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CATALOGUE OF 
to the hind coxae ; tip black. Antenna) testaceous, slender, less than half 
the length of the body ; first joint not extending to the front of the head ; 
second much less than half the length of the third; fourth and filth black, 
testaceous at the base, very much shorter than the third. Thorax with a 
transverse callus and with a hinder small testaceous callus on each side in 
front; sides testaceous, smooth ; hind angles rectangular, slightly elongated. 
Scutelluni large, rounded at the tip, with a small black testaceous-bordered 
callus on each side at the base. Abdomen beneath with two testaceous 
marginal stripes ; tip excavated. Legs testaceous. Membrane of the fore 
wings cinereous fawn-colour. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 
6 lines. 
a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
Page 260. 
Mormidea nervosa, 
Cimex nervosus, Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent. v. 169. 
Cape. 
Page 263. 
Mormidea nigriceps. 
Fulva, conferLe el subliliter punctata, sublus teslacea ; caput nigricans; 
thorax jugo transverso postice nigricante, spatio anleriore sparse 
punctato, margine antico nigricante, angulis posticis procluctis acutis ; 
sculellum apice glabrum pallide Jiavum ; pedes fusco sub cons per si ; 
membrana fusca. 
Tawny, elliptical, thickly and minutely brown-punctured, testaceous 
beneath. Head blackish, somewhat elongated ; lobes of equal length. 
Eyes piceous, prominent. Rostrum extending a little beyond the hind 
coxae ; tip black. Thorax with a slight transverse ridge, in front of which 
it is testaceous and thinly punctured; fore border and a line along the 
hind side of the ridge blackish; the usual transverse calli; hind angles 
elongated, acute, a little shorter than their breadth at the base. Scutellum 
smooth and pale yellow at the tip, which is rounded. Legs slender; femora 
and tibiae slightly brown-speckled. Membrane and hind wings cinereous. 
Length of the body 5 lines. 
Hindostan. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 
Page 264. 
Mormidea detersa. 
Testacea, dense et conferte nigro-punclata ; caput subproductum, supra 
nigricans; antennae articulis 4o 5oque piceis, 4o apice 5oque basi 
albidis ; thorax antice nigricans, lateribus unidentalis lineaque 
transversa indeterminata glabris, angulis posticis productis acutis ; 
scutellum subacutum ; venter vitlis tribus nigricanlibus, lineis duabus 
arcuatis glabris, apice emarginata; femora apices versus nigro con- 
spersa ; alee anticce linea furcata guttisque glabris, membrana fus- 
cescente apud marginem pallide cinerea. 
