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injured in the only specimen I have seen of the species. 

 The legs are short, unarmed, and slender ; the anterior 

 femora rather strongly compressed, and black on the poste- 

 rior and inferior surfaces beyond the middle ; the basal 

 joint of the two anterior tarsi is as long as all the following 

 joints united, and that of the four posterior tarsi as long as 

 the three following joints united. 

 Plate XXVII. Fig. 3. The male, of the natural size. 



.'53. (366.) Necroscia Meueptolemus, Westw. 

 Plate XIX. fig. 4, male. 



Gracillima, filiformis, inermis, obscura, fusco-viridis ; an- 

 tennis longis, fuscis, articulis duobus basalibus luteis ; me- 

 sothorace sublsevi ; abdomine luteo-fusco, nitido ; tegmini- 

 bus parvis, ovalibus, viridibus ; alis subhyalinis, area costali 

 viridi, vena 2nda integra ; pedibus longis, gracillimis, femo- 

 ribus subtus ante apicem inermibus (mas). 



Long. corp. unc. 2£ ; cap. lin. 1£ ; anten. unc. 2\ ; proth. 

 lin. 1-| ; mesoth. lin. 5 ; metath. lin. 4 ; abdom. lin. 15 + 

 lin. 3=lin. 18 ; tegm. lin. 2 ; alar, expans. unc. 1\, 



Hab. Singapore {D . Wallace) . In Mus.W.W. Saunders. 



The only specimen which I have seen of this species 

 is a male. It is nearly allied to N. Iotas, but is smaller, 

 much more slender, and with the femora not toothed be- 

 neath near the tips. The head is quadrate, with the eyes 

 large and prominent ; the hind part of the crown is ele- 

 vated convexly. The antennae are very long, brown, with 

 the two basal joints dull luteous. The mesothorax is very 

 long and slender ; it is nearly smooth ou the upper side, 

 with but the slightest traces of granulation. The tegmina 

 are small, elongate-ovate, with a pale green line running 

 outside the ordinary, rather slightly marked carina, and 

 with a very small conical elevation towards the base. The 

 wings are subhyaline, being very slightly stained with 

 dusky ; the longitudinal veins pale brown ; the costal area 

 dark green, paler at the base, and with the second vein not 

 furcate. The abdomen is very long and slender ; the three 

 terminal segments short and but little swollen, the ninth 

 having its apical lateral angles deflexed, with short spines 

 on their inner margins ; the caudal styles are obtuse, and 

 inflexed at the tips ; the three terminal ventral segments 

 are short, extending rather beyond the middle of the eighth 

 dorsal segment, and but slightly swollen. The legs are 

 long, slender, and simple ; the femora destitute of a small 

 spine near the tips beneath ; the tarsi are slender, with the 

 basal joint longer than all the following united together. 



Plate XIX. Fig. 4. The male, of the natural size. 4 a. The 

 terminal segments of the abdomen seen sideways. 



34. (367.) Necroscia Ceramia, Westw. 

 Plate XII. fig. 2, male. 



Gracilis, cylindrica, obscure luteo-fusca ; capite laevi, pa- 

 rum couvexo, punctis duobus minutis inter oculos , antennis 

 longis, gracillimis, 70-articulatis ; mesothorace crebre gra- 

 nulato ; tegminibus brevibus, subquadratis, carina media 

 versus basin angulato-elevata ; alis magnis, subhyalinis, 

 fusco parum tinctis, area costali roseo paulo tincta fusco- 

 que nebuloso-maculata ; pedibus brevibus, femoribus versus 

 apicem subtus dente minuto armatis (mas). 



Long. corp. maris, unc. 2-£ ; cap. lin. 2 ; anten. lin. 22 ; 

 proth. lin. 2 ; mesoth. lin. 7 ; metath. lin. 5 ; abdom. lin. 

 16 + lin. 3=lin. 19; tegm. lin. 2^; alar, expans. unc. 3. 



Hab. Ceram (Dom a Pfeiffer). B.M. 



This male species, of which I have seen but a single in- 

 dividual (interesting on account of the partial development 

 of one of the fore legs), is long, very slender, and cylindric, 

 with the body entirely smooth, except the mesothorax, 

 which is very finely granulose throughout its entire sur- 

 face. The head is nearly square, but slightly convex, with 

 two minute black dots between the eyes, and a fine im- 

 pressed line down the middle of the back of the head, ex- 

 tending also through the pronotum ; the mesouotum having 

 a fine central carina. The antennae are long and very 

 slender, each composed of about seventy joints, each 

 fourth joint being black ; the remaining joints being of the 

 general colour of the insect, which is of a luteous brown. 

 The tegmina are small and nearly square ; the central 

 carina elevated into a conical tubercle towards the base. 

 The wings are large and somewhat hyaline, slightly stained 

 with brown, with pale brown veins ; the costal area tinged 

 with rosy brown, and varied with darker rosy-brown irre- 

 gular and ill-defined spots, especially in the middle of the 

 fore margin, the chief vein being also dotted with brown. 

 The abdomen is long and simple ; the three terminal seg- 

 ments slightly dilated, the last quadrate, with the extre- 

 mity truncate and much deflexed ; the three terminal ven- 

 tral segments extend to the extremity of the body, and are 

 but slightly swollen beneath. The legs are short, slender, 

 and simple, except the femora, which have a minute spine 

 on the under side near the tip ; the basal joint 'being as 

 long as all the rest united. 



Plate XII. Fig. 2. The male insect, of the natural size. 2 a. 

 The four terminal segments of the abdomen seen sideways. 

 2 b. The last joint seen from behind. 



35. (368.) Necroscia bimaculata. 

 Dilute fuliginosa ; thorace tereti, glabro ; elytris brevis- 



