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Teslaceous, elliptical, thickly and minutely black-punctured. Head 
slightly elongated, blackish above, rounded in front; lobes of equal length. 
Eyes piceous, prominent. Rostrum extending to the liiud coxae; tip black. 
Antennae slender; first joint extending beyond the fore border of the head ; 
second much longer than the first; third hardly shorter than the second; 
fourth and fifth piceous; fourth whitish at the tip, longer than the third; 
fifth whitish at the base, a little longer than the fourth. Thorax blackish 
in front, dentate on each side very near the fore border; sides, fore border 
and an irregular transverse line between the hind angles smooth; hind 
angles elongated, acute, much shorter than their breadth at the base. 
Scutellum slightly acute, less thickly punctured towards the tip. Pectus 
almost smooth near the coxae, partly blackish on each side. Abdomen 
beneath with a short curved smooth line on each side near the base and 
with three blackish stripes; tip emarginate. Legs rather stout; femora 
black-speckled towards the tips. Fore wings with a smooth forked line 
and some small smooth dots; membrane brownish, pale cinereous about 
the veins, which are few; one line of transverse veinlets. Length of the 
body 3^ lines. 
a. Ceram. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
Mormidea erythrospila. 
Lutea, fusco aut niyro aspere punclala ; capitis latera submarginata ; 
antennae pallide lutece, articulo 5o nigricaute basi pallida; thorax 
sulco tenui transverso, fascia poslica nigricante, spinis acutis gracil- 
lirnis ; scutellum subcarinatum, callis duobus parvis hasalibus apiceque 
pallide luteis ; pedes pallidi ; ala: anticce macula rufa subcostali, 
mernbrana pellucida. 
Luteous, nearly elliptical, roughly punctured ; punctures brown or black. 
Head large, with a slight rim on each side; its punctures forming three 
and in front two stripes. Eyes rather prominent. Antennaj pale luteous; 
first joint extending a little beyond the fore border of the head ; second 
much longer than the first, a little longer than the third; fourth as long as 
the second, a little longer than the fifth, which is blackish except at the 
base. Thorax thinly punctured iu front, where there is an indistinct trans- 
verse furrow; a blackish band along the hind border including the spines, 
which are acute and very slender. Scutellum indistinctly keeled, with a 
small pale luteous callus on each side at the base, pale luteous at the tip, 
which is slightly acute. Pectus thinly punctured. Abdomen with black 
spiracles. Legs pale luteous. Fore wings more finely punctured than the 
thorax; a red subcostal spot on each near the tip; membrane diaphanous. 
Length of the body 2^ lines. 
Very distinct in structure from all the described Asiatic species, 
a. Toudano, Celebes. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
Mormidea ventralis. 
Teslacea, dense et sublililer nigro punctata; oculi magni; antennae articulo 
3o apice piceo ; thorax vitta strigisque quatuor obliquis sparse punc- 
tatis, lateribus iinidentatis, angulis posticis subproductis subacutis ; 
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