No. 4.] Rlynchota. 177 



Dulichius? clavifer, Walker, I. c, iv, p. 170 (1871). New Guinea. 



<? Black, slender, shining", nearly linear : head small, short : eyes 

 very prominent : rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae : antennae very 

 slender, over twice as long as the body, first joint, rather shorter than 

 the body, second much longer than the first (dark brown, the basal joint 

 yellowish brown) : pronotum anteriorly contracted where there is a trans- 

 verse furrow : scutellum with a long filiform capitate appendage : legs 

 long, slender (pale brown, with a few darker spots on the femora) : wings 

 blackish, slightly hyaline (Walter). Long. 5i mill. Reported from New 

 Guinea, Waigiou. 



Walker notices a variety, probably the ? , which has the pronotum 

 red, black along the fore border, and the hind femora blackish. 

 Long, 8| mill. Waterhouse notes that the scutellar spine is long, very 

 slightly curved ; light brown, with the extreme base and apex black. 



Helopeltis braconiformis, Walker. 



Helopeltis braconiformis, Walker, Cat. Het. vi, p. 165 (1873) ; 

 Waterhouse, Proc. Ent. Soc, p. xxvii (1885) ; id., Trans. Ent. Soc, 

 p. 459, t. 11, f. 4 (1886). 



¥ Black, slender, smooth, shining : head transverse, very short : eyes 

 prominent : rostrum reaching the last coxae, first joint reddish : anteunae 

 very slender, much longer than the body, first joint subclavate, second 

 much longer than the first, third a little shorter than the first : pronotum 

 and scutellum red, the latter with a slender, erect, black, capitate spine : 

 abdomen whitish at the base, legs reddish, long, slender : femora slightly 

 nodulose, black towards the apex, and with two black bands : hemelytra 

 blackish, whitish at the base, extending much beyond the abdomen 

 [Walker). Long, 6g mill. 



Reported from New Guinea. 



Waterhouse describes both sexes: — <J Black or nearly so: antennae 

 brown, with the basal joint pale brown : base of pronotum smoky brown : 

 scutellar spine long, very slightly curved, very pale brown, with the 

 extreme base and apex dark brown : legs pale brownish-yellow, with a 

 few dusky spots on the femora. 



? Antennae dark brown: pronotum light red, inclined to yellow in 

 front, with the anterior margin black : scutellum pale red, the spine very 

 pale brown : legs dark brown, some spots on the femora and the tibiae 

 paler, but not so pale as in the <$ . Differs from preceding in the form 

 of the scutellar spine and the colour of the legs and the antennas. 



Helopeltis febrictdosa, Bergroth. 

 Ent. Mon. Mag., xxv, 1889, p. 271. 

 ? = H. theivora. 



? Black, variegated yellowish, oblong, shining; hemelytra subeinere- 

 ous; scutellar horn somewhat straight. 



