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CATALOGUE OF 
2(i. ISCHNODEMUS DISCOLOR. 
Micropus discolor, Walk. Zool. ‘2nd Ser. 2378. 
Harkeko. 
27. IsCHNODEMUS STRIGATUS. 
Foera. Niger, planus, longissimus ; rostrum fulvum, coxas posticas 
aliingens ; anlennce fulvce ; prothorax longitrorsum et transverse sub- 
sulcalus, fascia postice fulva ; pectus fulvo bimaculatum ; venter 
apicem versus rufescente vitlalus ; pedes fulvi, breves ; alee antica 
picea, breves, basi teslacea piceo venosa. 
Female. Black, linear, flat, very long. Head small, transverse, a 
little broader than the fore border of the prothorax. Eyes small, not 
prominent. Rostrum tawny, extending to the hind coxae. Antennae 
lawny, slender; second joint more than twice the length of the first. Pro- 
thorax much narrower in front, rather thinly punctured, with a slight 
transverse furrow and a slight longitudinal furrow; a tawny band along 
the hind border. Pectus with a tawny spot on each side near the middle 
coxte. Abdomen with a reddish stripe beneath near the tip. Legs tawny, 
short. Wings not extending to the tip of the abdomen. Fore wings 
piceous, testaceous and with piceous veins towards the base. Hind wings 
pellucid. Length of the body 4 lines. 
The black middle lobe of the head and the colour of the fore wings 
distinguish it from I. fusconervosus. 
a. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 
28. IsCHNODEMUS BASALTS. 
Mas. Piceus, longus, planus, fere linearis; caput anlice conicum ; 
antenna selulosa, corporis climidio vix breviores ; prolhorax sulcis 
duobus transversis valde indeterminalis ; scutellum ferrugineum, 
macula basali triangulari ; pedes fulvi, femoribus incrassatis ; 
corium ferrugineum , testaceo unigutlatum ; mcmbrana pallide 
cinerea, piceo venosa. 
Male. Piceous, dull, long, slender, flat, nearly linear. Head short 
conical in front, much broader than the fore border of the prothorax. Eyes 
not prominent. Antennae slender, selulose, nearly half the length of the 
body; first joint stout, much shorter than the head; second more than 
twice the length of the first ; third a little shorter than the second; fourth 
as long as the third. Prothorax elongate, nearly conical, with two very 
indistinct transverse furrows. Scutellum ferruginous, with a basal piceous 
triangular mark. Begs tawny, short; femora incrassated, fore femora 
especially so. Fore wings ferruginous, more than half the length of the 
abdomen ; corium with a pale testaceous dot in the disk; membrane pale 
cinereous, with piceous veins. Length of the body lines. 
The longer antennae of this species distinguish it from I. brevicornis. 
a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius’ collection. 
