. Niger, gracilis ; rostrum lestaceum, coxas posticus attingens ; 

 antenna testaceo', corpore paullo breviores, arliculis lo 2o Soque apice 

 4oque toto nigricantibus ; prothorax linea strigis duabus latcrulibus 

 fasciaque valde inlerrupta albidis ; scutellum apice albidum ; abdo- 

 minis latera albida ; femora alba, apice nigra; corium basi albidum 

 nigro slrigatum, apice albo unimaculatum. 



Male. Black, long, slender, in structure like R. luscus. Head trian- 

 gular. Eyes not prominent. Rostrum testaceous, extending to the bind 

 coxa?. Antenna? testaceous, slender, a little shorter than the body; fust, 

 second and third joints with blackish tips; first shorter than the head; 

 second very much longer than the first; third shorter than the second; 

 fourth blackish, as long as the third. Prothorax whitish along the middle 

 part of each side and with a thrice and widely interrupted whitish hand 

 near the hind border, and with a whitish longitudinal line; transverse 

 furrow slight. Scutellum with a whitish tip. Metapectus with a whitish 

 hind bolder. Abdomen with whitish sides. Legs long, slender ; femora 

 white, black towards the lips ; fore femora slightly incrassated, spinulose 



beneath. Wings extending to the tip of the abdomen. Corium or the lore 



wings whitish and with black streaks for half (be length from the base, and 



