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CATALOGUE OF 
Female. Black, elliptical, shining beneath. Head small, nearly 
triangular, as broad as the fore border of the prothorax. Eyes slightly 
prominent. Rostrum testaceous, extending to the hind coxae. Antennae 
very slender, somewhat shorter than the body; first joint shorter than the 
head; second very much longer than the first; third white at the base, 
white towards the tip, a little shorter than the second ; fourth as long as 
the third. Prothorax narrower in front, with a slight transverse furrow 
near the fore border and with pale testaceous sides. Legs slender. Wings 
extending to the tip of the abdomen. Fore wings with pale testaceous 
veins, with a pellucid costal spot before the middle and with a whitish 
triangular costal spot near the tip ; membrane pellucid, partly clouded 
with brown; veins brown; one row of transverse veinlets. Hind wings 
pellucid. Length of the body 4 lines. 
a. Sarawak. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
176. Rhyparochromus nigritulus. 
Fcem. Niger, fusiformis ; rostrum testaceum, coxas posticas allingens ; 
antenna gracillimce , corpore mullo breviores, articulo 4o albo 
icnifasciato ; prothorax postice luleo bivitlatus ; scutellum cinereo 
marginatum ; corium cinereo bigutlatum ; membrana fusca. 
Female. Black, fusiform. Head elongate-triangular. Eyes not 
prominent. Rostrum testaceous, extending to the hind cox®. Antennae 
very slender, much shorter than the body; first joint nearly as long as the 
head; second full twice the length of the first; third shorter than the 
second; fourth with a white band in the middle, as long as the third. 
Prothorax with a strongly-marked transverse furrow in the middle and 
with two luteous stripes between the furrow and the hind border. Scutellum 
with a cinereous border. Legs whitish, long, slender; femora piceous 
towards the tips; fore femora slightly incrassated. Wings extending to the 
tip of the abdomen. Corium of the fore wings with an elongated cinereous 
dot near the interior angle and with a subcostal dot of the same hue; 
membrane brown. Length of the body lines. 
a. Sarawak. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
177. Rhyparochromus phjeophilus. 
Fcem. Nigro-fuscus,robustus,ellipticus ; antennce fusca, corpore dimidio 
aquilonga ; prolhorax laleribus guttisque duabus posticis tcstaceis ; 
pedes fulvi, breves , femoribus anlicis piceis ; corii costa fulva ; 
membrana cinerea. 
Female. Blackish brown, shining, stout, elliptical, finely punctured. 
Head small, triangular. Eyes slightly prominent. Antennae brown, 
about half the length of the body; first joint much shorter than the head; 
second much longer than the first ; third shorter than the second ; fourth 
hardly longer than the second. Prothorax much narrower in front ; sides 
narrowly testaceous; a testaceous dot on each side of the hind border, very 
near each hind angle. Legs tawny, short; fore femora piceous, slightly 
incrassated. Wings extending to the tip of the abdomen. Corium of the 
