OGl CATALOGUE OF 



63. MORMIDEA CONTIGUA. 



Fulva, aspere punctata, nigra consperm, subtus jiallide lestacea ; antenna: 

 apices versus nigrce ; thorax lineis duabus inanjinalibus jiavo-albis, 

 spinis nigris hmgis crassis oblvsis subobliquis ; scutellum miiculis 

 duabus basalibus unaque apicali magnis paltide Jlavis ; pedes nigra 

 conspersi ; alee aniicce casta basi albida. 



Tawny, oval, roughly punctured; punctures black ; under side, rostrum 

 and legs pale testaceous. Head elougate-conical, more thickly punctured 

 than the thorax; lobes of equal length. Rostrum extending to the hind 

 coxae. Antenna slender, full half the length of the body ; lirst joint not 

 extending to the front of the head ; second and third of about equal length ; 

 fourth and fifth black, very much longer than the third. Thorax with a 

 transverse callus on each side in front, and with a smooth slight yellowish 

 white marginal ridge between the spine and the fore border; spines black, 

 stout, long, rounded at the tips, slightly inclined forward. Scutellum with 

 three large smooth pale yellow spots, one on each side of the fore border, 

 the third apical. Legs slender; femora and tibiae black-speckled. Fore 

 wings with the costa whitish at the base ; membrane cinereous. Length of 

 the body 3^ lines. 



Very nearly allied to M. socia, but the spines of the thorax are less 

 acute. 



a. Java. 



64. MOEMIDEA DUCTOR. 



Saturate viridis, scite punctata, subtus testacea viridi pallido marginata ; 

 caput ochraceum, nigra marginatum ; rastrum pallide tcslaceum, apice 

 nigrum ; thorax spinis nigris aculis longissimis pcrpaullo ascendenti- 

 bus ; venter gutlis margi.nalibus nigris ; tarsi apice teslacei. 



Deep green, oval, minutely punctured; under side pale green with a 

 testaceous disk. Head ochraceous, sraall, conical, bordered with black, 

 green towards the hind border; lobes of equal length. Rostrum pale 

 testaceous, extending to the hind border of the first abdominal segment; 

 tip black. Antenuffi slender, about half the length of the body; first joint 

 extending to the front of the head ; second longer than the third ; third 

 longer than the fourth ; fifth more than twice longer than the fourth. 

 Thorax with a smooth transverse space on each side in front; spines black, 

 acute, very long, very slightly ascending. Scutellum attenuated towards 

 the tip, extending to the angle of the corium. Abdomen beneath with 

 black marginal dots. Legs slender; tarsi testaceous towards the tips. 

 Membrane of the fore wings pale cinereous. Length of the body 6^ lines. 



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



Genus 12. TYOMA. 



Tyoma, Spin. Tav. Sin. 98 — O.vycoris, Mayr, Vcrh. Zaol. But. Gcsch. 

 Wien. xiv. 909 ; Novara Hem. 58. 



