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CATALOGUE OF 
11. Megymexum pakallelum. 
parallelum, Vollenh. Faune Ent. Arch. Itulo-Neerland. iii. 48, pi. 4, 
f. 10. 
Sumatra. 
a — c. China. Presented by Gen. Hardwicke. 
d — g. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 
h,i. Shanghai. From Mr. Fortune’s collection. 
j. North China. From Mr. Fortune’s collection. 
k, 1. Java. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 
12. Megymf.num affine. 
afiine, Boisd. Voy. Astrolabe, 633, pi. 11, f. 12. 
New Guinea. 
13. MeGYMENL'M liASALE. 
Purpurascens ; antennee nigra, suhdilatatce ; thorax antice rugulosus, 
postice strialus, cornnbtis duobos lateralibus acutis longiusculis fere 
porrectis ; scatellum apice vix angulatum; alee antic ce nigrec, abdo- 
minis apicem fere attingentes, membrana fascia basali maculari 
lilurisque exterioribus subcostalibus pallide flavescentibus. 
Dull purple, thickly and minutely punciured. Head with the lateral 
lobes contiguous, slanting upward on the outer side, rounded at the tips. 
Eyes very prominent. Antennaj black, slightly dilated. Thorax rugulose 
in front, transversely striated towards the hind border; an acute rather long 
nearly porrect horn on each side, where there is also a hinder slight angular 
j)rojection. Scutellum hardly keeled, hardly angular at the tip. Fore 
wings black, extending nearly to the tip of the abdomen; a macular pale 
yellowish band at the base of the membrane, and some small exterior pale 
yellow marks, most of which form a cluster near the tips of the costa. 
Length of the body 7 lines. 
The horns of the thorax are longer than those of M. parallelum, and 
very much more acute than those of M. instructum. 
a. Sarawak. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
14. Megymenum instructum. 
Nigrum; caput ante oculos hispinosum; antennee dilatatee ; thoracis 
latera spinis duabus anticis, cornubus dttobus posterioribiis oblique 
porrectis apice rotundatis ; ala anticee abdominis apicem fere atlin- 
gentes, membrana fascia basali lilurisque nonnullis exterioribus pallide 
flavescentibus. 
Black, thickly and minutely punctured. Lobes of the head like 
those of the preceding species; a spine on each side in front of the eyes. 
Antennae dilated. Thorax vvith an acute spine on each side of the fore 
border; a broad obliquely porrect horn on each hinder side, rounded at 
the tip and somewhat longer than its breadth at the base. Fore wings 
extending nearly to the tip of the abdomen, with an irregular pale 
yellowish I.iatid at the membrane and with some exterior pale ycllow'ish 
