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CATALOGUE OF 
Male and female. Bright red. Head, rostrum, antennae, fore division 
of the prothorax and legs black. Head shining. Eyes piceous, hardly 
prominent, at some distance from the prothorax. R(»strum extending to 
the hind border of the first ventral segment. Antennae shorter than the 
body ; first joint very much longer than the head ; second much shorter 
than the first; third a little shorter than the second; fourth white, black 
towards the tip, longer than the third. Prothorax black in front of the 
strongly-marked transverse furrow ; sides reflexed. Scutellum black at the 
base. Pectus mostly white, with three black bands. Abdomen beneath 
pale testaceous. Fore femora beneath with three subapical spines. Mem- 
brane of the fore wings lurid. Var. (i. — Membrane black towards the tip. 
Var. y. — Membrane wholly black. Var. d . — Scutellum wholly black. 
Var. e. — Corium with an elongated black patch along the interior border. 
Length of the body 6 — 9 lines. 
a — c. Aru. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
d — g. Aru. From Mr. Wallace’s collection. 
h, i. Ke. Presented by W. W. Sannders, Esq. 
j. Ke. From Mr. Wallace’s collection. 
k. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
l. m. New Guinea. From Mr. Wallace’s collection. 
30. Dindtmus indignus. 
Mas. Niger, fusiformis ; capile supra connexivo ventreque fulvis ; rostrum 
coxas poslicas paullo supcraits ; prothorax fulvo lenuiter marginatus. 
Male. Black, fusiform, very finely punctured. Head triangular, 
tawny above; middle lobe very prominent. E}es very prominent, llostrum 
extending to a little beyond tbe hind coxae. Prothorax with a strongly- 
marked transverse furrow at one-third of the length from the fore border, 
and with a narrow tawny border. Abdomen tawny beneath, and on each 
side above. Legs rather stout ; fore femora beneath with minute subapical 
spines. Length of the body 7 lines. 
a. Siam. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
31. Dindymus ventralis. 
ventralis, Mayr, Verh. Zool. Bot. Gesell. Wien. xvi. 3fi4 ; Reise, Nov. Hem. 
132, pi. 3, f. 33 ; Stal, K. Sv. Vet. Ak. Handl. 1870, 1 13. 
Philippine Isles. Australia. 
Australia. 
A. Corium with no black points. 
a. Abdomen with no black bands beneath. 
* Hind part of the prothorax luteous. - 
** Hind part of the prothorax black. 
b. Abdomen with black bands beneath. - 
B. A black point on the corium. - 
versicolor. 
circumcinctus. 
cinctifer. 
bipunctatus. 
