FBOM THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 131 



130 Hemisph^rius CERviNus. Ma*. Cervmus,brevi-ovatus,capite 

 thoraceque sordide ochraceis, fronte thoraceque apud discos piceis 

 vertice frontisque raargine antico flavescentibus, abdomine subtus 

 nigro segmentis flavo marginatis, pedibus anticis sordide ochraceis, 

 pedibus posterioribus flavis femoribus basi piceis. 

 Male. Fawn-colour, dull, dilated, oval. Head and tborax dull 

 ocbraccous. Disk of the front and of the thorax piceous ; vertex and 

 fore border of the front yellowish. Abdomen beneath black; bind 

 borders of the segments yellow. Fore legs dull ochraceous; posterior 

 legs yellow; their femora piceous towards the base. Length of the 

 body 1^ Hne. 

 , Hab. New Guinea. 



The dull colour and the fore wings without a costal stripe 

 distiDguish it from H. viduus. 



131. Hemisph^rius plagiatus. Mas. Fulvus, femoribus posticis 

 piceis; ahs anticis piceis, vitta postica fulva vittaque subcostah pallide 

 flava, costa nigra. 



Male. Tawny. Front broader than long; face paler than the thorax. 

 Hind femora piceous. Fore wings piceous, with a tawny stripe along 

 the suture, and with a narrow yellow subcostal stripe; costa black 

 Length of the body If line. 



Hab. Sula. 



It has most resemblance to H. macuUpes, but the unspotted 

 legs and the subcostal line of the fore wings sufficiently distin- 

 guish it. 



132. Hemisph^rius concolor. Mas. Niger, brevi-ovatus, capita 

 subtus palhde flavo, vertice fulvo, frontis margine antico pallide flavo ' 

 abdomine subtus piceo segmentis flavo-pallido marginatis, pedibus 

 palhde flavis, femoribus tibiisque anterioribus piceo vittatis, alis 

 anticis vitta subcostali flavescente. 



Male. Black, dilated, oval. Head pale yellow beneath ; vertex tawny • 

 front with a pale yellow band on the fore border. Abdomen beneath 

 piceous; hind borders of the segments pale yellow. Legs pale 

 yellow; anterior tarsi, stripes of the anterior femora and tibia, and 

 tips of the hind tibiae piceous. Fore wings with a yellowish subcostal 

 stripe, which extends along the whole length and does not diverge 

 Length of the body 2 lines. 



Hab. New Guinea. 



The red legs of R. tristis sufficiently distinguish it from this 

 species. 



133. IlEMisPHiERius coLLARis. Mas. Ferruginco-fuscus, ovatus 

 vertice frontisque margine antico palhde flavis, facie nigra ; abdomine 



, subtus nigricante, vitta lata fulva, segmentis flavo-pallido marginatis • 



