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CATALOGUE OF 
Asia. 
9. Melucha notatipes. 
Mas. Testacea ; caput tiigro late bivittatum ; antennee nigrce, corpore 
breviores ; prolhorax nigro quadrivittatus, lateribus nigro spinusis^ 
angulis poslicis acutis prominulis ; scutelli discus niger ; pectus 
nigro subtuberculatus ; abdominis discus piceus, callis duobus 
testaceis transx^ersis nigro marginatis ; femora nigro tuberculata ; 
femora postica incrassata, fascia lata apicibusque nigris ; tibice 
posticce intus nigra testaceo tristrigata, subtus dilatato et biangulata, 
extus nigro marginata et bifasciata ; ala antica nigro trivittata. 
Male. Testaceous. Head with two broad black stripes. Eyes 
prominent. Antennaj black, shorter than the body; joints from the first to 
the third successively decreasing in length. Prolhorax depressed in the 
fore part ; four black stripes; inner pair interrupted before the middle, not 
extending to the fore border; outer pair irregular; sides nearly straight, 
armed with short black spines; hind angles prominent, each with an acute 
blender spine. Scutellum with a black disk. Pectus with a few black 
tubercles of various size. Abdomen w'ilh a [)iceous dorsal disk; fourth and 
fifth segments with a transverse testaceous black-bordered callus on each. 
Femora with some black tubercles and with a subapical black spine on the 
under side. Hind femora incrassated, shorter thau the abdomen, with a 
broad black band and with black tips. Hind tibiae shorter than the hind 
femora, dilated and forming two angles beneath ; inner side black, with 
three testaceous streaks, of which the first is basal, the second near the 
base and the third apical ; outer side mostly bordered with black, with two 
irregular black bands. Fore wings with three black stripes. Length of 
the body 8^ lines. 
The wings in the specimen described are rudimentary, 
a. Siam. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
Eastern Archipelago. 
10. Melucha octolineata. 
Mas. Tesiaceay tomentosa^ sat gracilis; antenna nigra, corpori aqui- 
longa, articulo 4o ferrugineo lo longiore ; prothorax fuscescente 
octolineatus, angulis posticis obtusis ; scutellum fuscescente bi- 
villatum ; femora postica subincrassata ; tibia postica supra valde 
dilatata, subtus subdilatata et subangulaia ; corium fuscescente 
venosum; membrana aneo-cinerea. 
Male. Testaceous, tomentose, rather slender. Rostrum black ; first 
and fourth joints longer than the second and third. Antennae black, as 
long as the body; joints from the first to the third successively decreasing 
in length ; fourth ferruginous, longer than the first. Prothorax with eight 
brownish stripes; a slight transverse ridge near the hind border; hind part 
forming an obtuse and sharply-defined angle on each side. Scutellum 
with two brownish converging and connected stripes. Femora beneath 
