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slightly incrassated, spinulose beneath. Wings extending to the tip of the 

 abdomen. Corium of the fore wings dark brown, with three testaceous 

 spots, one near the base, the other two near the exterior border ; a testaceous 

 line, which extends from the disk to the exterior border, between the second 

 and third spots; membrane cinereous, partly clouded with pale brown. 

 Length of the body 3j lines. 



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



171. Rhyparochromus obscuripes. 



Niger, longiusculus, sal angustus ; rostrum coxas intermedins attingens ; 

 antenna: cor pore breviores, articulis 2o 3o Aoque basi fulvis ; prothorax 

 transverse sulcatus, testaceo unifasciatus, lateribus rejiexis testaceis ; 

 pedes longi, femoribus basi genubusque fulvis; corium obscure 

 fuscum, albido unimaculalum, costa testacea. 



Black, rather long and narrow. Head triangular. Eyes piceous, 

 slightly prominent. Rostrum extending to the middle coxae. Antenna? 

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

 head; second, third and fourth long, lawny towards the base, nearly equal 

 in length. Prothorax rather long, narrower in front, with testaceous and 

 elevated sides, with a transverse furrow, and with an excavated testaceous 

 band occupying the space between the furrow and the hind border. Legs 

 long, slender ; femora towards the base and knees tawny. Wings extending 

 to the tip of the abdomen. Corium of the fore wings dark brown, 

 irregularly testaceous along the costa, with a whitish oblique elongated 

 subapical spot; membrane black. Leugth of the body 3f lines. 



a. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



172. Rhyparochromus repressus. 



Mas. Niger, gracilis, fere linearis ; rostrum coxas intermedins attingens ; 

 antenna: corporis dimidio longiores ; prothorax sulco transverso 

 postico valde dctcrminato ; pedes Jlavi, femoribus quatuor posteriorilms 

 tibiisque apice nigris, femoribus aniicis nigris incrassatis ; corium 

 nigro -fuscum, testaceo bistrigatum, Jlavo trimaculatum ; membrana 

 cinerea. 



Male. Black, slender, convex, nearly linear. Head elongate-trian- 

 gular. Eyes slightly prominent. Rostrum extending to the middle coxae. 

 Antennae slender, more than half the length of the body; second joint more 

 than twice the length of the first; third shorter than the second ; fourth as 

 long as the second. Prothorax elongate, narrow in front of the strongly- 

 marked transverse furrow, which is behind the middle. Legs yellow, 

 slender, moderately long; four posterior femora black towards the tips; 

 fore femora black, incrassated ; tibiae with hlack tips. Wings extending 

 to the tip of the abdomen. Corium of the fore wings blackish brown, with 

 two testaceous streaks, one costal, the other subcostal ; an exterior oblique 

 band composed of three pale yellow spots ; membrane cinereous. Length 

 of the body 2$ lines. 



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



