2C8 CATALOGUE OF 



four irregular macular pale luteous stripes. Legs luteous, stout; femora 

 mostly paler; fore wings with five more or less complete pale luteous 

 stripes; membrane brown. Length of the body 4 lines. 



a. Celebes. Presented by W. \V. Saunders, Esq. 



Genus 15. TAURODES, C. H. 219. 

 1. Taurodes boo PS, C. H. 220. 

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



Genus 16. ^SCHRUS, C. H. 220. 



1. ^SCHHCS OBSCURUS, C. H. 221. 



a. Java. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



b. Hindostau. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



2. ^SCHRUS TESTUDINARIUS. 



Ferrugineus, aspere punctatus, nigra conspersus ; caput nigrum, lobis 

 laleralibus exlus dentalis lobum medium superantibus ; antenniefulvce, 

 corporis dimidio breviores ; thorax antice niger vix carinalus, spinis 

 crassis longissimis peracutis apice nigris ; pectus el venter nigra 

 varia; femora nigra, fulvu bifasciata ; tibice piceo fasciatte, basi 

 nigra; membrana cinerea, nigricante reticulata. 



Ferruginous, elliptical, roughly punctured above and beneath ; punc- 

 tures black. Head black, hardly narrower in front ; lateral lobes extending 

 beyond the middle lobes, each armed wilh a stout tooth on the outer side of 

 the front. Rostrum lawny, extending a little beyond the hind coxae. 

 AntennJC tawny, slender, less than half the length of the body; first joint 

 not extending to the Iront of the head ; second shorter than the third ; fourth 

 and filth piceous; fourth shorter than the third and than the fifth. Thorax 

 transversely and slightly impressed and partly black in front, where there 

 is a slight longitudinal keel ; spines very long and stout and acute, slightly 

 inclined forward, black in front and with black tips. Scutellum about two- 

 thirds of the length of the abdomen. Pectus and under side of the abdo- 

 men partly black. Legs stout; coxye and femora black ; posterior femora 

 wilh two lawny bands; second band irregular; tibiae black at the base and 

 with a piceous band. Corium of the fore wings small ; membrane cine- 

 reous, with blackish reticulated veins. Length of the body 3 lines. 



a. ? From Mr. Vigors' collection. 



Genus 17. AXIAGASTUS, C. H. 221. 



1. AxiAGASTOS ROSMARUS, C. H.221. 



Tn the female of this species the sides of the rostral channel are not 

 developed into spines. The length of ihe rostrum is variable. The antenuae 

 are much more than half the length of the body and the joints to the fourth 

 successively increase in lengih ; ihe fourth and the fifth are equal in length. 

 The pale luteous spot at ihe lip ot the scutellum is very variable in size and 

 shape. In two specimens of the male the right antenna of the one and the 

 left antenna of the other are deformed, and not more than one-third of the 

 usual length, and with only three perceptible joints. 



