(32 [Auifust, 



second ; vertex very indistinctly marginate ((??); genital 

 segment of ^ wider and longer than tlie others. (^ ? . 

 (On Con/his.) 2. ijrasinus. Fall., nee Saund., nee D. & S. 



6 (3). Apical joint of antenna! not nearly half as long as the third ; 



first joint shorter than the head, fourth joint not longer than 

 the first, and not nearly half as long as the third ; vertex 

 posteriorly somewhat sharply marginate. ? . (On plum- 

 ti'ees ? ) 



3. Scoiti, n. sp. (viridinervis, D. & 8., prasinus, Saund.). 



7 (2). ITppei--side finely covered with whitish or pale yellowish hairs ; 



first joint of antennae much shorter than the head, third joint 

 about three-quarters as long as the second. 



8 (9) . Antennae longer and finer, apical joint not nearly half so long 



as the third, and as long as the first ; vertex (at least of (J ) 



marginate ; upper-side very finely whitish-pubescent, c? ? • 



(On Salices ? ) 



4. dlaphanus, Kirschb., nee Saund., nee D. & S. 



9 (S). Antennae shorter and stouter, apical joint only nearly half as 



long as the head, and a little longer than the first ; vertex 

 marginate. ? . (On ? ) 



5. n. sp. ? {diaphanus, Saund., nee Kirschb., nee D. & S.). 

 10 (1). Upper-side of the body clothed with fine whitish and black 

 hairs, densely intermixed ; a])ical joint of antennre as long as 

 the first and only a little more than a third part as long as 

 the third, this being more than three-fourths of the second, 

 or only little shorter ; first joint shorter than the head. ^ . 

 (On ? ) 



G. 11. sp. ? (diaphanus, D. & S., nee Kirschb., nee Saund.). 



CTo be conthiuedj. 



DESCEIPTIONSofTWO new SVECIESovME.WIPTJEEA-HETEROPTIJEA 



FEOM WEST AFRICA, 



IN THE COLLECTION OF F. J. HOENIMAN, Esq. 



BY W. L. DISTANT. 



Tesseeatoma ^THIOPS. 



Above ochraceous, clouded, somewhat sliining, thickly and finely punctured. 

 Head with margin narrowly edged with black. Thorax with the lateral margins 

 rounded, reflexed, narrowly edged with black. Apex of scutellum somewhat nar- 

 rowed. Membrane of the elytra brassy, wings dull violet. Back of the abdomen 

 deep reddish-orange, with the margins chocolate, narrowly edged with black. 



