10 CATALOGUE OF 



Male and female . Bright red. Head, rostrum, antennae, fore division 

 of the protliorax and legs black. Head shining. Eyes piceous, hardly 

 prominent, at some distance from the prothorax. Rostrum extending to 

 the hind border of the first ventral segment. Antenna; shorter than the 

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

 than the first; third a little shorter than the second; fourth white, black 

 towards the tip, longer than the third. Prothorax black in front of the 

 strongly-marked transverse furrow; sides reflexed. Scutellum black at the 

 base. Pectus mostly white, with three black bands. Abdomen beneath 

 pale testaceous. Fore femora beneath with three subapical spines. Mem- 

 brane of the fore wings lurid. Var. ($. — Membrane black towards the tip. 

 Var. y. — Membrane wholly black. Var. 8. — Scutellum wholly black. 

 Var. e. — Corium with an elongated black patch along the interior border. 

 Length of the body 6—9 lines. 



a — c. Am. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



d — g. Am. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



h, i. Ke. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



j. Ke. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



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



/, m. New Guinea. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



30. DlNDYMOS TNDIGNUS. 



Mas. Niger, fusiformis ; capile supra connexivo ventreque fulvis ; rostrum 

 coxas posticus paullo superans ; prothorax fulvo tenuiter marginatus. 



Male. Black, fusiform, very finely punctured. Head triangular, 

 tawny above; middle lobe very prominent. Ejes very prominent. Rostrum 

 extending to a li tile beyond the hind coxa?. Prothorax with a strongly- 

 marked transverse furrow at one-third of the length from the fore border, 

 and with a narrow tawny border. Abdomen tawny beneath, and on each 

 side above. Legs rather stout; fore femora beueath with minute subapical 

 spines. Length of the body 7 lines. 



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



31. DlNDYMUS VENTRALIS. 



ventralis, Mayr, Verh. Zool. Bot. Gesell. Wien. xvi. 364; Reise, Nov. Hem. 

 132, pi. 3, f. 33 ; Stal, K. Sv. Vet. Ak. Handl. 1870, J 13. 



Philippine Isles. Australia. 



Australia. 



A. Corium with no black points. 



a. Abdomen with no black bauds beneath. 



* Hind part of the prothorax luteous. - - versicolor. 



** Hind part of the prothorax black. ... circumcinctus. 



b. Abdomen with black bands beneath. - - - cinctifer. 



B. A black point on the corium. - bipunctatus. 



