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Male and female. Red, fusiform, thickly and minutely punctured. 

 Head triangular. Eyes piceous, not prominent. Rostrum black at the 

 tip, extending- to the bind coxae. Antenna? black, a little more than half 

 the length of the body ; first joint hardly longer than the head ; second a 

 little longer than the first; third a little shorter than the first; fourth as 

 long as the second. Prothorax with a slight transverse middle furrow ; 

 a small black spot on each side of the fore part, and an abbreviated and 

 interrupted black band on the hind part. Scutellum black. Abdomen 

 beneath with four transverse black streaks on each side. Fore femora 

 incrassated, with three subapical spines beneath ; tibia? and tarsi black. 

 Corium of the fore wings with a broad irregular black streak along the 

 interior border ; membrane black. Length of the body Q\ lines. 



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



10. Physopelta pilosa. 

 pilosa, Stal, Ofv. K. V. Ah. Fork. 1870, 665. 

 Philippine Isles. 



11. Physopelta apicalis. 



Mas et fcem. Niger, fusiformis ; caput subtus rufum; rostrum coxas 

 poslicas attingens ; antennce basi rufce, corpore paullo breviores ; 

 prothorax transverse tenuiter sulcatus ; abdomen rufo marginatum; 

 pedes tibiis anticis femoribusque apice rufs, libiis basi rufis, tarsis 

 piceis ; corium rufum, slriga basali fascia apiceque nigris. 



Male and female. Black, fusiform. Head red beneath. Rostrum 

 extending to the hind coxa?; first joint red. Antenna? a little shorter than 

 the body; first joint twice the length of the head, red at the tip ; second 

 much shorter than the first; third much shorter than the second; fourth 

 much shorter than the third. Prothorax with a slight transverse middle 

 furrow ; disk black. Abdomen beneath with a red stripe ; hind borders of 

 the second and third segments much curved on each side. Connexivum 

 red. Femora and fore tibia? with red tips ; tibia? red at the base ; tarsi 

 piceous ; fore femora with a row of spines beneath. Corium red, with a 

 black basal streak, with a black band, which does not extend to the inner 

 border, and with a black tip. Length of the body 8 — 9 lines. 



a — d. Hindostan. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



12. Physopelta plana. 



Mas. Rufus, fusiformis; rostrum coxas intermedias attingens ; antenna; 

 nigra, corporis dimidio lonyiores ; prothorax transverse bisulcalus ; 

 scutellum piceum; segmenla pecloralia et ventralia nigro marginata ; 

 corium nigro vnistrigatum et unimaculatum ; membrana cinerea. 



Male. Red, fusiform. Rostrum extending to the middle coxa?; tip 

 black. Antenna? black, very much shorter than the body; first joint red at 

 the base; second as long as the first; third very much shorter than the 

 second. Prothorax with two transverse abbreviated furrows, the anterior 

 one curved ; fore part hardly convex ; sides hardly reflexed. Scutellum 

 piceous. Fore borders of the pectoral and ventral segments black. Corium 



