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CATALOGUE OF 
Male. Testaceous, scabrous. Head short; middle lobe prominent, 
acute. Rostrum extending to the hind border of the second ventral 
segment; fourth joint longer than the third. Antenn:® slender, shorter 
than the body; first, third and fourth joints nearly equal in length, much 
shorter than the second. Prothorax with a broad black band. Pectus 
and ventral segments mostly black. Legs rather short and stout; femora 
with a few spines beneath. Fore wings luteous, excepting the veins and a 
space along the exterior border of the corium ; membrane brown. Female . — 
Prothorax with a ferruginous band. Pectus and ventral segments wholly 
testaceous, excepting three abbreviated black bands and six black spots on 
the latter. Length of the body 4 J lines. 
c, h. Mysol. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
13. Serinetha tubbata. 
Foem. Ochracea^ subtus pallide testacea ; oculi suhpeliolati ; rostrum 
coxas posticas allingens ; antennce nigrce, gracillimce, corpori fere 
aquilorigce, arliculo lo rufo, 4o testaceo basi nigro ; prolhoracis 
anguli postici oblusi non prominuli ; sculellum carinalum ; abdo- 
minis dorsum apicem versus nigrum; venter nigro Irifasciatus ; 
corium apicem versus nigricans ; membrana diaphana, basi fusca. 
Female. Ochraceous, pale testaceous beneath. Eyes very prominent, 
slightly petiolated. Rostrum extending to the hind coxae ; third and 
lourth joints nearly equal in length. Antennae black, very slender, nearly 
as long as the body; first joint red, about one-lbird of the length of the 
second ; third a little shorter than the second ; fourth testaceous, black at 
the base, as long as the second. Prothorax nearly smoolli ; a transverse 
furrow near the fore border; hind angles obtuse, not prominent. Scutellum 
with a keel between a transverse ridge and the tip. Abdomen black above 
in the disk towards the tip; under side with three black bands, of which the 
second and third are much abbreviated. Legs ochraceous, slender, 
unarmed; tarsi brownish. Fore wings blackish towards the tip of the 
corium; membrane pellucid, brown towards the base. Length of the body 
5 lines. 
a. New Guinea. From Mr. Wallace’s collection. 
14. Serinetha immunis. 
Foem. Fufa, subtus testacea; capitis lalera subtus rufa; oculi valde 
prominuli; rostrum coxas posticas allingens ; antennce corpore mullo 
breviores ; prolhoracis anguli postici oblusi non prominuli ; sculellum 
carinalum; abdominis dorsum nigrum; venter f asciis tribus latis 
abbreviatis nigris ; pedes ruji, coxis teslaceis ; membrana diaphana, 
basi fuscescens. 
Female. Red, pale testaceous beneath. Head red on eacli side 
beneath. Eyes very prominent. Rostrum red, black towards the tip, 
extending to the hind coxae. Antennae red, much shorter than the body; 
second joint about thrice the length of the first; third a little shorter than 
the second. Prothorax with a transverse furrow near the fore border; hind 
