174 CATALOGUE OF 



4. RoSCIUS FASCIATUS. 



Mas. Rufus, fusiformis, subtus niger ; rostrum segmenli 3i ventralis 

 marginem posticum attingens, articulis 'So 4oqne nigris ; antenna 

 nigra, corpore mullo breviores ; pro thoracis discus amicus niger; 

 segmenta pectoralia et ventralia rufo marginata ; pedes rufi,femoribus 

 guatuor anterioribus nigro villalis, femoribus posticis libiisque nigris 

 basi apiceque rufis ; corium fascia maculaque subapicali nigris; 

 membrana cinerea. 



Male. Red, fusiform, black beneath. Head black at the base abore 

 and more so beneath; middle lobe very prominent. Rostrum extending to 

 the hind border of the third ventral segment; first, second and third joints 

 about equal in length; first and second red; third and fourth black; fourth 

 about half the length of (he third. Antennas black, much shorter than the 

 body; first joint much longer than the head; second rather shorter than 

 the first; third a little more than half the length of the second; fourth as 

 long as the second. Prothorax with a strongly marked transverse fnnow 

 at somewhat in front of the middle; di.sk of the fore part black; sides 

 reflexed ; hind angles much rounded. Hind holders of the pectoral and 

 ventral segments red. Legs red; four anterior femora striped with black; 

 tibiae and hind femora black, except at the base and towards the lips. 

 Corium with a black middle band and with a subapical black spot. 

 Membrane cinereous. Length of the body 12 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



Genus 4. .ESCHINES. 



iEschines, Stal, Berl. Etit. Zeit. vii. 402. 



1. iEsCHlNES BUCCULATUS. 



iEschines bucculatus, Stal, Berl. Ent. Zeit. vii. 402. 



Sarawak. 



Genus 5. ODONTOPUS. 



Odontopus, De Lap. Ess. Hem. 37. Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 6— Antilochns, 

 Stal, Berl. Ent. Zeit. vii. 393. 



Africa. 



A. Head deflexed. 



a. Corium with a black band. ... nigrocruciatus. 



b. Corium with two black marks. 



* Prothorax not black. .... bipunctatus. 

 ** Prothorax with a black disk - Boerhavise. 

 1$. lhad porrect. 



a. Corium with two spots. . - - - sexpunctatus. 



b. Corium with a band. .... Madagascarieusis. 



c. Corium without marks. 



* Head with a black band. - flavipcs. 



** Head wholly black. .... nigriceps. 



