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5. Physopelta gutta. 



Pyrrhocoris gutta, Burnt. Nov. Act. Acad. Leop. xvi. Supp. 300, pi. 41, 

 f. 10; Handb. Ent. ii. 285— Physopelta bimaculata, Stal, Ofv. K. V. 

 Ak.Forh. 1855, 186. 



a. Silhet. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



b. Pulo Penang. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



c. Yang-Tsze. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



d. Hong Kong. 



e,f. Shanghai. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



g. Ceylon. Presented by Major Parry. 



h. Silhet. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



i. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 



j. Philippine Isles. From Dr. Cuming's collection. 



6. Physopelta fameliga. 

 famelica, Stal, Berl. Ent. Zeit. vii. 391. 



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



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



c. Am. Presented by VV. W. Saunders, Esq. 



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



e. Celebes. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Var.? Nigra, fusiformis ; caput rufum, margine postico nigro ; antenna 

 corpore multo breviores, basi rufce ; prothorax rnfo marginalus ; 

 venter rufus, gutlis lateralibus nigris elongatis ; femora anlica rufa, 

 apice nigra ; corium rufum, plaga postmedia maculaque apicali 

 nigris ; membrana apice albo tenuiler marginala. 



Female. Black, fusiform. Head red; hind border above black. 

 Rostrum extending to the hind coxas. Antenna? much shorter than the 

 body; first joint longer than the head, red at the base; second as long as 

 the first. Prothorax bordered with red in front on each side and more 

 narrowly behind ; a distinct transverse middle furrow. Abdomen beneath 

 red, with a row of black elongated dots along each side. Fore femora red ; 

 tips black. Corium red, with a black transverse patch beyond the middle 

 and with a black apical spot. Membrane with a narrow white apical border. 

 Length of the body 1\ lines. 



a. Aru. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



7. Physopelta cincticollis. 

 cincticollis, Stal, Berl. Ent. Zeit. vii. 392. 

 Hindostau. 



Var.? Nigra, fusiformis ; antenna corpore multo breviores ; prothorax 

 fascia postica nigra abbreviata latissima ; venter rufus, apice niger ; 

 coxa et trochanteres lutea ; corium rufum, nigro bifasciatum ; 

 membrana apice cinereo marginala. 



