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CATALOGUE OF 
Male. Black, fusiform. Rostrum extending to the hind cox». 
Antennae much shorter than the body; first joint much longer than the 
head; second as long as the first; third much shorter than the second. 
Proihorax with a slight transverse middle furrow, and with an abbreviated 
and very broad black band on the hind part. Abdomen beneath red, black 
at the tip. Coxae and trochanters luteous. Fore femora with four spines 
beneath. Corium red, with two irregular black bands, one a little beyond 
the middle, the other subapical. Membrane with a pale cinereous apical 
border. Length of the body 7 lines. 
a. Batchian. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
Var. ? Foem. Nigra, fusiformis, cinereo iomentosa ; antenna: corpore 
multo breviores ; proihorax luleo late tnarginalus ; abdomen iuteion, 
strigis venlralibus lateralibus trunsversis apiceque piceis ; coxce et 
Irochanteres lulea ; corium striga costali fasciaque exleriore luleis ; 
membrana apicem versus cinerea. 
Female. Black, fusiform, with cinereous tomentum. Rostrum piceous, 
extending to the hind coxa). Antennae much shorter than the body; first 
joint much longer than the head ; second rather shorter than the first ; third 
much shorter than the second ; fourth as long as the first. Prothorax 
broad, bordered with luteous in front and along each side; a slight trans- 
verse furi’ow at somewhat in front of the middle. Abdomen luteous; 
transverse streaks along each side beneath and tips piceous. Coxae and 
trochanters luteous. Corium with a luteous costal streak, which extends 
nearly half the length from the base ; an exterior luteous band. Membrane 
cinereous about the tip. Length of the body 6^ lines. 
a. Sula. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
8. Physopelta fimbriata. 
firabriata, Slal, Berl, Ent. Zeit. vii. 392. 
Timor. 
9. Physopelta Schlanbuschh. 
, Stoll, Pun. f. 273 — Cimex Slanbuschii, Fabr. Mant. Ins. 
ii. 299 — Lyga)us Schlanbuschii, Fabr. Ent. Sysl. iv. 155 — Lyga)us 
Schlanbuschii, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 222 — Pyrrhocoris Slanbuschi, 
ll.-Sch. Warn. Ins. ix. 179 — Pyrrhocoris Schlangenbuschii, Burm. 
Ilandb. Ent. ii. 286— Physopelta Schlanbuschii, Slal, Hem. Fabr. 
i. 80. 
a — c. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, tlsq. 
d. ? 
Var. ? Mas et fccm. Rufa,fusiformis ; rostrum coxas poslicas altingens ; 
antenna: nigrce, corporis dimidio paullo longiores ; prothorax viaculis 
duabus anlicis fasciaque poslica abbreviata interrupta nigris ; 
sculellum, libite, tarsi, membranaque nigra ; ventris latera nigro 
transverse quadrislrigata ; corium apud marginem interiorem nigro 
striga turn. 
