40 CATALOGUE OF 



Div. 7. 

 Pirena, Stal, A. S. E. F. 4me Ser. iii. 47. 



30. ECTRICHODIA PUNCTATA. 



Pirena punctata, Slal, A. S. E. F. 4me Ser. iii. 47. 

 a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



South Asia and Eastern Isles. 

 Div. 1. 



Physorhynchus, Serv. — Eclrichodia, Sial. 



31. ECTRICHODIA LlNNEI. 



Linnei, Slal, Ofv. K. Vet. Ah. Fork. xvi. 178. 

 Ceylon. 



32. ECTEICHODIA RUBRA. 



rubra, Serv. Hist. Hem. 344, pi. 7, f. 7. 

 Java. 



33. ECTRICHODIA DISCREPANS. 



Mas. Nigra, nonnunquam cyaneo aut purpurea varia ; caput sub- 

 triangulare, transverse striatum, prot/wracis lobo untico brevius ; 

 antenna: apices versus fuscescenles ; scutelli mucrones tuberculati ; 

 abdomen rufum, apicem versus nigrum ; pedes robusli, femoribus 

 quatuor poslcrioribm subtus tuberculatis, anticis subtus unispinosis. 

 Focm. — Aptera ; antenna 6-arliculata ; abdomen nigrum, scubrum ; 

 counexivum rufum aut rufo marginatum. 



Mule. Black, fusiform, smooth, sinning, sometimes tinged with blue 

 or purple. Head somewhat triangular, striated transversely, shorter than 

 the fore lobe of the prothojax ; ante-ocular part longer than the post- 

 ocular; ocelliferous part elevated. Eyes slightly prominent. First and 

 second joints of the rostrum nearly equally long. Antennae hairy, a little 

 longer than the head and the protborax together; first joint longer than 

 the head; second longer than the first; third and fourth brownish; third 

 much shorter than the first ; fourth shorter than the third. Prothorax with 

 an impression on each side of the longitudinal furrow and partly on each 

 lobe; foie lobo about as long as the hind lobe. Tubercular points of the 

 scutellum wide apart. Abdomen red, black towards the tip. Legs stout; 

 hind femora with a tubercle beneath near the tip; middle femora with two 

 tubercles beneath ; fore femora with a stout spine beneath ; fore anterior 

 tibial with an oblong furrow. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 

 10 lines. Female, — Windless. Anlenn;e 6-jointed, hardly pilose. Abdo- 

 men black, scabrous; counexivum red or bordered with red. Length of 

 the body 12—16 lines. 



a — c. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



d. Ceylon. From Mr. Tbwailes' collection. 



e — g. Ceylon. Presented by W. \V. Saunders, Esq. 



