20 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Black, fusiform. Rostrum extending to the hind coxa?. 

 Antenna? much shorter than the body ; first joint much longer than the 

 head; second as long as the first; third much shorter than the second. 

 Prothorax with a slight transverse middle furrow, and with an abbreviated 

 and very broad black band on the hind part. Abdomen beneath red, black 

 at the tip. Coxa? and trochanters luteous. Fore femora with four spines 

 beneath. Corium red, with two irregular black bands, oue a little beyond 

 the middle, the other subapical. Membrane with a pale cinereous apical 

 border. Length of the body 7 lines. 



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



Var. ? Foem. Nigra, fusiformis, cinereo tomentosa ; antenna corpore 

 multo brcviores ; prolhorax luteo late marginalus ; abdomen lutcum, 

 strigis vcnlralibus lateralibus transversis apiceque piceis ; coxa et 

 trockanteres lutea ; corium striga costali fasciaque exleriore luleis ; 

 membrana apicem versus cinerea. 



Female. Black, fusiform, with cinereous tomentum. Rostrum piceous, 

 extending to the hind coxa?. Antenna? much shorter than the body; first 

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

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

 broad, bordered with luteous in front and along each side; a slight trans- 

 verse furrow at somewhat in front of the middle. Abdomen luteous; 

 transverse streaks along each side beneath and tips piceous. Coxa? and 

 trochanters luteous. Corium with a luteous costal streak, which extends 

 nearly half the length from the base ; an exterior luteous band. Membrane 

 cinereous about the tip. Length of the body 6^ lines. 



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



8. Phvsopelta fimbriata. 

 fimbriate, Slal, Bed. Ent. Zeit. vii. 392. 

 Timor. 



9. Physopelta Sciilaxbtjschii. 



, Stoll, Pun. f. 273 — Cimex Slanbuschii, Fabr. Mant. Ins. 



ii. 299 — Lyga?us Schlanbuschii, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 155— Lygaeus 

 Schlanbuschii, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 222 — Pyrrhocoris Slanbuschi, 

 H.-Sch. Wanz. Ins. ix. 179 — Pyrrhocoris Schlangenbuschii, Burm. 

 Handb. Ent. ii. 286— Physopelta Schlanbuschii, Slal, Hem. Fabr. 

 i. 80. 



a—c. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



d. ? 



Var. ? Mas et foem. Ruf a, fusiformis ; rostrum coxas posticas altingens ; 

 antenna nigra, corporis dimidio paallo longiores ; prolhorax maculis 

 duabus anticis fasciaque poslica abbrcviata inter r up ta nigris ; 

 scutellum, tibia, tarsi, menibranaque nigra; ventris latera nigro 

 transverse quadristrigala ; corium apud marginem inleriorem nigro 

 strigalum. 



