378 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



1. Hemisphcerius Coccinelloides. 



Issus CocciDelloides, Burm. Meyen, Reise, N. Act. Ph. Med. Soc. 



C. Leop. n. c. xvi. 305, 38, pi. 41, f. 11. 

 Hemisphcerius Coccinelloides, Schaum, Allg. Enc. Wissench. Kunst. 



i. 51,71. 



a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Wood's collection. 

 h. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



2. Hemisphcerius fla.vima.cula, Mas. 



Ferrugineus, Jlavo varius ; abdomen jiavo fasciatum ; -pedes jiavi, 

 ferrugineo varii ; alec anticce fei'ruginece, fiavo quatuordecim 

 maculatcB. 



Body ferruginous, convex, like a Coccinella in shape: head 

 much more than half the breadth of the fore-wing near the base ; 

 crown yellow, nearly straight before and behind, ferruginous and 

 rather narrower in front ; its breadth slightly exceeding its length ; 

 front pitchy, long, diamond-shaped, adorned with two yellow bands, 

 the first slightly curved, the second straight ; epistoraa very small, 

 tawny : mouth yellow : eyes not prominent : fore-chest extremely 

 short : middle-chest yellow, triangular, with a ferruginous border : 

 abdomen nearly semicircular, a little shorter than the chest ; hind 

 borders of the segments yellow: legs yellow; thighs adorned with 

 ferruginous bands; shanks pitchy above; feet ferruginous; hind- 

 shanks armed with two black-tipped spines : fore-wings ferruginous, 

 very convex, quite coriaceous, each adorned with seven yellow spots ; 

 the first at the base; the second and third in the middle ; the fourth, 

 fifth and sixth forming an interrupted band near the tip, the sixth 

 sometimes united to the seventh, which is narrow and accompanies 

 the fore border to the tip. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 

 5 lines. 

 a. Hong-Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



3. Hemisphcerius contusus, Mas. 



Fulvus ; prothorax Jlavo unimaculatus ; mesothorax undecimstri- 

 atus ; abdomen ferrugineum, ; pedes nigri, fulvo varii ; alee 

 anticce fuscce, apice fulvo maculaice ; alee postica subfulva. 



Body tawny, in shape like that of a Coccinella : head about 

 half the breadth of the fore-wing near the base, mottled with yellow 



