jgQ (November, 



DESCRIPTION OF A HEMIPTEROUS INSECT {QAPSU8 MINIATUS) 



NEW TO SCIENCE. 



BY E. PAEFITT. 



Vermilion red ; antennae setose-pubescent, testaceous red, the base 

 and apex of the basal joint, a band in the middle of the second, and the 

 apex, black (the third and fourth broken off). 



Thorax with two blackish lines beginning directly behind the 

 prominent eyes, and gradually growing wider backwards. These lines 

 are continued along the hemelytra, interrupted only by the neuration, 

 to near the apex. Scutellum with black lines on the edge of the base. 

 Hemelytra : corium vermilion red, the cuneus rather paler, membrane 

 dusky, the nerve in the centre forming a sharp angle, vermilion red. 



Wings having a purplish hue, and beautifully iridescent. 



Body, beneath, coloured as above, with a square black dot on the 

 margin of each segment. 



Legs coloured the same as the body, pubescent, the tips of the 

 tibia) and tarsi black. 



Length 2'" ; expanse of hemelytra 5'", 



The above beautiful species I took in Messrs. Veitch's nursery, 

 at Exeter, June, 1851. I forwarded it some time ago to Messrs- 

 Douglas & Scott, and it has just been returned to me as new to science. 

 I have, therefore, much pleasure in making it known. 

 Exeter, September, 1865. 



DESCRIPTION OF AN AOIDALIA NEW TO SCIENCE AND TO BRITAIN. 

 BY H. a. KNAGGS, M.D. 



AciDALiA Mancttniata, n. sp. Expansion of fore-wings 8"'-9"'. 

 Pale ochreous white, dusted with exceedingly minute black atoms; 

 fore- wings with five more or less distinct nearly parallel transverse lines, 

 central dots either absent or barely perceptible ; hind margins of all the 

 wings at the insertion of the cilia most minutely but distinctly dotted. 



This species appears to be intermediate between A. suhsericcata 

 and A. straminata, being more nearly allied to the former than the 

 latter. 



From A. subsericeata this insect is readily distinguished (1) by 

 the less pointed apex of its fore- wing, (2) by the warmer ochreous tint 

 of its ground colour, (3) by the less degree of silkiness, (4) by the 

 very minutely but distinctly dotted margin (the margins of the wings 

 of subsericeata are sometimes dotted, but not in the same minute and 

 distinct manner), (5) by the number and arrangement of the transverse 

 lines, &c., &c. 



