54*2 DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO HEMIPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Calidea parent u?n, n. sp. 



C. supra ochraceo-rubra, maculis 12 nigris, thoracis 4, prioribus minutis, 

 scutelli 8, 5 basi : • : , 3 post medium ■ . ■ , capite supra (2 maculis rubris 

 exceptis), pectore, abdominisque maculis lateralibus, pedibusque nitidis, 

 nigro-violaceis. Long. lin. 8f : lat thor. lin. 4-g-. 



Hab. in Australia. In Mus. Brit. 



Another species is very strikingly marked ; I call it, 

 Tectocoris Childreni. n. sp. 



T. luteo-fulva, thorace maculis 4, scutello 11, atris, subtus nigresceuti- 

 purpurea, pedibus viridibus. Long. lin. 8^ ; lat. thor. lin. o£. 

 Hah. in Nepalia ? 



Found in the valuable collection of insects bequeathed by 

 Major-General Hardwicke to the British Museum, and named 

 in honour of John George Children, Esq., late Secretary to 

 the Royal Society, whose collection, books, and advice have 

 been ever at my service. 



Many other species I have described in the paper above 

 alluded to ; a rather hairy one from Sierra Leone, of a beau- 

 tiful dark green colour, with six black spots on the thorax, 

 and seven on the scutellum, with a dorsal line extending from 

 the base to beyond the second pair of spots, I have named Ca- 

 lidea Moryani, after the chaplain of the colony at Sierra Le- 

 one, who, amongst many valuable insects sent to the national 

 collection, has communicated a specimen of the remarkable 

 Hymenopterous genus, Agaon of Dalman, as pointed out to 

 me by Mr. Westwood. 



In that paper I also characterized a genus of Coreida from 

 Nepal, somewhat connected with Menenotus (Lap.), agree- 

 ing with it in the lateral dilatations of the thorax being bent 

 forwards and upwards, but differing from both it and Cerbus 

 in the proportions of the joints of the antenna, the basal joint 

 being longest, the second, third, and fourth differing but lit- 

 tle in length, the last slightly bent, and in the veining of the 

 hemelytra. The femora, in both sexes, more or less thick- 

 ened, and all the tibia, in both sexes of the typical species, 

 dilated. 



I name the genus, from the "winged" neck, Derepteryx ; 

 the first species being Der. Grayii, of a brown colour, the 

 thorax rough with tubercles, while in the second — Der. Hard- 

 wickii — the tibia, in our specimen (a female) are sim- 

 ple, the thorax above being comparatively smooth. I have 

 named the first species after John Edward Gray, Esq. F.R.S. 

 whose uniform extreme kindness, and assistance in my sci- 

 entific pursuits, I embrace this opportunity of gratefully ac- 

 knowledging. 



