BEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. ±'25 



the tip. Tibia) and tarsi tawny ; farrow beneath the fore tibiae hardly 

 one-third as long as the latter. Corium with two pale yellow stripes, 

 which are irregularly forked and connected towards their tips, one subcostal, 

 the other along the clavus. Var. /3. — Hind femora yellow, except at the 

 base and towards the lips. Tibiae and tarsi yellow. Streaks of the coriura 

 not forked nor connected. Length of the body 7 lines. 



a. Aru. Preseuted by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



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



95. Pirates sculpturatus. 



Mas. Niger, longi-subfusiformis ; caput fusi forme, prothoracis lobo 

 antico multo longius ; prothoracis lobus anticus sulcis sex bene 

 determinatis ; lobus posticus luteo quadrimaculatus, angulis laterali- 

 bus subacutis ; scutellum apicem versus spiniforme, subascendens ; 

 connexivum luteo maculalum ; femora apice luteo fascia la ; corium 

 sirigis quitujue longitudiitalibus slrigaque exteriore transversa Jiavis ; 

 membrance vena Jlavescenle marginatce. 



Male. Black, elongate-subfusiform. Head fusiform, much longer 

 than the fore lobe of the pro thorax ; ante-ocular part as long as the post- 

 ocular. Antennae slender, much longer than the head and the prothorax 

 together; first joint nearly as long as the head ; second nearly twice as long 

 as the first ; third longer than the second. P'ore lobe of the prothorax with 

 six strongly-marked furrows, of which the outer pair are abbreviated in 

 front and the two inner pairs are curved. Hind lobe as long as the fore 

 lobe, with four large luteous spots; side angles prominent, slightly acute. 

 Scutellum forming towards the tip an acute obliquely ascending spine. 

 Connexivum with luteous spots. Femora with a luteous band near the tip. 

 Furrow beneath the four anterior tibiae less than half as long as the 

 latter. Corium with five yellow streaks, of which the three outer are 

 connected at their tips by a transverse yellow streak. Membrane with 

 yellowish-bordered veins. Length of the body 10 lines. 



a. Java. 



Australia. 



A. Prothorax black. 



a. Legs red. 



* Disk of abdomen regularly black. 



f Legs sleuder. ----- truculentus. 



ff Legs stout. - diversus. 



** Disk of abdomen irregularly black. - - ornatus. 



b. Legs not red. 



* Wings complete. 



f Fore wings with a pale subapical spot. 



X Corium red. ----- decorellus. 



\\ Corium not red. - decoratus. 



ft Fore wings with no pale subapical spot. 



X Legs black. 



§ Antennae not pale towards the lips. 



X Corium wholly tawny. - . fulvipennis. 



X X Corium with a pale spot. 



