LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 95 



HeMISPIKERIUS NIGER. 



Hemisphoerius niger, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 155, 66. 



a. Malacca. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



b. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 



These two species are larger than those from Borneo, and in 

 one of them the head is wholly pale testaceous. 



Hemtsphcerius torpidus. 

 Hemisphoerius torpidus, JValk. Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 155, 68. 

 a. Borneo. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



Hemisphcerius bipustulatus. 



Testaceus ; vertex transversus, fiisco binotatus ; frons faciesgue 

 elonyatcB,Jiavce, rufo biviUutce; abdomen apice nigrum; alee 

 antic(e costa basi niyro notata extus fusco unimaculata. 



Testaceous. Vertex transverse, with a brown mark on each 

 side; front and face forming a Hat fusiform yellow compartment, 

 with two red stripes. Abdominal appendages mostly black. Fore 

 wings with a very convex costa, which has some black marks 

 towards the base, and a brown spot beyond two-thirds of the length. 

 Length of the body If line ; of the wings 4 lines. 



a. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



Hemisphcerius eufovarius. 



Testacens ; vertex transversus, rufo notatus ; frons disco rufo; 

 fades nigra; prolhorax rufo trinotatus ; mesothorax rufo 

 bivittntus ; abdomen subtus nigro fasciatum ; ala- anticcB sat 

 angustcE. 



Testaceous. Vertex transverse, with a red mark in the disk ; 

 front and face flat; front with a red disk, much shorter and broader 

 than that of H. bipustulatus ; face black, lanceolate. Prothorax 

 with three minute red marks. Mesothorax with a red stripe on 

 each side. Abdomen with a black band beneath. Fore wings 



