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CATALOaUE OF 
near the tip, which is sometimes brown; membrane pellucid. Length of 
the body 7 lines. 
a. iMysol. P'rom Mr. Wallace’s collection. 
b, c. Dory, New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
d — -/. Dory, New Guinea. From Mr. Wallace’s collection. 
25. Dindymus venustulus. 
Mas. Niger, fusiformis ; rostrum segmenli ventralis li marginem posli- 
ciim atlingens ; antennce corpora sat breviores, articuli 4i dimidio 
basali albo ; prothorax anlice albo postice luteo marginalus ; venter 
luteo marginatus et univittatus ; pedes femoribus anticis subincras- 
satis, femoribus tarsisque quatuor posterioribus basi albis ; corii 
costa fasciaque subapicalis albce. Var. (5. — Prothorax albo margi- 
natus ; antennarum articulus 4us totus niger. 
Male. Black, fusiform, hardly punctured. Head triangular, shining, 
smooth. Eyes very prominent. Rostrum extending to the hind border of 
the first ventral segment. Antennae somewhat shorter than the body ; first 
joint as long as the head ; second a little shorter than the first; third much 
shorter than the second ; fourth a little shorter than the first, white for 
nearly half the length from the base. Prothorax with a well-defined trans- 
verse middle furrow, and with a narrow border which is luteous behind and 
white in front. Abdomen beneath with a luteous border and a broad 
irregular luteous stripe. Fore femora slightly incrassated, with subapical 
spines beneath ; four posterior femora and tarsi white towards the base. 
Corium with a white costa and a white subapical band. Var. (3 . — Prothorax 
with a white border. Fourth joint of the antennae wholly black ; stripe 
beneath the abdomen indistinct. Length of the body 4 — 4^ lines. 
a. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
b. New Guinea. From Mr. Wallace’s collection. 
26. Dindymus rutilans. 
Mas. Niger, fusiformis ; rostrum segmentum 2um ventrale attingens ; 
antennce corpora multo breviores ; prothorax postice fortiter punctatus, 
margine anti co albo ; segmenta pectoralia albo mar ginata ; abdomen 
coriique dimidium basale rufa ; membrana diaphana. 
Male. Black, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head triangular. Eyes 
very prominent. Rostrum extending to the second ventral segment. 
Antennae much shorter than the body ; first joint longer than the head ; 
second much shorter than the first ; third shorter than the second. Pro- 
thorax with a strongly-marked transverse furrow at somewhat in front of 
the middle; hind part roughly punctured; fore border white. Pectoral 
segments bordered with white. Abdomen bright red. Corium bright red 
for half the length from the tip. Membrane pellucid. Length of the body 
4^ lines. 
a. Siam. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
