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CATALOGUE OF 
4. Roscius fasciatus. 
Mas. Rufus, fusiformis, sultus niger ; rostrum segmenti 3 i ventralis 
marginem posticum attingens, articulis So \oque nigris ; antenna 
nigra, corpore multo breviores ; prothoracis discus anlicus niger ; 
segmenta pectoralia et ventralia rufo murginata ; pedes rufi,fernoribus 
quatuor anterioribus nigro vitlalis , femoribus posticis libiisque nigris 
basi apiceque rujis ; corium fascia maculaque subapicali nigris; 
membrana cinerea. 
Male. Red, fusiform, black beneath. Head black at the base above 
and more so beneath; middle lobe very prominent. Rostrum extending to 
the hind border of the third ventral segment; first, second and third joints 
about equal in length ; first and second red ; third and fourth black ; fourth 
about half the length of the third. Antennae black, much shorter than the 
body; first joint touch longer than the head; second rather shorter than 
the first; third a little more than half the length of the second; fourth as 
long as the second. Prothorax with a strongly marked transverse furrow 
at somewhat in front of the middle; di»k of the fore part black; sides 
reflexed; hind angles much rounded. Hind borders of the pectoral and 
ventral segments red. Legs red; four anterior femora striped with black ; 
tibiae and hind femora black, except at the base and towards the lips. 
Corium with a black middle band and with a subapical black spot. 
Membrane cinereous. Length of the body 12 lines. 
a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft’s collection. 
Genus 4. .ESCHINES. 
AEschines, Stal, Berl. Ent. Zeit. vii. 402. 
1. jRschines bucculatus. 
.iEschines bucculatus, Stal, Berl. Ent. Zeit. vii. 402. 
Sarawak. 
Genus 5. ODONTOPUS. 
Odonlopus, De Lap. Ess. Hem. 37. Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 6 — Antilochus, 
Stal, Berl. Ent. Zeit. vii. 393. 
Africa. 
A. Head deflexed. 
a. Corium with a black band. 
b. Corium with two black marks. 
* Prothorax not black. 
** Prothorax with a black disk 
13. Head porrect. 
a. Corium with two spots. 
b. Corium with a band. 
c. Corium without marks. 
* Head with a black band. - 
** Head wholly black. 
nigrocruciatus. 
bipunctatus. 
- Boerhaviae. 
sexpunctatus. 
- Madagascariensis. 
flavipes. 
nigriceps. 
