87. DOLERUS. 229 



75. Dolerus earner oni. 



(Plate IX. fig. 11.) 



Dolerus bicolor, Cameron (nee Beauv.) Trans. Ent, Soc. Lond, 1876, 

 p. 469. 



Exp. al. 1 poll. 2\ lin., long. corp. 6 lin. 



Head, thorax (except the prothorax, the frontal lobe, and the 

 front of the side lobes, which are testaceous), legs, first segment of 

 abdomen above, and saw-sheaths black ; abdomen shining testa- 

 ceous ; wings dusky hyaline, very iridescent, with a slight purplish 

 lustre, nervures black ; sides of pectus coarsely punctuated, middle 

 smooth and shining ; cenchri whitish. 



Closely allied to the last species and to the Indian D. rufocinctus 

 (vide p. 233), the distribution of colours being almost the same 

 in all. 



Hob. Shanghai. 



a. 2 • (Type.) Shanghai. R. Fortune. 



76. Dolerus subfasciatus. 

 (Plate IX. fig. 13.) 



Dolerus subfasciatus, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874, p. 384. 

 Exp. al. 11 lin., long. corp. 5 lin. 



Black; head and thorax closely punctured; prothorax, face, cheeks, 

 and the whole under surface of the body more or less thickly covered 

 with a greyish pubescence ; tegulae, front tibiae and tips of femora, 

 the knees of the four hinder legs (very slightly), and the fourth 

 segment of the abdomen above dull reddish ; cenchri white. Wings 

 hyaline, with black nervures. 



Hah. Japan. 



a. $ . (Type.) Hiogo. Gr. Lewis, Esq. 



77. Dolerus ephippiatus. 

 (Plate IX. fig. 10.) 



Dolerus ephippiatus, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874, p. 883. 



Exp. al. 11 lin., long. corp. 6 lin. 



Black; abdomen shining, with a coppery green tinge; thorax (ex- 

 cept the tegulae), scutellum, metathorax, and pectus (except in the 

 middle) ferruginous ; cenchri whitish ; head, legs, and abdomen 

 with a greyish pubescence. Wings hyaline, rather darker towards 

 the tips ; nervures black. 



Hub. Japan. 



a. 9 . ) /m N Hakodadi. H. Whitely, Esq. 



& , | . \ (Types.) ffiogo> Q Lewig ^ Esqi 



