— 141 — 



scQtelli macula ovali sat magna in angulis basalibus nec non 

 corii macula minutissima, pone medium posita, laevibus, cal- 

 losis, stramineo-aibidis; membrana vitrea; abdominis dorso 

 nigro, connexivo toto concolore; ventris lateribus dilute pun- 

 ctatis, disco ifevi et latera versus vitta nigro-punctata ornato, 

 spiraculis nigris; femoribus apice, tibiis antennisque dilute 

 ferrugineis. c/'. Long. 8, Lat. 5 mill. 



Mormidea decorata SiGN. Ann. ent. Scr. 3. VUL p. 928. 

 92. (1861). 



Patria: Zanzibar. (Coll. Signoret.) 



Articulus sccuudus autcnnse sinistne cxcuipli dcscripti tcrtio 

 {equalis, ideni autfuuti; dcxtrit tcrtio distinctc lougior. Articulus 

 primus rostri bucculas posticc nonnihil superans. 



9. P. (Carbula) melacantha Fabr. — Late obovata, griseo-flave- 

 scens vel dilute flavo-testacea, supra dense fusco vel ferru- 

 gineo-fusco-punctata; thoracis marginibus lateralibus anticis 

 ruga pallida terminatis, margine imo antico la?vi, angulis 

 lateralibus acutis, extrorsum modice productis, nigris; scutello 

 basi maculis tribus minutissimis margineque imo apicali pal- 

 lidis, laivibus; membrana grisescente; pectore minus dense 

 nigro-punctato; abdominis dorso nigro, connexivo extus stra- 

 mineo-Iimbato; ventre punctato, disco lavi, nigricante vel 

 ferrugineo-fusco, parte laterali vittisque duabus discoidalibus 

 stramineis; femoribus apicem versus maculis duabus vel tribus 

 minutissimis nigris vel fuscis; antennarum articulis secundo 

 et tertio subsequalibus. o^. ^- Long. 7^, Lat. 5 mill. 

 Cimex mehcanthus Fabr. Ent. syst. IV. p. 103. 94. (1794); 



Syst. Rhyng. p. 165. 48. (180.3). sec. CoII. Banks. 



Mormidea viaculipes SiGN. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1851. p. 



444. 9. 



Patria: Sierra Leona, Gabon. (Mus. Holm., Coll. Signoret 



et Stal.) 



aa. Veiitris margine maculis ^ninutis nigris notato. 

 b. Angulis apicalihus segmenii tdtimi ahdominis ohtusis, 

 haud productis. 



