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CATALOGUE OF 
Male. Testaceous. Rostrum extending to the middle coxas. 
Antennae piceous, very slender, nearly as long as the body; second joint 
longer than the first; third shorter than the first; fourth a little shorter 
than the third, pale testaceous towards the base. Prothorax very finely 
scabrous, with two very broad dull green stripes; a black band along the 
hind border; hind angles obtuse, slightly rounded, not prominent. Legs 
slender. Fore wings brownish, with a testaceous costal line ; a black streak 
along the hind part of the exterior border of the corium ; membiane 
brownish. Hind wings cinereous; veins blackish. Length of the body 
7^ lines. 
a. Singapore. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
18. Hom(eocerus oraminis. 
Lygaeus graminis, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn, 216 — Hoiuoeocerus graniinis, Stal, 
Hem. Fabr. i. 59. 
Hindustan. 
Var. ? Testaceus ; antennae corpori cequilongce, arliculo Ao piceo ; pro- 
thorax sublilissime punctalus, poslice viridescens ; angulis posticis 
oblusis non prominulis ; aloe anticae apices versus viridescejites, ulbido 
unigullatce, membrana nigricante. Var.? — Fulvus,subius testaceus ; 
antennaruni articidi apice nigri. ^ar. ? — Testaceus; alee anticce 
pallido bigultatce. 
Female. Testaceous, paler beneath. Rostrum extending nearly to 
the middle cox$. Antennae as long as the body; second joint a little 
longer than the first; third much shorter than the first; fourth piceous, 
very little shorter than the third. Piothorax very finely punctured, greenish 
about the hind border; hind angles obtuse, well defined, not prominent. 
Legs slender. Fore wings greenish about the outer border of the corium ; 
a whitish dot near the outer border; membrane blackish. Length of the 
body 9i lines. 
o. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 
Var P Tawny, testaceous beneath. Joints of the antenns black 
towards the tips. Fore wings with the white dot more conspicuous and 
nearer the middle of the exterior border. Length of the body 8^^ lines. 
b. Siam. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
Var ^ Testaceous, paler beneath. Sides of the prothorax and a 
longitudinal line not punctured with brown. Each fore wing with two 
paler dots which are not punctured with brown, one on the angle of the 
corium, the other in the disk. Length of the body 9 lines. 
a. Bombay. Presented by E. Downes, Esq. 
The three individuals here recorded may be three distinct species, 
but can hardly be recognized as such until more specimens are obtained. 
