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CATALOGUE OF 
15. Ectatops AMABILIS. 
Mas. Niger, fere linearis; capitis lobus intermedins luteus; rostrum 
coxas posticas attingens, articulo 4o luteo ; antenna basi lutea, cor- 
pore multo breviores ; prothorax postice ochraceus, lateribus albis ; 
segmenta pectoralia albo marginata ; abdominis dorsum ochraceum 
venter flavo trifasciatus ; pedes lutei ; corium ochraceum, lineis 
duabus albis nigro marginatis ; membrana nigra, hasi apicem alba. 
Male. Black, siwooth, shining, nearly linear. Head triangular ; 
middle lobe luteous. Eyes livid, large, prominent. Rostrum extending to 
the hind cox®; fourth joint luteous. Antennae much shorter than the 
body ; first joint luteous towards the base, very much longer than the head ; 
second very much shorter than the first; third very much shorlei than the 
second. Prothorax with a well-defined transverse middle furrow, ochra- 
ceous and very finely punctured between the furrow and the hind border; 
sides white. Pectoral segments bordered with white. Abdomen ochraceous 
above; under side with three broad yellow bands. Legs luteous; fore 
femora hardly incrassated. Corium ochraceous, with a while black- 
bordered line along the costa, and another along the flexure; membrane 
black, white at the base and at the tip. Length of the body 5 lines. 
c. Aru. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
16. Ectatops subjectus. 
Mas. Niger, fusiformis, subtus cinereo tomentosus ; rostrum rufum, 
coxas posticas attingens; antenna corpora multo breviores, articulis 
2o et 3o basi Aoque dimidio basali albidis ; prothorax postice oclira- 
ceus, nigro punctatus ; abdominis dorsum, pedes et corium lutea. 
Male. Black, fusiform, punctured, with cinereous lomentum beneath. 
Head triangular. Eyes lurid, very prominent. Rostrum red, extending 
to the hind cox®. Antenn® much shorter than the body ; first joint as 
long as tlie head; second and third whitish at the base , second very much 
shorter than the first ; third shorter than the second ; fourth whitish for 
nearly half the length from the base, as long as the second. Prothorax 
with a well-defined transverse middle furrow ; hind part ochraceous, black- 
punctured. Dorsum, connexivum and tip of the abdomen, legs and corium 
luteous. Length of the body 5 lines. 
a. Celebes. From Mr. Wallace’s collection. 
17. Ectatops venustus. 
Mas, Niger, fusiformis ; rostrum segmenti li ventralis marginem posti- 
cum attingens; antenna corpora breviores, arliculi 4i dimidium 
hasale album ; prothorax antice albo postice luteo murginalus ; venter 
luteo marginatus et late vittatus ; pedes fcmoribus anticis sub- 
incrassatis, femoribus tarsisque quatuor posterioribus basi albis; 
corium costa fasciaque subapicali albis. Var. (5. — Prothoracis 
rnargo anticus albus ; antennarum articulus Aus omnino niger ; 
ventris vitta indeterminata. 
