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168. Rhyparochromus nigriceps, C. H. 577. 

 Plociomera nigriceps, Slal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork. 1870, 663. 

 Philippine Isles. 

 a — c. Sandwich Islands. Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty. 



169. RhVPAROCHROMUS DELINEATUS. 



Fcern. Niger, gracilis ; rostrum coxas iniermedias attingens; antenna 

 corporis dimidio paullo longiores, articulo 4o basi teslaceo ; pedes 

 testacei, femoribus nigris basi teslaceis, tibiis apiee nigris ; curium 

 fuscum, vitla costali apicem versus dilatata vittula discali linea 

 posleriore guttisque duabus teslaceis; membrana fusca, lirieis albidis 

 undulalis. Var. /?. — Corium testaceo strigatum. 



Female. Black, slender, in structure like R. arm i pes. Head trian- 

 gular. Eyes slightly prominent. Rostrum testaceous, extending to the 

 middle coxae. An ten use a little more than half the length of the body; 

 first joint about half the length of the head ; second shorter than the head ; 

 third as long as the secoud ; fourth testaceous towards the base, a little 

 longer than the second. Prothorax elongate, narrower in front, with a 

 strongly-marked transverse furrow. Legs testaceous; femora black ; hind 

 femora testaceous towards the base; four anterior femora testaceous at the 

 base; fore femora incrassated, spinulose beneath; tibia; black at the tips. 

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

 brown, with a testaceous costal stripe which is dilated towards the tip, with 

 a shorter testaceous stripe in the disk, and with a posterior testaceous line ; 

 two testaceous dots near the exterior border; membrane brown, with 

 whitish undulating veins. Var. /3. — Corium with more testaceous streaks. 

 Length of the body 3 \ — 3h lines. 



This and the seven following species are of the group Beosus. 



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



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



170. RlIYPAROCHROMU8 DESCRIPTCS. 



Fcem. Niger, longi- clliplicus ; rostrum teslaceum, coxas poslicas attingens ; 

 antenna testacea, corpore mullo breviores ; prothoracis latera testacea 

 subrejlexa ; venter apicem versus rufus ; pedes fulvi, longiusculi, 

 femoribus piceis ; corium obscure fuscum, testaceo trimaculatum ct 

 unilincatum ; membrana cincrea,fusccsccnte nebulosa. 



Female. Black, elongate-elliptical. Head nearly triangular. Eyes 

 slightly prominent. Rostrum testaceous, extending to the hind COXSB. 

 Antenna: testaceous, slender, much Bhorter than the body, first joint as 

 lmi£ as the head; second longer than the first; third a little longer than 

 the first. Prothorax with slightly elevated very narrowly testaceous sides ; 

 a well-defined transverse furrow near the fore border. Abdomen red 



towards the tip beneath, where the two apical BegmentS aie retracted in the 

 middle. Legs lawny, slender, rather long; femora piceotis; fore femora 



