18 CATALOGUE OF 



Rostrum extending to the middle coxae. Antennae much shorter than the 

 body ; first joint full twice the length of the head. Prothorax slightly 

 convex and wholly red in front of the slight transverse furrow; hind part 

 bordered with red. Abdomen beneath testaceous, red in the disk, black at 

 the tip, and with three black streaks on each side. Fore femora slightly 

 iucrassated, beset beneath with a row of minute spines. Coriuin of the 

 fore wings red, with a broad black stripe along the inner border, with a 

 broad black middle band, aiud with a black tip. Length of the body 

 8^ lines. 



a. Old Calabar. From Mr. Gray's collection. 



South Asia. 



A. First joint of the antennae longer than the second. 



a. Corium with a white band. 



* Femora black beneath. . - - - albifascia. 

 ** Femora pale beneath. .... robusta. 



b. Corium with no white band. - apicalis. 



B. First and second joints of the antennae equally long, 



or the first slightly shorter than the second. 



a. Prothorax red. ----- Sehlanbuschii. 



b. Prothorax testaceous. ... - immunis. 



c. Prothorax black. 



* Corium red or testaceous, with black spot. 



| First and second joints of the antennae about equal in 



length. ------ famelica, gutta. 



ff First joint of the antennae slightly shorter than the 



second. ------ cincticollis. 



** Corium black, red-bordered. - - - fimbriata. 



C. Second joint of the antennae longer than the first. - bimaculata. 



3. Physopelta albofasciata. 



Cimex albofasciatus, Beg. Ins. iii. 335, pi. 34, f. 1 1 — Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 364 ; 

 Mant. Ins. ii. 299 — Lygoeus albofasciatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 153; 

 Syst. Rhyn. 221 — Physopelta erythrocephala, Serv. Hist. Hem. 271 — 

 Physopelta afBnis, Serv. Hist. Hem. 272 — Physopelta albofasciata, 

 Stal, Berl. Ent. Zeit. vii. 390. 



a, b. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 



c. Java. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



d. Mount Ophir. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



4. Physopelta robusta. 

 robusta, Stal, Berl. Ent. Zeit. vii. 390. 

 Laos. 

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



