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CATALOGUE OF 
2. Hyalymenus DUBIU3, C. H. 468. 
a. Para. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
h, c. Para. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
d, e. Para. Presented by the Entomological Club. 
/. Para. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
3. Hyalymexus dextatus. 
Alydus dentatus, Fabr. Syst. Rhyn. 249 — Hyalvmenus dentatus, Serv. 
Hist. Hem. 224, pi. 5, f. 3. 
Cayenne. 
a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
b. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
c. Para. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
Var. ? Mas et fmm. Niger; caput subtus, prothorax et pectus rufa ; 
caput albo bislrigatum ; antennarum articulus 4tis dimidio basali 
albo ; scutellum album; pectoris segmenta albido marginata ; venter 
albidus, strigis duabus lalis lineis duabus posterioribus et segmentorum 
marginibus posticis nigris ; pedes lutein femoribus posticis nigris basi 
luteis ; aloe cinerece, nigro venosce. 
Male and female. Black. Head beneath, prothorax and pectus red. 
Head with a white streak on the face and with another between the eves. 
Rostrum yellowish, black towards the base, extending to the middle coxae. 
Antennae a little shorter than the body; fourth joint white for full half the 
length from the base. Spines of the prothorax brown, whitish towards the 
base. Scutellum mostly white. Pectoral segments bordered with whitish. 
Abdomen beneath whitish, with two broad black streaks, two posterior 
black lines, and with black hind borders of the segments. Legs luteous ; 
hind femora black, luteous towards the base, with a few luteous spines 
beneath. Wings cinereous ; veins black. Length of the body 7 lines. 
rf, e. Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
4. Hyalymenus ichneumonifoemis. 
Fcem. Niger; caput albo bistrigalum et subtus unifasciatum ; anten- 
narum articulus Aus basi albus ; prothorax albo birnaculatus ; 
scutellum album; pectoris segmenta albo marginata; venter albo 
trivittatus ; pedes antici albidi ; femora intermedia basi albida ; 
tibia; posticcB albce ; alee antica; nigricantes^ nigro venosce. 
Female. Black. Head with a white streak on the face, with a shorter 
white streak between the eyes and with a white band on the hind border 
beneath. Rostrum extending to the middle coxa;. Antennte shorter than 
the body; second joint as long as the third, a little more than half the 
length of the first; fourth white towards the base, nearly twice the length 
of the first. Protliorax with a while spot at the base of each spine. Scu- 
tellum mostly white. Pectoral segments bordered with while. Abdomen 
