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CATALOGUE OF 
Div. 7. 
Pirena, Slal, A. S. E. F. 4?ne Ser. iii. 47. 
30. Ectrichodia punctata. 
Pirena punctata, Stal, A. S. E. F. 4me Sir, iii. 47. 
a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius’ collection. 
South Asia and Eastern Isles. 
Div. 1. 
Physorhynchus, Serv. — Ectrichodia, Slal. 
31. Ectrichodia Linnei. 
Linnei, Stal, 0/v, K. Vet, Ak. Fork. xvi. 178. 
Ceylon. 
32. Ectrichodia rubra. 
rubra, Serv. Hist. Hem. 344, pi. 7, f. 7. 
Java. 
33. Ectrichodia discrepans. ' , . 
Mas. Nigra, nonnunquam cyaneo aul purpurea varia ; caput sub- 
triangulare, transverse striatum, prothoracis loho antico hrevius ; 
anlenncB apices versus fuscescentes ; scutelli rnucrones tuberculati; 
abdomen rufum, apicem versus nigrum ; pedes robusti, femoribus 
qualuor posterioribus subtus tuherculalis, anticis sublus unispinosis. 
Eoem . — Aptera ; antennce Q-arliculalce ; abdomen nigrum, scabrum ; 
connexivum rufum aut rufo marginatum. 
Male. Black, fusiform, smooth, shiningf, sometimes tinged with blue 
or purple. Head somewhat triangular, striated transversely, shorter than 
the fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular part longer than the post- 
ocular; ocelliferous part elevated. Eyes slightly prominent. First and 
second joints of the rostrum nearly equally long. Anlennoe hairy, a little 
longer than the head and the prothorax together; first joint longer than 
the head; second longer than the first; third and fourth brownish; third 
much shorter than the first; fourth shorter than the third. Prothorax with 
an impression on each side of the longitudinal furrow and partly on each 
lobe; fore lobe about as long as the hind lobe. Tubercular points of the 
scutellum wide apart. Abdomen red, black towards the tip. Legs stout; 
hind femora with a tubercle beneath near the lip; middle femora with two 
tubercles beneath ; fore femora with a stout spine beneath ; fore anterior 
tibiae with an oblong furrow. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 
10 lines. Female. — Wingless. Antennae 6-joinled, hardly pilose. Abdo- 
men black, scabrous; connexivum red or bordered with red. Length of 
the body 12 — 16 lines. 
a — c. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 
d. Ceylon. From Mr. Thwaites’ collection. 
e — g. Ceylon. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
