HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 51 



transversely elongated spots on each side. Legs rather slender; furrow of 

 the four anterior tibiae elliptical. Fore wings deep black; costa and veins 

 of the corium red. Length of the body 8 lines. 



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



49. Ectrichodia Ophirica. 



Mas. Rufa; caput elliplicum, prolhoracis lobo antico paullo longius ; 

 oculi subprominuli ; antenna picea, pilosissimcc, arliculo \o rufo; 

 prolhorax antice unisulcalus, postice trisulcalus ; scutellum triden- 

 tatum ; pectus nigra biplagiatum ; venter nigro triviltalus ; pedes 

 breviusculi, sat validi,femoribus quatuor anterioribus subincrassatis ; 

 alee anlica nigra, corii basi lineaque coslali rufis. 



Male. Eed, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head elliptical, a little longer 

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

 ocular. Eyes piceous, slightly prominent. First joint of the rostrum 

 longer than the second. Antennae piceous, very hairy; first joint red, 

 nearly as long as the head ; second much longer than the first; third and 

 following joints shorter than the first. Prothorax with a strongly-marked 

 longitudinal furrow, which does not extend to the hind border of the hind 

 lobe; fore lobe shorter than the hind lobe, which has a strongly-marked 

 longitudinal furrow on each side. Scutellum with two wide-apart points 

 and with an intermediate smaller point. Pectus with a black patch on 

 each side. Abdomen beneath with a broad abbreviated black stripe on 

 each side. Legs rather short and stout; four anterior femora slightly 

 incrassated ; four anterior tibiae with an elliptical furrow. Fore wings 

 black; corium red at the base, and with a red costal line. Length of the 

 body 5 lines. 



a. Mount Ophir. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



60. Ectrichodia included. 



Fcom. Nigra, glabra ; caput fusiforme, prothoracis lobo antico sat 

 longius ; rostrum ferrugineum ; prothorax et sculelli mucrones ruji ; 

 connexivum rufo maculalum; pedes sat graciles ; corium litura aut 

 fascia informi basi costaque rujis. 



Female. Black, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head fusiform, rather 

 longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular part as long as the 

 post-ocular. Eyes slightly prominent. Rostrum ferruginous; first joint 

 longer than the second. Antenna; hairy, longer than the head and the 

 prolhorax together; first joint much longer than the ante-ocular head; 

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

 than the third. Prothorax red, with a strongly-marked longitudinal furrow, 

 which does not extend to the hind border of the hind lobe; fore lobe with 

 a slight longitudinal furrow on each side, hardly shorter and much more 

 convex than the hind lobe, from which it is divided by a black suture ; hind 

 lobe with a strongly-marked longitudinal furrow on each side. Apical 

 points of the scutellum red, far apart. Connexivum with red spots along 

 each side. Legs rather slender; furrow beneath the four anterior tibiae 



