16 CATALOGUE OF 



abbreviated black stripe on each side. Femora red. Fore femora slightly 

 incrassated, with two minute spines near the tips beneath. Corium black, 

 with a very narrow whitish border. Length of the body 8 lines. 



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



b. Ceram. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 



10. Melamphaus scutifer. 



Fcem. Lcete rufus, fusiformis, roslro anlennis pedibusque nigris ; rostrum 

 coxas intermedia* altingens ; antenna corpore breviores ; prolhorax 

 nigro unifasciatus ; scutellum nigrum ; pectus nigro sex plagiatum ; 

 venter niger rufo marginatus ; membrana nigra, cinereo marginala. 



Female. Bright red, fusiform. Head triangular. Eyes lurid, pro- 

 minent, very near the prothorax. Rostrum, antennae and legs Mack. 

 Rostrum extending to the middle coxae. Antennae somewhat shorter than 

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

 first; third shorter than the first; fourth as long as the second. Prothorax 

 with two distinct transverse furrows, one in the middle, the other near the 

 fore border and much curved; space between them black; sides reflexed. 

 Scutellum black. Pectus with three large black patches on each side. 

 Abdomen beneath black, red along each side and towards the tip. Legs 

 rather stout ; fore femora slightly incrassated, with minute subapical spines 

 beneath. Membrane of the fore wings black, with a pale cinereous border. 

 Length of the body 9 lines. 



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



11. Melamphaus circumdatus. 



Foem. Niger, fusiformis, subtus rufus ; rostrum coxas intermedias 

 attingens ; antennce corpore breviores ; prothorax ochraceo late mar- 

 ginatus ; pedes longi, graciles, coxis et trochanteribus ochraceis ; 

 corii costa ochraceo vittata. 



Female. Black, fusiform, red beneath. Head shining, triangular. 

 Eyes slightly prominent, contiguous to the prothorax. Rostrum extending 

 to the middle coxae. Antennae slender, shorter than the body ; first joint 

 nearly twice the length of the head ; second a little shorter than the first; 

 third shorter than the second ; fourth as long as the first. Prolhorax 

 broadly ochraceous along each side, more broadly so along the fore border; 

 two transverse furrows, one at a little in front of the middle more strongly 

 marked than the other, which is angular and near the fore border. Meso- 

 pectus and metapectus mostly black and shining. Legs black, long, 

 slender; coxae and trochanters ochraceous; fore femora beneath with two 

 subapical spines. Corium with an ochraceous costal stripe. Length of the 

 body 8— 8£ lines. 



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



b. Aru. Presented by \V. W. Saunders, Esq. 



c. d. Aru. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



