130 CATALOGUE OF 



26. TSCHNODEMUS DISCOLOR. 



Micropus discolor, Walk. Zool. 2nd Ser. 2378. 

 Haikeko. 



27. ISCHNODEMUS STRIGATUS. 



Fcem. Niger, planus, longissimus ; rostrum fulvum, coxas poslicas 

 attingens ; antennae fulvce ; prothorax longitrorsum et transverse sub- 

 sulcatus, fascia postice fulva ; pectus fulvo bimaculalum ; venter 

 apicem versus rufescente villains; pedes fulvi, breves; al<c anlica 

 piceo;, breves, basi testacece piceo venosa. 



Female. Black, linear, flat, very long. Head small, transverse, a 

 little broader than the fore border of the prothorax. Eyes small, not 

 prominent. Rostrum tawny, extending to the hind coxie. Antennae 

 tawny, slender; second joint more than twice the length of the first. Pro- 

 thorax much narrower in front, rather thinly punctured, with a slight 

 transverse furrow and a slight longitudinal furrow; a tawny band along 

 the hind border. Pectus with a tawny spot on each side near the middle 

 coxa?. Abdomen with a reddish stripe beneath near the tip. Le»s tawny, 

 short. Wings not extending to the tip of the abdomen. Fore wings 

 piceous, testaceous and with piccous veins towards the base. Hind wings 

 pellucid. Length of the body 4 lines. 



The black middle lobe of the head and the colour of the fore wings 

 distinguish it from I. fusconervosus. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



28. ISCHNODEMUS BASALI8. 



Mas. Piceus, longus, planus, fere linearis; caput antice conicum ; 

 antenna: setulosai, corporis dimidio vix breviores ; prothorax sulcis 

 duobus transversis valde indetcrminalis ; scutellum ferrugineum, 

 macula basali triangulari ; pedes fulvi, femoribus incrassatis ; 

 corium ferrugineum, lestaceo unigullalum ; membrana pallide 

 cinerea, piceo venosa. 



Male. Piceous, dull, long, slender, flat, nearly linear. Head short 

 conical in front, much broader than the fore border of the prothorax. Eyes 

 not prominent. Antenna; slender, setnlose, nearly half the length of the 

 body; first joint stout, much shorter than the head; second more than 

 twice the length of the first ; third a little shorter than the second; fourth 

 as long as the third. Prothorax elongate, nearly conical, with two very 

 indistiuct transverse furrows. Scutellum ferruginous, with a basal piceous 

 tiiangular mark. Legs tawny, short; femora incrassated, fore femora 

 especially so. Fore wings ferruginous, more than half the length of the 

 abdomen; corium with a pale testaceous dot in the disk; membrane pale 

 cinereous, with piccous veins. Length of the body 6! lines. 



The longer antenna; of this species distinguish it from I. brcvicornis. 



a. Natal. From M. Gucinzius' collection. 



