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CATALOGUE OF 
Rostrum extending to the middle coxa?. Antennae much shorter than the 
body ; first joint full twice the length of the head. Prothorax slightly 
convex and wholly red in front of the slight transverse furrow; hind part 
bordered with red. Abdomen beneath testaceous, red in the disk, black at 
the tip, and with three black streaks on each side. Fore femora slightly 
incrassated, beset beneath with a row of minute spines. Corium of the 
fore wings red, with a broad black stripe along the inner border, with a 
broad black middle band, and with a black lip. Length of the body 
8^ lines. 
a. Old Calabar. From Mr. Gray’s collection. 
South Asia. 
A. First joint of the antennae longer than the second. 
a. Corium with a white band. 
* Femora black beneath. _ - - - 
** Femora pale beneath. _ . _ - 
b. Corium with no white band. - - - - 
B. First and second joints of the antennae equally long, 
or the first slightly shorter than the second. 
a. Prolhorax red. - 
b. Prothorax testaceous. . . . - 
c. Prothorax black. 
* Corium red or testaceous, with black spot, 
f First and second joints of the antennae about equal in 
length. famelica, gulta. 
j-j- First joint of the antennae slightly shorter than the 
second. ------ cincticollis. 
** Corium black, red-bordered. - - - fimbriata. 
C. Second joint of the antennae longer than the first. - bimaculata. 
3. Physopelta albofasciata. 
Cimex albofirsciatus, Deg. Ins. iii. 335, pi. 34, f. 1 1 — Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 364 ; 
Mant. Ins. ii. 299 — Lygaeus albofasciatus, Fabr. Ent. Sysl. iv. 153; 
Srjst. Rhyn. 221 — Physopelta erythrocepliala, Serv. Hist. Hem. 271 — 
Physopelta affinis, Serv. Hist. Hein. 272 — Physopelta albofasciata, 
Stal, Berl. Ent. Zeit. vii. 390. 
a, b. Java. From the East India Company’s collection. 
c. Java. From Mr. Argent’s collection. 
d. Mount Ophir. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
albifascia. 
robusta. 
apicalis. 
Schlanbuschii. 
immunis. 
4. Physopelta robusta. 
robusta, Stal, Berl. Ent. Zeit. vii. 390. 
liaos. 
a. Siam. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
