HEMIPTERA HETEKOPTERA. ^3 



the first. Piothorax with an impression ou each side near the fore border; 

 a slight transverse ridge near the hind border, elevated into a tubercle on 

 each side; sides obtusely serrated or beset with small black tubercles; 

 bind part dilated, rounded and slightly ascending on each side. Legs 

 black; tarsi luteous. Hind femora incrassated, with a few minute 

 tubercles, armed beneath with a stout tawny-tipped spine in the middle, 

 and with two shorter subapical spines. Four anterior femora with sub- 

 apical spines like those of the hind femora, but smaller. Hind tibiae 

 minutely serrated beneath, where near the base they are slightly dilated 

 and form a very obtuse angle. Tarsi luteous. Fore wings extending to 

 the tip of the abdomen, with a black patch in the disk of the corium ; 

 membrane dark ferruginous. Length of the body 13 lines. 

 a. North Hindostan. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 



52. MiClIS lltoTKACTA. 



protractus, H. Sch. Wanz. Iim. ix. 247. 

 Hindostan ? 



,')'3. .MicTis Japonica. 



Foem. Nifjro-fuscn, lata, cinereo tomentosa ; antenna; corpore multo 



breviores ; prothorux scaber, laferibiis spri-ntis\ aiH/ulis posiicis 



rectangxdatis sttbascendetHibus ; femora siibltis apicem versus bispiuu- 



losa ; femora poslica incrassala, apud medium unispinosa ; libicB 



posticce sublus subdilatatcc et subangxdata: ; alee anticcp memhrana 



nigra. 



Female. Blackish brown, broad, with cinereous tomentum. Second 



joint of the rostrum longer than the third. AnteniiiE much shorter than 



the body; joints from the first to the third successively decreasing in 



length ; fourth longer than the second, shorter than the first. Prothorax 



scabrous, with a slight longitudinal furrow and with a slight transverse 



ridge near the hind border; sides serrated; hind part dilated, slightly 



ascending and forming a rii;ht angle on each side. Odorific orifices dingy 



whitish. Femora beneath with two subapical spines. Hind femora 



incrassated, with a spine beneath beyond the middle. Hind tibia3 shorter 



than the hind femora, slightly dilated and forming an obtuse angle for a 



space beyond the middle. Fore wings with a black membrane. Length 



of the body II lines. 



a. Japan. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



54. MicTis Malaya. 

 Malaya, Stal, A. S. E. F. 4me Ser. v. 172. 

 Malacca. 



a. Siam. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



b. Singapore. Presented by W. W. Saunders, E^q. 



c. Sarawak. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Es(|. 



d. Birmah. From Mrs Waring's collection. 



e. Java. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



