106 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Black, elliptical, shining beneath. Head small, nearly 

 triangular, as broad as the fore border of the prothorax. Eyes slightly 

 prominent. Rostrum testaceous, extending to the hind coxae. Antennae 

 very slender, somewhat shorter than the body ; first joint shorter than the 

 head; second very much longer than the first; third white at the base, 

 white towards the tip, a little shorter than the second ; fourth as long as 

 the third. Prothorax narrower in front, with a slight transverse furrow 

 near the fore border and with pale testaceous sides. Legs slender. Wings 

 extending to the tip of the abdomen. Fore wings with pale testaceous 

 veins, with a pellucid costal spot before the middle and with a whitish 

 triangular costal spot near the tip; membrane pellucid, partly clouded 

 with brown; veins brown; one row of transverse veinlets. Hind wings 

 pellucid. Length of the body 4 lines. 

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



176. Rhyparochromus nigritulus. 



Fcem. Niger, fusiformis ; rostrum lestaceum, coxas postieas attingens ; 

 antenna gracillima, corpore multo breviores, arliculo Ao albo 

 unifasciato ; prothorax postice luleo bivittatus ; scutellum cinereo 

 marginatum ; corinm cinereo bigutlatum ; membrana fusca. 



Female. Black, fusiform. Head elongate-triangular. Eyes not 

 prominent. Rostrum testaceous, extending to the hind coxse. Antennae 

 very slender, much shorter than the body; first joint nearly as long as the 

 head; second full twice the length of the first; third shorter than the 

 second; fourth with a white band in the middle, as long as the third. 

 Prothorax with a strongly-marked transverse furrow in the middle and 

 with two luteous stripes between the furrow and the hind border. Scutellum 

 with a cinereous border. Legs whitish, long, slender; femora piceous 

 towards the tips; fore femora slightly incrassated. Wings extending to the 

 tip of the abdomen. Corium of the fore wings with an elongated cinereous 

 clot near the interior angle and with a subcostal dot of the same hue; 

 membrane brown. Length of the body 3£ lines. 



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



177. RnYPAROCHROMUS PH/EOPIIILUS. 



Focm. Nigro-fuscus, robuslus, cllipticus ; antenna fusca, corpore dimidio 

 aguilonga ; prothorax lateribus gutlisque duabus posticis lestaceis ; 

 pedes fulvi, breves, femoribus anticis piceis ; corii costa fulva; 

 membrana cinerea. 



Female. Blackish brown, shining, stout, elliptical, finely punctured. 

 Head small, triangular. Eyes slightly prominent. Antenna' brown, 

 about half the length of the body; first joint much shorter than the head; 

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

 hardly longer than the second. Prothorax much narrower in front ; sides 

 narrowly testaceous ; a testaceous dot on each side of the hind border, very 

 near each hind angle. Legs tawny, short ; fore femora piceous, slightly 

 incrassated. Wings extending to the tip of the ahdomen. Corium of the 



