190 CATALOGUE OF 



Australasia. 



Div. 

 Diconocoris, Mayr, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ver. Wien. xv. 442. 



97. MONANTHIA JAVANA. 



Dicouocoris Javanus, Mayr, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ver. Wien. xv. 442. 

 Java. 



98. MONANTHIA INVAKIA. 



Nigra, longi-fusiformis; antenna graciles, filiformes, corporis dimidio 

 paullo longi&res ; pro thorax subliliter scaler, subcarinalus, poslice 

 produclus reticu/alus acutus; pedes longiusculi; alee anlicce cinerea, 

 fusco reticulata et bifasciata. 



Black, slender, elongate-fusiform. Head slightly elongated. Antenna? 

 slender, filiform, a little more than half the length of the body ; first joint 

 stout; second much shorter than the first; third more than thrice the 

 length of the first and second together; fourth much more than half the 

 length of the third. Prolborax finely scabrous, with a slight keel and with 

 a distinct transverse furrow near the fore border; hind part elongated, 

 acute, reticulated. Legs slender, rather long. Fore wings cinereous, 

 minutely reticulated ; reticulation brown ; two irregular brown bands near 

 the base. Length of the body 2^ lines. 



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



99. MONANTHIA MONTICOLLIS. 



Fulva ; antenna gracillima, corporis dimidio longiores, articulo 4o alro 

 piloso longi-fusiformi; prothorax nodis duobus inagnis piceis reticu- 

 lars ; abdomen piceum ; ala antica cinerea, nigricante reticulata et 

 bimaculata. 



Tawny. Head small. Eyes black, small, close to the fore border of 

 the prothorax. Antenna? very slender, rather more than half the length of 

 the body; first joint stout; second shorter than the first ; third more than 

 four times the length of the first and second together; fourth deep black, 

 hairy, elongate-fusiform, stouter than the third and about thrice its length. 

 Prothorax forming two large globose piceous protuberances, which are 

 largely reticulated. Abdomen piceous. Legs slender. Fore wings 

 cinereous, miuutely reticulated; reticulations blackish, increasing in size 

 from the base to the tip ; two blackish spots on the costa, one before the 

 middle, the other near the tip. Length of the body \\ line. 



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



100. MONANTHIA IRREGULARIS. 



Physatocheila irregularis, Mrtz. A. S. E. F. Ame Sir. u 68. 

 Lifu. 



