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CATALOGUE OF 
Tawny, black-punclured. Middle lobe of the head black towards the 
tip. Eyes piceous. Rostrum with a black tip. Third and following ? joints 
of the antennae black, 'i'horax with four black stripes, the outer pair 
each emitting a branch to the outer aiigle. Scutellum with a black curved 
streak on each side extending from the base. Pectus and under side of 
the abdomen with irregularly black sides; disk of ibe latter red towards 
the base ; a black spot on the subapical ventral segment. Legs speckled 
with brown. Fore wings with a black irregular subcostal streak, and with 
some black patches which are occasionally obsolete; membrane cinereous, 
with brown veins. Length of the body 5^ lines. 
a, b. Oajaca. From M. Salle’s collection. 
Genus ANSA. 
Corpus aspere puuclatum. Caput subrostriforme, antice rotundatum, 
thoraci aequilongum ; lobi aequilongi. Rostrum segmentiun ventrale 3um 
])aullo superans. Antenn® setulos®, sat graciles ; articulus lus faciem non 
allingens; 2us brevissimus ; 4us 3o valde brevier ; 5us 4o lougior. Thorax 
lateribus anticis serratis, angulis posticis acutis productis. Scutellum 
longiusculum, apice latum rotundatum. Venter basi subsulcatus. Pedes 
graciles; tarsi triarticulati. Meinbrana venis longitudinalibus exparle 
furcalis et conjunctis. 
Body elongate-elliptical, roughly punctured. Head porrect, subrostri- 
form, rounded in front, as long as the thorax, narrower including the eyes 
than half its breadth ; lobes of equal length. Eyes prominent. Rostrum 
extending a little beyond the hind border of the third abdominal segment. 
Antennae setulose, rather slender; first joint not extending to the front of 
the bead; second about one-sixth of the length of the third; fourth very 
much shorter than the third ; fifth rather longer than the fourth. Thorax 
about twice as broad as long; hind angles acute, prominent; sides serrated 
in front. Scutellum much more than half the length of the abdomen, 
broad and rounded at the tip. Abdomen beneath .slightly furrowed towards 
the base. Legs slender; tarsi three-jointed. Fore wings not extending 
beyond the abdomen; membrane with longitudinal veins, a few of which 
are forked and connected in the disk. 
The structure of the head and the serrated sides of the thorax 
distinguish it from Agcuus^anA it differs from Ccenomorpha in the shortness 
of the second joint of the antenn®, in the less attenuated scutellum, and in 
the narrower abdomen. 
]. Ansa distincta. 
Rufa, siibttis nigra; antennce nigrce ; thorax antice nigro bistrigatus ; 
scutellum callis duobus basalibus nigris ; abdomen nigro marginatum ; 
pedes nigri,femoribus apice tibiisque basi rujis ; membrana saturate 
fusca. 
Red, black beneath. Eyes piceous. Rostrum black, piceous at the 
base. Antenn® black. Thorax in front with a thinly punctured band, 
w’hich is bordered at each end by an oblique black streak, the latter pro- 
ceeding from the fore border. Scutellum with a small black callus on 
