— 49 — 



S. ocellato minor et latior, pictura thoracis, scutclli maculis 

 nnticis mcdiis basin fere attingentibus rostroque longiore distiu- 

 ctissimus. 



bbb. 2\irsln sffHiiiiiicin r<'l /l(iro-fi's'uri;is. 

 4. S. piiuctarius Westw. — Varicolor; pedibus totis stramineis 

 vel flavo-testaceis; corio stramineo, maculis duabus parvis 

 anticis et magna posteriore nigro-fuscis; membrana fusca; 

 alis antennisque interdum apicem versus fuscis. o^. 9. Lon<i;. 

 7^-8^, Lat. 6—^ mill. 

 Var. a. — Testaceo-flavescens, superne minute ot irregu- 

 lariter nigro-conspersus. 



Var. b. — Testaceo-flavescens, superne minute et irregula- 

 riter nigro-conspersus, tlioracis maculis undecim, scutelli maculis 

 undecim (5, 4, 2) brunnescentibus, maculis tribus anticis nu^diis 

 scutelli basin attingentibus, media oblonga, medio coarctata. 



Sphwrocoris punctaria Westw. in UoPE Cat. of Ilem. I. 

 p. n. (1837). 



Spha'rocoi-is poli/sticfa Westw. in HoPE Cat. of Ilem. I. p. 

 13. (1837). 



Sphoirocoris tigrinns Germ. Zeitschr. I. p. 77. 3. (1839); 

 H. SCH. Wanz. Ins. V. p. 8. flg. 465. (1839). 



Splioirocoris pnnctarius Dall. List of Ilem. I. p. 9. 7. (1851). 

 Stoll. Pun. p. 145. fig. 261. 



Var. c. — • Sordide stramineus; capitis marginibus lateralibus, 

 limbo basali lineisque duabus longitudiualibus nigris; maculis 

 testaceis thoracis plus minus distiuctis, in series duas transversas 

 dispositis, anterioribus postice, posterioribus antice anguste ni- 

 gro-marginatis, maculisque scutelli undecim, uti in var. b dis- 

 positis, plus minus distincte nigro-marginatis; macula magna 

 laterali pectoris cinerea; ventre toto vel disco piceo. 



Sphcerocoris caffer Stal. 6fv. Vet. Ak. Forh. 1853. p. 210. 2. 



Var. d. — Sordide stramineus vel testaceo-flavescens; ca- 



pitis marginibus lateralibus parteque basali, medio producta et 



flavo-notata, thoracis maculis undecim, quinque anterioribus, 



nemiptera africana. * 



