IIEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 
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fore wings with a tawny costa ; membrane cinereous. Length of the body 
2 lines. 
Allied to the group Drymus, as is also the following species. 
a. Celebes. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
178 . Riiyparochromus luteicornis. 
Niger, ellipticus ; antennae lutece, corporis dimidio longiores ; prothorax 
sulco transverso medio bene delerminalo, lateribus albidis ; pedes 
lutei, breviusculi, fcmoribus nigris ; corium basi gultisque duabus 
teslaceis. 
Black, elliptical, slightly convex. Head short, triangular. Eyes red, 
rather prominent. Rostrum and antennae luteous. Antennae slender, 
more than half the length of the body ; first joint shorter than the head ; 
second very much longer than the first; third much shorter than the 
second ; fourth shorter than the third. Prothorax very finely punctured, 
much narrower in front, with a strongly-marked transverse middle furrow; 
sides narrowly whitish. Legs luteous, slender, rather short; femora black; 
fore femora incrassated. Wings extending to the tip of the abdomen ; 
corium of the fore wings testaceous towards the base and with two testa- 
ceous dots, the first on the interior angle opposite the second, which is 
costal. Length of the body 2 lines. 
a, b. Celebes. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
179 . Rhyparochromus dimidiatus. 
Fcem. Niger, longi-ellipticus ; rostrum luteum, basi nigrum , coxas 
poslicas attingens ; antennae corporis dimidio longiores, arliculo 4 o 
luleo ; prolhoracis sulcus transversus valale determinalus ; pedes 
pallide Jlavi , fernoribus nigris quatuor poslerioribus basi Jlavis ; 
corium albidum, apice nigrum; membrana diaphana. 
Female. Black, elongate-elliptical. Plead short, nearly triangular. 
Eyes slightly prominent. Rostrum luteous, extending to the hind coxa; ; 
first joint black, longer than the first joint of the antennae. Antennae rather 
more than half the length of the body; first joint much shorter than the 
head; second almost twice the length of the first; third shorter than the 
second; fourth luteous, shorter than the third. Prolhorax convex, much 
narrower in front, with a very strongly-marked middle furrow. Legs pale 
yellow, slender, rather short; femora black; four posterior femora pale 
yellow towards the base; fore femora not incrassated. Wings extending to 
the tip of the abdomen. Corium of the fore wings whitish, black at the 
tip ; membrane pellucid. Length of the body 2 lines. 
Allied to the group Scolopostethus. 
a. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
