368 CATALOGUE OF 



utrinque atlenuata nigris ; sculellum flavescens, apiccm versus 

 nigrum ; pectus Jtavescente bifascialum ; spina venlralis brcvlssinia ; 

 pedes robusti, femoi ibus puslerioribiis basi JlavesccuUbiis ; membrana 

 nigricans, cinereo pallida margiua'a. 



Black, broad, oval, shining, very thinly puuctuvecl. Head obliquely 

 and finely slriated on each side; sides haidly reflexed ; lobes of equal 

 leiigtli ; disk beneath yellowish. Rostrum extending to the hind coxae. 

 Antennas slender, a little less than half the length of the body ; first joint 

 not extending to the front of the head ; second very much shorter than the 

 third; fourth longer than the third, shorter than the fifth. Thorax 

 yellowish, witli a transverse black streak on each side near the fore border 

 and with an irrej^ular black band which is undulating in front, attenuated 

 on each side, and of which the middle part joins the hind border. Scntel- 

 lum yellowish for nearly half the length from the base, black from thence 

 to the tip, which is rather broad. Pectus yellowish about the coxae and 

 with two yellowish bands. Ventral spine obtuse, very short, not extending 

 to the hind coxae. Legs stout; posterior femora towards the base, coxte 

 and trochanters yellowish. Membrane of the fore wings blackish, with a 

 pale cinereous border. Length of the body 6 lines. 



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



Var. Niger; caput luteo bimaculatum et hivitlalmn, subtus flavum ; 

 thorax iuteus, sirigis duabiis anticis transversis, macidis duabtis 

 lateralibus, plagis duabus poslicis laleribusque nigris; sculellum 

 luteum, villa postica nigra lalissima siibf areata ; pectus Jlavuin , slrigi<i 

 sex transversis maculisque duabus nigris; venter iuteus, lateribus 

 nigra maculatis ; pedes basijlavi; alee anticce luteo uniguttalce. 



Var. Black beneath. Head with a luteous spot on each side; lateral 

 lobes luteous along the middle lobe; under side yellow. Thorax luteous ; 

 two patches on the hind border, a spot near each hind angle, two trans- 

 verse streaks in front and sides black. Sculellum luteous; apical part 

 black, forked in front. Pectus yellow ; three transverse black streaks on 

 each side ; a black spot on each side between the second and third streaks. 

 Abdomen beneath with black lateral spots. Legs black ; femora towards 

 the base and coxae pale yellow. Fore wings with a luteous subcostal post- 

 medial dot. Length of the body 7 lines. 



b. Wagiou. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



76. RHAPHIGASTER CONTINUCS. 



Piceus, ovaius, dense punctatus, subtus testaceus ; caput parvum, antiee 

 testaceum, lateribus subrejlexis ; rostrum coxas inlernwdias attingens ; 

 antenna tcslacece ; thorax liluris sex lateralibus fasciaque postica 

 Jlavis glabris ; scutelium strigis nonnullis apiceque lestaceis ; pectus 

 piceo biplagiutum; venter villa maculari nigra; femora posteriora 

 fusco unimaculala, membrana pallide cinerea. 



Piceous, oval, thickly and minutely punctured, testaceous beneath. 

 Head small, testaceous along the fore border; sides slightly reflexed ; lobes 



