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black, very slender ; first joint piceous, rather stout, a little shorter than the 

 head ; second more than thrice the length of the first. Prothorax contracted 

 in front, with two transverse furrows, aud with a large black spot on each 

 side hindward. Legs luteous, slender. Corium and membrane hyaline, 

 brownish cinereous ; veins brown. Length of the body 4 lines. 



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



7. MONALONION POLITUM. 



Fcem. Rufum, gracile, fere lineare ; caput breve ; oculi valde promi- 

 nuli ; rostrum coxas anticas attingens ; antenna nigra, articulo \o 

 piceo valdo capiti aquilongo ; prothorax antiee arctalus el transverse 

 bisulcatus, angulis posticis acutis ; corium apice fuscum ; membrana 

 fusca. 



Female. Red, slender, smooth, shining, nearly linear. Head short- 

 triangular. Eyes piceous, very prominent. Rostrum extending to the 

 fore coxae. Antenna? black, slender; first joint piceous, stout, as long as 

 the head ; second more than four limes the length of the first. Prothorax 

 contracted in front, where there are two well-defined transverse furrows ; 

 hind angles acute. Legs slender. Corium brown at the tip. Membrane 

 aud hind wings brown. Length of the body 4 lines. 



a. Sarawak. Presented by VV. VV. Saunders, Esq. 



9. MONALONION DIVISUM. 



Mas. Nigrum, gracile, sublineare ; caput rufum, nigro unifasciatum ; 

 oculi prominuli ; rostrum coxas posticas paullo superans ; antennce 

 corpore paullo breviores ; prothorax antiee bisulcatus, postice striatus ; 

 abdomen basi rufum ; pedes rufi ; corium rufo late unifasciatum. 



Male. Black, slender, nearly linear. Head red, triangular, smooth, 

 shining, with a black band on the hind part of the vertex. Eyes black, 

 prominent. Rostrum red, extending a little beyond the hind coxas. 

 Antennae shorter than the body ; first joint as long as the head ; second 

 about thrice the length of the first; third as long as the first. Prothorax 

 red, with two transverse furrows in front and with a broad hinder band, 

 which is transversely striated. Abdomen red towards the base. Legs red, 

 slender. Corium with a broad red band at one-third of the length. 

 Membrane blackish. Length of the body 4^ lines. 



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



Genus 16. EUCEROCORIS. 



Eucerocoris, Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. ii. 21. 



1. Eucerocoris nigriceps. 

 nigriceps, Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. ii. 22, pi. 2, f. 7. 



2. Eucerocoris Westwoodii. 

 Westwoodii, White, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. iii. 94. 

 Sierra Leone. 



