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CATALOGUE OF 
Allied to E. guttigerus, from which it may be distinguished by the 
markings on the thorax and by the small size of the calli on the 
scutellum. 
Formosa. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 
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Eysarcoris? truncatellus. 
Eulvus, conferte et subtiliter nigricante punclalus, subtus sordide testaceus ; 
capul productum,valde rotundatu77i ; anlennce articulis 4o et 5o piceis 
basi fulvis; thorax antice piceo quadrimaculatus, angulis poslicis 
obtmis non productis ; scutellum callis duobus basalibus parvis 
apiceque valde rotundato pallide Jlavis ; pectus nigro notatum ; venter 
plagis duabus basalibus maculaque subapicali nigris ; pedes robusti, 
nigro guttati; alee anticce gutlis nigricantibus, membrana obscure 
fusca albido venosa. 
Tawny, short-elliptical, thickly and minutely blackish punctured ; 
dingy testaceous beneath. Head elongated, much rounded in front; lobes 
of equal length. Eyes piceous, prominent. Rostrum extending nearly to 
the hind coxae; tip black. Antennae slender; first joint not extending to 
the front of the head; second much longer than the third ; fourth and fifth 
piceous, tawny at the base ; fourth longer than the third ; fifth longer than 
the fourth. Thorax with four piceous spots in front; sides smooth ; hind 
angles obtuse, not prominent. Scutellum with a minute callus on each 
side at the base, and with the much rounded tip pale yellow. Pectus with 
some black marks on each side. Abdomen beneath with a black patch on 
each side at the base and with a black subapical spot; tip emarginate. 
Legs stout; femora and tibiae doited with black; tarsi and tips of libite 
black. Fore wings with some blackish dots; membrane dark brown, with 
whitish slightly reticulated veius. Length of the body 2 lines. 
a. Australia. From Mr. Ker’s collection. 
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Antestia annulifera. 
Nigra, dense et subtiliter punctata ; caput margine antico, strigis duabus 
posticis lineaque anteriore albis ; antenna: lutece ; thorax lateribus 
margineque antico interrupte, lineolis tribus arcuatis fasciaque con- 
spersa abbreviata albis; scutellum macul is tribus basalibus, maculis 
duabus discoidalibus fasciaque apicali incisa albis; pectus albo 
notatum ; venter vittis duabus macularibus abbreviatis spinaque albis ; 
alee anticce costa maculaque discoidali albis. 
Black, elliptical, thickly and minutely punctured. Head bordered 
with white and rounded in front; two longitudinal white streaks near the 
hind border and a longer anterior white streak on the middle lobe. Eyes 
piceous, rather prominent. Rostrum, antennaj and legs luteous. Rostrum 
extending to the hind coxs. Joints of the autennaj from the first to the 
fifth successively increasing in length. Thorax narrowly bordered with 
white in front and on each side, this hue interrupted on each side of the 
fore border; a few small various white marks on each side; an abbreviated 
black-speckled band on the hind border, having in front of it three white 
