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CATALOGUE OF 
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Rhaphigaster indecoros. 
Fiilvus, conferle et subtiliter nigro-punctatus, sublus testaceus ; thorax 
fascia nigra indeterminata ; scutelium longum ; pectus nigricante 
biplagiatum ; venter maculis nigris univittatus ; femora poslica nigro 
unifasciata ; membrana cinerea. 
Tawny, elliptical, thickly and minutely black-punctured, testaceous be- 
neath. Head short, rounded in front; lobes of equal length. Eyes piceous, 
large, prominent. Antennae slender ; first joint extending to the front of the 
head ; second about half the length of the third. Thorax with an irregular 
black band between the hind angles, which are rounded and not prominent. 
Scntellum extending much beyond half the length of the abdomen, rounded 
at the tip. Pectus with a blackish patch on each side. Abdomen beneath 
with a row of black spots ; ventral spine extending to the hind coxae. Legs 
testaceous ; hind femora with a black band near the tips. Fore wings with 
a cinereous membrane. Length of the body 4^ lines. 
It has some resemblance to R. anticus, but in that species the band of 
the thorax is more regular and the scntellum is pale yellow towards the 
tip. 
a. Uorey, New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
Rhaphigaster discoidalis. 
Pallide luteus, conferte et subtiliter nigro-punctatus ; scutelium apicem 
versus ochraceum, disco anlico nigro; venter macula apicali nigra ; 
membrana cinerea, fusco uniplagiata. 
Pale luteous, elliptical, shining, thickly and minutely black-punctured. 
Head short; lobes of equal length. Eyes reddish, large, prominent. Rostrum 
extending to the middle COX33 ; tip black. Antennae slender ; first joint not 
extending beyond the joint of the head ; second a little move than half the 
length of the third. Thorax with a slight rim on each side ; hind angles 
rounded, not prominent. Scutelium most convex towards the base, where 
the disk is black, ochraceous towards the tip, which is broadly rounded. 
Abdomen beneath with a black apical patch ; ventral spine extending to 
the middle coxae. Fore wings not covering the sides of the hind wings; 
membrane cinereous, with a large brown patch. Length of the body 
4i lines. 
a. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
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Rhaphigaster pallescens. 
Pallide testaceus, conferte et subtiliter nigro aut fusco punctatus ; caput 
latum; rostrum coxas intermedias aitingens ; thorax jugo transverso 
rufescente, lateribus glabris, angulis posticis subrotundatis ; spina 
venlralis coxas intermedias attingens ; membrana diaphana. 
Pale testaceous, elliptical, thickly and minutely punctured; punctures 
mostly black or brown. Head broad, rounded in front; lobes of equal 
