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Male. Black, fusiform, shining, very finely punctured. Head elon- 

 gate triangular ; middle lobe slightly prominent. Eyes very prominent. 

 Rostrum extending a little beyond the fore border of the second ventral 

 segment. Antennas somewhat shorter than the body; first joint white at 

 the base, a little shorter than the head ; second a little shorter than the 

 first; third rather shorter than the second; fourth longer than the first, 

 sometimes white for full half the length from the base. Prothorax narrower 

 in front, with a well-defined transverse middle furrow, narrowly bordered 

 in front and on each side, and more broadly bordered behind with white, 

 which hue on the hind border and on the adjoining part of each side is 

 more or less tinged with luteous. Abdomen beneath narrowly bordered 

 with whitish along each side and behind; underside with a broad and 

 sometimes much abbreviated luteous stripe ; hind border of the apical 

 segment red. Four posterior femora white towards the base ; fore femora 

 slightly incrassated, with two teeth beneath near the tips. Middle tibiae 

 brown, sometimes whitish; fore tibiae whitish. Tarsi brown ; first joint 

 whitish except at the tip. Curium with a whitish line, which extends 

 from the base nearly to a white band near the tip. Membrane blackish. 

 Length of the body 4 — 5 lines. 



a. New Guinea. Presented by W. VV. Saunders, Esq. 



b. New Guinea. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



18. ECTATOPS COI.ORATUS. 



Mas. Niger, subfusiformis, cinereo subtomentosus ; rostrum segmenti 2i 

 ventralis marginem posticum altingens; antenna: corpore sat breviores, 

 articulis 2o 3o 4oque basi albis, 3o subciavato ; prothorax margine 

 lateribusque anlicis spatioque postico luteis ; sculellum apice luteum; 

 corium luleo submarginatum, apice album; membrana atra. 



Male. Black, subfusiform, with slight cinereous tomentum. Head 

 triangular. Eyes very prominent, slightly ascending. Rostrum extending 

 to the hind border of the second ventral segment. Antennas somewhat 

 shorter than the body; first joint a little longer than the head; second 

 and third white at the base ; second shorter than the first; third subclavate, 

 shorter than the second; fourth white towards the base, a little longer than 

 the third. Prothorax luteous and largely punctured between the hind 

 border and a slight transverse furrow, which is rather before the middle; 

 fore border and sides of the fore part very narrowly luteous. Scutellum 

 luteous at the tip. Fore femora slightly incrassated, with two minute 

 subapical teeth beneath; knees luteous. Corium of the fore wings luteous 

 towards the base, white towards the tip, luteous also along the middle part 

 of the costa and of the interior border ; membrane deep black. Length of 

 the body 6 lines. 



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



19. EcTATOrS RUFICOSTA. 



Mas. Niger, fusiformis ; rostrum segmenti 1 i ventralis marginem posticum 

 altingens; antennae gracillimce, corpore breviores, arliculo 4o basi 



