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CATALOGUE OF 
black stripe on each side between this band and the transverse furrow, and 
with a black stripe on each side between the furrow and the fore border; 
hind angles rounded, not prominent. Scutellum black, with a tawny dot 
on each side near the base. Legs testaceous, rather stout; femora and 
tibicB with numerous black bands. Fore wings blackish ; veins of the 
corium partly tawny. Length of the body 6 lines. 
a. Aru. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
47. Cletus conspicuus. 
Mas. Rufus; caput nigro bivitlalum, postice subtus nigrum ; oculi pro- 
minuli ; antcnnce nigra:; prothorax ferruginous, vittis duabus nigris 
antice connexis intus fulvo marginatis, spinis duabus longis fere 
ereclis ; pectus nigro decern gut la turn ; abdomen maculis lateralibus 
apice gutlisque duabus ventralibus nigris; pedes picei ; alee antices 
fulvee, costa rufa, inembrana fusca ; alee postica fuscescentes, costa 
lulea. 
Male. Red. Head with two black stripe.s; hind part black beneath. 
Eyes prominent. Antennae black; second joint much longer than the 
first. Prolhorax ferruginous, with two black stripes, which are united in 
front and are bordered on the inner side with tawny; a long slender nearly 
erect spine on each hind angle. Pectus with five black dots on each side. 
Abdomen with black lateral spots and with a black tip; second ventral 
segment with a black dot on each side. Legs piceous. Fore wings tawny ; 
costa red, except towards the tip ; membrane brown. Hind wings brownish ; 
costa luteous towards the base. Length of the body 7 lines. 
The antennae of the specimen described are mutilated, and it cannot 
be ascertained whether their structure agrees with that of the other 
Coreidae. 
a. Hindostan. From Mr. Foxcroft’s collection. 
48. Cletus? inermis. 
Mas. Piceus, gracilis, cinereo tomentosus ; caput antice productum ; 
oculi suhprominuli ; rostrum longissimum ; antenna corpora breviores, 
arliculis '2o ‘.inqne basi albidis, 4o testaceo ; prothoracis anguli postici 
rolundali, non prominuli; venter nigro sexmaculatus ; pedes graciles, 
tibiis tarsisque fulvis ; membrana nigricans. 
Male. Piceous, slender, with cinereous tomentum. Head more 
elongate than in other species of the genus. Eyes slightly prominent. 
Rostrum extending to the fourth ventral segment; joints nearly equal in 
length. Antenna) shorter than the body ; second and third joints whitish 
at the base; second much longer than the first; third hardly shorter than 
the first; fourth testaceous, a little shorter than the third. Prothorax with 
a transverse furrow near the fore border; hind angles rounded, not promi- 
nent. Fourth, fifth and sixth ventral segments with a deep black round 
