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8. HOPLISTODERA SUBACTA. 



jEneo-picea, lata, aspere punctata ; rostrum teslaceum, apice nigrum ; 

 thorax spinis laiissintis subacutis non extensis ; scutellum maximum, 

 callis duobus basalibus apiceque pallide luteis ; pectoris segmenta. 

 luteo marginata ; pedes pallide lutei, nigra conspersi, 



^ueoiis-piceous, broad, oval, shining, roughly punctured above and 

 beneath. Head conical ; lobes of equal length. Kostrum testaceous, black 

 towards the lip, extending nearly to the hind border of the first abdominal 

 segment. Antennte piceous, slender; first joint not extending to the front 

 of the head; second much shorter than the third; fourth a little longer 

 than the third. Thorax with a smooth transverse callus on each side in 

 front; spines short, very broad, slightly acute. Scutellum extending nearly 

 to the tip of the abdomen ; a large callus on each side at the base and the 

 whole breadth at the lip pale luteous. Pectus pale luteous on the borders 

 of the segments. Legs pale luteous, stout; femora and tibite speckled with 

 black. Membrane of the fure wings brown. Length of the body 4^ lines. 



a. Celebes. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 



Genus 14. ALCLAIUS, C. H. 218. 

 1. Alcijius lineolatus, C. H. 218. 

 a. Philippine Isles. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



2. Alcimus lineosus. 



Niger, crassus, scite punctatus ; caput vitlis duabus anticis maculisque 

 tribus luteis ; rostrum pallide luteum, apice nigrum; antenme picew, 

 basi lutecB ; thorax atomis fasciisque duabus pallide luteis, fascia la 

 bis interrupta nigro inlerlineata, 2a interrupta, spinis crassis longis- 

 simis peracutis suba&cendentibus sulcatis lutco strigatis ; scutellum 

 callis duabus basalibus vittisque quatuor pallide luteis ; pedes lutei ; 

 aim anticce luteo quinque vittatce ; membrana fusca. 



Black, oval, thick, thinly and finely punctured. Head short, with pale 

 luteous marks; these are two stripes in front, a spot on each side between 

 the eyes, a spot near the hind border and the anteniiiferous tubercles ; lobea 

 of equal length. Rostrum pale luteous, extending a little beyond the hind 

 coxae; tip black. Antennae piceous, slender, a little more than half the 

 length of the body; first joint pale luteous, not extending to the front of 

 the head; second much shorter than the third; fourth shorter than the 

 third, a little longer than the fifth. Thorax with pale luteous speckles, iu 

 front of which there are two irregular pale luteous bands ; first band inter- 

 rupted on each side, its middle part containing a transverse twice inter- 

 rupted black line; second band interrupted in the middle; spines slightly 

 ascending, very long and thick and acute, furrowed iu front and behind, 

 with three pale luleons streaks at the base. Scutellum extending nearly 

 to the lip of the abdomen, with a large pale luteous callus on each side at 

 the base and with four pale luteous stripes, the inner stripes slightly 

 diverging from each other hiudward and then united ; the outer stripes 

 united beyond the iuuer stripes. Pecluo and uuder side of abdomcu with 



