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DESCRIPTIONS OF 



which however, it is abundantly distinct. In the elongated 

 form of the head and sctttellum, as well as in having the sides 

 of the scutellum distinctly sinuated in the middle, it more 

 nearly approaches a species from Teneriffe, in the collection 

 of the British Museum, to which I applied the name Gar. 

 interruptum, in a paper on several new genera and species 

 of Hemiptera, read several months ago before the Entomo- 

 logical Society. 



a, Grwphosoma Wilsoni, magnified. 

 c, Plataspis ( ? ) coracina, fem. magnified 

 e, part of upper side of head &c. of female. 



b, Ditto, lateral view, natural size. 

 d, lateral view ; natural size. 

 /, head of male, viewed from above. 



I characterize my species as follows : — 

 Graphosoma Wilsoni, n. sp. fig. 68, a. 



G. sanguineum, thorace punctis 8 distinctis, striaque postica laterali, 

 nigris ; scutello basi punctis 4 nigris, lateralibus elongatis et acuminatis ; 

 subtus flavum (in spec, mortuis) nigro punctatum. Long. lin. 6. 



Hah. in Persia. 



In Mus. Dom. Wilson, Edinensis, nature, insectorum praesertira, scru- 

 tatoris diligentissimi, et ' Entomologiae Edinensis' cum Dom. Duncan, 

 auctoris. 



This species was brought over by Mr. Wilson's brother- 

 in-law, Sir John MacLean, along with many other fine insects 

 and spiders, for the opportunity of examining and describing 

 which, I am indebted to the great kindness of Mr. Wilson. 



The second species may be thus described : — 



Plataspis (?) coracina, n. sp. fig. 68, c. 



P. aeneo-nigra, nitida (pectoreque solum fuliginoso), thoracis lateribus 

 hemelytrorumque basi, abdominisque lateribus fulvo anguste marginatis. 



Mas, clypeo antice rotundato,) j lin 5 3 

 Fcem. „ „ truncate J °* 4 * 



Hah. in Java. In Mus. Doctoris Greville, 'Scottish Cryptogamic Flora 

 celeberrimi auctoris, turn insectorum turn plantarum studiosissimi. 



