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CATALOGUE OF 
abbreviated black stripe on each side. Femora red. Fore femora slightly 
incrassated, with two minute spines near the tips beneath. Corium black, 
with a very narrow wbiti.sh border. Length of the body 8 lines. 
a. Ceram. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
h. Ceram. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer’s collection. 
10. Melamphaos scotifee. 
Foem. Lcete rufus, fusiformis, roslro antennis pedibusque nigris ; rostrum 
coxas intermedias allingens ; antennce corpore breviores ; prolhorax 
nigro tinifascialus ; sculellum nigrum ; pectus nigro sex plagiatum; 
venter niger rufo marginatus ; inembrana nigra, cinereo marginata. 
Female. Bright red, fusiform. Head triangular. Eyes lurid, pro- 
minent, very near the prothorax. Rostrum, antennae and legs black. 
Rostrum extending to the middle coxae. Antennae somewhat shorter than 
the body; first joint much longer than the head; second longer than the 
first; third shorter than the first; fourth as long as the second. Prothorax 
with two distinct transverse furrows, one in the middle, the other near the 
fore border and much curved; space between them black; sides reflexed. 
Scutellum black. Pectus with three large black patches on each side. 
Abdomen beneath black, red along each side and towards the tip. Legs 
rather stout ; fore femora slightly incrassated, with minute subapical spines 
beneath. Membrane of the fore wings black, with a pale cinereous border. 
Length of the body 9 lines. 
a. Gilolo. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
11. Melamphaus ciecumdatus. 
Foem. Niger, fusiformis, subtus rufus ; rostrum coxas intermedins 
altingens ; antennce corpore breviores ; prothorax ochraceo late, mar- 
ginatus ; pedes longi, graciles, coxis el trochanteribus ochraceis ; 
corii costa ochraceo yillata. 
Female. Black, fusiform, red beneath. Head shining, triangular. 
Eyes slightly prominent, contiguous to the prothorax. Rostrum extending 
to the middle coxae. Antennae slender, shorter than the body ; first joint 
nearly twice the length of the head ; second a little shorter than the first; 
third shorter than the second ; fourth as long as the first. Prothorax 
broadly ochraceous along each side, more broadly so along the fore border; 
two transverse furrows, one at a little in front of the middle more strongly 
marked than the other, which is angular and near the fore border. Meso- 
pectus and metapectus mostly black and shining. Legs black, long, 
slender; coxae and trochanters ochraceous; fore femora beneath with two 
subapical spines. Corium with an ochraceous costal stripe. Length of the 
body 8 — 8^ lines. 
a. Wagiou. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
b. Am. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
c. d. Am. From Mr. Wallace’s collection. 
