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yond the eighth dorsal segment, and much swollen ; the 

 anal styles curved and deflexed. The legs of moderate 

 length, hrown ; the tibiae with wide luteous rings. 



The female has the antennae extending to the middle of 

 the fourth abdominal segment. The wings have the basal 

 half subhyaline, with brown veins ; the apical half dusky, 

 slightly marked with hyaline dots in the middle of some of 

 the cells towards the middle of the wings. The legs are 

 rather short, simple, and coloured as in the male. The 

 eggs of the female are black and glossy ; they are a line and 

 a half long, and of an oval, subdepressed form. 



31. (364.) Necroscia Hipponoe. 

 Plate XXIX. fig. 2, female. 



Fusca, elongata, subdepressa ; abdomine thorace latiori ; 

 capite, pro- et mesonotis granulosis, granulis mesonoti ma- 

 joribus et in liueis irregularibus dispositis ; tegminibus ova- 

 libus, venis albo notatis ; alis fuscescentibus, area costali 

 griseo variegata ; pedibus brevioribus, femoribus tibiisque 

 multisinuatis (fccm.). 



Long. corp. focm. unc. 2f ; cap. lin. 2f ; anten. lin. 18 ; 

 proth. lin. 2\ ; mesoth. lin. 6; metath. lin. 5£ ; abdom. 

 lin. 15 + lin. 3i = lin. 18|- ; tegm. lin. 3^; alar, expans. 

 unc. 3£. 



Hah. Sarawak, Borneo (/>. Wallace). B.M. 



This obscure species is well distinguished by the short 

 multi-sinuated femora and tibiae, as well as by the sub- 

 lineated granulation of the mesonotum. The head is 

 nearly square, slightly elevated at the hind part, and gra- 

 nulose. The antennae are long and very slender ; the 

 joints short. The mesothorax is gradually broadened behind, 

 being wider than the head at its base ; the granules are 

 larger than on the prouotum, especially those towards the 

 fore part, where they form several irregular lines. The 

 tegmina are oval, with the subbasal elevation of the median 

 carina slightly marked ; the veins are not very prominent, 

 but are marked with several short whitish spots. The 

 wings are of moderate size, brownish, with the longitudinal 

 veins darker brown ; the costal area is obscure and darker 

 brown, varied, especially towards the extremity, with greyish 

 buff ; the chief vein is simple, varied with brown and luteous. 

 The abdomen is wider than the mesothorax, of nearly equal 

 width throughout, each of the six basal segments being 

 rather dilated on each side towards its base ; the three ter- 

 minal segments are gradually narrowed ; the seventh and 

 eighth with an elevated tubercle near the middle of the 

 hind margin. The ovipositor is conical, depressed, with a 

 curved carina on each side from the base to the middle, 



enclosing on each side a raised polished spot, giving to the 

 ovipositor, when seen from beneath, the appearance of a 

 fox's face, the nose or tip of the ovipositor being slightly 

 emarginate. The legs are rather short ; the femora and 

 tibiae (except the tibiae of the fore legs) rather dilated, and 

 multisinuated along their whole length ; the basal joint of 

 the tarsi is simple, and about as long as the three following 

 joints. 



Plate XXIX. Fig. 2. The female, of the natural size. 2 a. 

 The extremity of the abdomen seen sideways. 



32. (365.) Necroscia Larunda, Westw. 

 Plate XXVII. fig. 3, male. 



Elongata, sat gracilis, obscura fusca Iuteo variegata, ab- 

 dominis apice viridi tincto ; capite oblongo, postice convexo ; 

 antennis brevioribus, articulis elongatis ; capite, pro- et me- 

 sonotis irregulariter et minute granulosis, hoc prothorace 

 vix duplo longiori ; tegminibus subovalibus, extus oblique 

 truncatis ; alis elongatis, subhyalinis, fusco parum tinctis, 

 area costali obscuriori ; pedibus brevibus (mas). 



Long. corp. maris, unc. 2f ; cap. lin. 3 ; anten. lin. 15 ? ; 

 proth. lin. 2\ ; mesoth. lin. 5 ; metath. lin. 6 ; abdom. 

 lin. 14 + lin.3=lin. 17; tegm. lin. 4; alar, expans. unc. 3f-. 



Hab. Sarawak, Borneo (D. Wallace). In Mus. \V. W. 

 Saunders. 



Obscure brown, varied slightly with luteous ; the ex- 

 tremity of the abdomen tinged with green. Head oblong, 

 elevated, and convex at its hind part, with numerous minute 

 granules arranged in irregular lines. Antennae very slender, 

 broken off at about an inch and a quarter from the base ; 

 the fourth joint short, the twelfth and following long. Pro- 

 and mesonotum opake brown, finely granulose. Tegmina 

 subovate ; the outer margin rounded, the iuuer straight ; the 

 apex obliquely truncate ; the central carina and the ordi- 

 nary conical elevation but slightly prominent ; inner margin 

 pale ; the disc brown, varied with minute irregular luteous 

 shades, such being also the colour of the costal area of the 

 wings, which are long and rather narrow, slightly stained 

 with brown, with luteous-brown longitudinal veins ; the 

 principal vein in the costal area is entire. The abdomen 

 is long, polished, and pale brown ; the three terminal seg- 

 ments short (as is also the sixth dorsal segment) and gra- 

 dually narrowed, the tip of the ninth joint forming three 

 minute equal-sized lobes ; the first and second ventral seg- 

 ments are marked with an oblong black patch in the middle 

 of each, and there is also a small round black spot at the 

 extremity of the sixth ventral segment : the terminal seg- 

 ment on the under surface of the abdomen has been 



