HEMIPTERA IIETRROPTERA. 
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transversely elongated spots on each side. Legs rather slender; furrow of 
the four anterior tibi$ elliptical. Fore wings deep black; costa and veins 
of the corium red. Length of the body 8 lines. 
a. Sarawak. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
49. Ectrichodia Ophirica. 
Mas. Rufa; caput elliplicuyn, prothoracis loho anlico paullo longius ; 
oculi suhprominuli ; antenncB picece, pitosissimcc, arliculo lo rufo ; 
prolhorax antice unisulcatus, poslice trisulcalus ; scutellum triden- 
tatum ; pectus nigro biplagiatuin ; venter nigro trivitlatus ; pedes 
breviusculi, sat validi,femoribus quatuor anterioribus subincrassatis ; 
alee antica nigra, corii basi lineaque costali rujis. 
Male, Ked, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head elliptical, a little longer 
than the fore lobe of the prothorax; ante-ocular part longer than the post- 
ocular. Eyes piceous, slightly prominent. First joint of the rostrum 
longer than the second. Antennae piceous, very hairy; first joint red, 
nearly as long as the head ; second much longer than the first; third and 
following joints shorter than the first. Prothorax with a strongly-marked 
longitudinal furrow, which does not extend to the hind border of the hind 
lobe; fore lobe shorter than the hind lobe, which has a stronglj’-marked 
longitudinal furrow on each side. Scutellum with two wide-apart points 
and with an intermediate smaller point. Pectus with a black patch on 
each side. Abdomen beneath with a broad abbreviated black stripe on 
each side. Legs rather short and stout; four anterior femora slightly 
incrassated ; four anterior tibiae with an elliptical furrow. Fore wings 
black; corium red at the base, and with a red costal line. Length of the 
body 5 lines. 
a. Mount Ophir. Presented by W. VV. Saunders, Esq. 
60. Ecteichodta includens. 
Foem. Nigra, glabra; caput fusiforme, prothoracis loho aniico sat 
longius ; rostrum ferrugineum ; prothorax el scutelli mucrones ruji ; 
connexivum rufo maculatum; pedes sat graciles ; corium litura aut 
fascia informi basi costaque rujis. 
Female. Black, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head fusiform, rather 
longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular part as long as the 
post-ocular. Eyes slightly prominent. Rostrum ferruginous; first joint 
longer than the second. Antennae hairy, longer than the head and the 
prothorax together; first joint much longer than the ante-ocular head; 
second longer than the first; third shorter than the first; fourth shorter 
than the third. Prothorax red, with a strongly-marked longitudinal furrow, 
which does not extend to the hind border of the hind lobe; fore lobe with 
a slight longitudinal furrow on each side, hardly shorter and much more 
convex than the hind lobe, from which it is divided by a black suture ; hind 
lobe with a strongly-marked longitudinal furrow on each side. Apical 
points of the scutellum red, far apart. Connexivum with red spots along 
each side. Legs rather slender; furrow beneath the four anterior tibiae 
