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fore wings with a tawny costa ; membrane cinereous. Length of the body 

 2 lines. 



Allied to the group Drymus, as is also the following species. 



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



178. Rhyparochromus luteicornis. 



Niger, ellipticus ; antenna lulece, corporis dimidio longiores ; prothorax 

 sulco transverso medio bene determinate, latcribus atbidis ; pedes 

 lutei, breviusculi, femoribus nigris ; corium basi guttisque duabus 

 teslaceis. 



Black, elliptical, slightly convex. Head short, triangular. Eyes red, 

 rather prominent. Rostrum and antennas luteous. Antenna; slender, 

 more than half the length of the body ; first joint shorter than the head ; 

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

 second ; fourth shorter than the third. Prothorax very finely punctured, 

 much narrower in front, with a strongly-marked transverse middle furrow; 

 sides narrowly whitish. Legs luteous, slender, rather short; femora black; 

 fore femora incrassated. Wings extending to the tip of the abdomen ; 

 corium of the fore wings testaceous towards the base and with two testa- 

 ceous dots, the first on the interior angle opposite the second, which is 

 costal. Length of the body 2 lines. 



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



179. Rhyparochromus dimidiates. 



Fcem. Niger, longi-elliplicus ; rostrum luteum, basi nigrum, coxas 

 posticus attingens ; antenna; corporis dimidio longiores, articulo Ao 

 luleo ; prolhoracis sulcus transversus valde determinatus ; pedes 

 pallide Jiavi, femoribus nigris quatuor posterioribus basi Jlavis ; 

 corium albidum, apice. nigrum; membrana diapliana. 



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

 Eyes slightly prominent. Rostrum luteous, extending to the hind coxa 1 ; 

 first joint black, longer than the first joint of the antennas. Antennae rather 

 more than half the length of the body; first joint much shorter than the 

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

 second; fourth luteous, shorter than the third. Prothorax convex, much 

 narrower in front, with a very strongly-marked middle furrow. Legs pale 

 yellow, slender, rather short; femora black; lour posterior femora pale 

 yellow towards the base; fore femora not incrassated. Wings extending to 

 the tip of the abdomen. Corium of the fore wings whitish, black at the 

 tip; membrane pellucid. Length of the hotly 2 lines. 



Allied to the group Scolopostethus. 



a. New Guinea. Presented by W. \V. Saunders. Esq. 



