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CATALOGUE OF 
Female. Black, elliptical, convex, shining, very finely punctured. 
Head transverse. Eyes slightly prominent. Antennae slender, a little 
more than half the length of the body ; first joint very short; second, third 
and fourth yellow at the base; second a little longer than the third and 
than the fourth. Prothorax short, a little narrower in front, with a pale 
testaceous band, which is excavated in front and is very near the hind 
border. Scutellum testaceous at the tip. Legs testaceous, slender, rather 
short; femora with a black band; fore femora slightly iucrassated. 
Wings extending to the tip of the abdomen. Corium of the fore wings 
diaphanous, with a testaceous tinge and with a brown apical spot; 
membrane and hind wings pellucid. Length of the body l£ line. 
a — l. Madeira. From Mr. Wollaston’s collection. 
South Africa. 
28. Nysius binotatus, C. H. 554. 
a. Cape. From M. Drege’s collection. 
29. Nysius pallens, C. H. 564. 
a — c. Cape. From M. Drege’s collection. 
30. Nysius albidus, C. H. 555. 
a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 
31. Nysius subcinctus. 
Fcem. Piceus ; antenna: pallide testaeece ; prolhorax sulco transverso 
medio valde determinate), fascia posteriore alba interrupta ; abdominis 
latera lestacea ; pedes teslacei, femoribus anticis nigris subincrassatis 
apice lestaceis ; corium pallide testaceum, nigro immaculalum ; alee 
posticee diaphanee, lineis clavatis cinereis. 
Female. Piceous, slender, linear. Head short, triangular, broader 
than the fore border of the prothorax. Eyes rather prominent. Antennae 
slender, pale testaceous ; first joint shorter than the head; second much 
longer than the first. Prolhorax much narrower in front, with a strongly- 
marked transverse middle furrow, behind which there is an interrupted while 
band. Abdomen testaceous along each side. Legs testaceous, slender ; 
fore femora black, slightly incrassated, testaceous at the tips. Wings 
extending to the tip of the abdomen. Corium of the fore wings pale 
testaceous, with a black apical spot; membrane and hind wings pellucid, 
the latter with cinereous lines, which are dilated into apical triangular 
spots. Length of the body 2 lines. 
More slender than N. Thymi. 
a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Tlnvaites. 
