TWO HEMIPTEROUS INSECTS. 541 



I have alluded above to a paper on Hemiptera, as yet un- 

 published; I subjoin the characters there given of the 



Graphosoma interruptum. 



G, nigrum, thorace lineis tribus, dorsali solum elongato, arcubus partis pos- 

 terioribus flavis (in vita rubris ?), scutello lineis tribus, margineque tenui 

 flavis. 



I subjoin also the characters of a few of the other species 

 there described, expecting the Society to publish my figures 

 and particular descriptions. 



Of the Cimex costatus of Fabricius, a species seemingly 

 unknown on the continent, I have made a genus, which, to 

 the remarkably raised edges of the canal for the beak, so pro- 

 minent in the genus Solenosthedium of Spinola, Coeloglossa 

 of Germar, (both founded by their respective authors on the 

 same species, — the Cimex lynceus of Fabricius, figured in 

 Coquebert's Illustr. Iconogr. tab. 10, fig. 7), adds a thorax 

 semicircularly dilated behind, as well as other characters to 

 be pointed out elsewhere. 



I name it Coleotichus, the species Col. costatus, the origi- 

 nal specimen of which is still to be seen in the Banksian col- 

 lection of insects, bequeathed to the Linnean Society. In the 

 British Museum cabinet there are two specimens of this rare 

 insect, presented by Mr. Children, the officer of the zoologi- 

 cal department. Mr. Shuckard tells me he has a second spe- 

 cies in his collection, but this I have not yet seen. 



Another elongated thick species, kindly lent me by Mr. 

 Newman from the valuable collection of the Entomological 

 Club, would enter, I believe, into Germar's genus Calliphara, 

 but not having the specimen beside me, I cannot exactly make 

 out whether it may not more properly belong to Scutellera. 

 Its specific character may be given as follows. 



Calliphara (Scutellera ? J bifasciata, n. sp. 



C. luteo-aurantiaca ; an tennis, capite, thoracis fascia postica transversa, 

 scutelli macula dorsali fasciaque post medium transversa, tibiisque, caeru- 

 lescenti-viridibus. Long. lat. 



Hah. in insula Maris Pacifici Dom. Newman ignota. 

 An elegant species sent by Mr. Daniel Wheeler to the En- 

 tomological Club. 



Another species, placed by me in Laporte's genus Calidea 

 {Callidea Burm. and Germ.), I characterize as follows ; it is 

 a most beautiful species, but the antenna unfortunately are 

 wanting. 



