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CATALOGUE OK 
which there is a well-defined transverse furrow. Legs testaceous ; fore 
femora incrassated, denticulated beneath. Curium of the fore wings dark 
brown, with a pellucid costal streak extending from the base, and with a 
whitish triangular costal spot near the tip; membrane brownish cinereous. 
Length of the body 4£ lines. 
a. America. Presented by Capt. Friend. 
117. Rhyparochromus serripes. 
Foem. Fuscus, longiusculus, cinereo (omentosus ; rostrum coxas inter- 
medias attingens ; antenna testacea , gracillima, corpore breviores, 
articulis 3 o 4oque apice 4 oque basi nigris ; prothorax sulco trans- 
verso medio vatde determinato ; pedes longi, tibiis tarsorumque 
articulis apice nigris ; corii costa testaceo bimaculata. 
Female. Brown, long, slender, with cinerous tomentum, in structure 
like R. armatipes. Head conical. Eyes rather large and prominent. 
Rostrum extending to the middle coxae. Antennae testaceous, very 
slender, rather shorter than the body ; first joint shorter than the head ; 
second nearly twice the length of the first; third and fourth black towards 
the tip; third shorter than the second; fourth black at the base, a little 
shorter than the third. Prothorax conical, with a strongly-marked trans- 
verse middle furrow ; hind angles slightly prominent. Legs long, slender; 
tibiae and joints of the tarsi with black tips ; fore femora incrassated, 
denticulate beneath. Wings extending to the tip of the abdomen. 
Corium of the fore wings with two testaceous costal spots, one very near 
the base, the other very near the tip. Length of the body 5 lines. 
Allied to R. armatipes. 
a. Petropolis. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 
118. Rhyparochromus discifkr. 
Fcem. Ater, longi-uvalus ; antenna corporis dimidio paullo longiorcs ; 
prothorax postice albo bistrigatus ; corium albo interruple margi- 
natum; membrana apice diaphano marginata. 
Female. Deep black, elongate-oval, in structure somewhat like 
R. Rolandri. Head short, triangular, as broad as the fore border of the 
prothorax. Eyes slightly prominent. Antennae slender, a little more than 
half the length of the body; second joint much longer than the first; 
third a little shorter than the second ; fourth a little longer than the 
second. Prothorax subquadrale, widening slightly from the lore border to 
the hind border, on which there is a short white streak on each side. 
Legs slender; fore femora slightly incrassated. Wings extending to the 
tip of the abdomen. Corium of the fore wings with a white border, which 
is interrupted on the outer part of the costa ; membrane with a narrow 
pellucid apical border. Length of the body lines. 
a. Tejuca. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark. 
