HEMIPTEKA HETHllOl 



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58. MiCTIS AMPLECTENS. 



Mas. Obscure fulvo aut rnfescente ferruginea ; antenna; nigra, articulo 

 4o ferrugineo ; prolhorax transverse rugulosus, cornubus duobus 

 lateralibus latissimis pnrreclis arcuatis dentatis acutis siibascendenli- 

 bus ; femora quatuor anteriora subttis apices versus bispinosa ; femora 

 postica supra subtusque spinosa ; tibice postica: subarcuatcc, subtus 

 talissime u7iispinos(e apices versus serratce ; membrana fusca. 

 Male. Dark tawny or reddish ferruginous, tomentose. Antennas 

 black; fourth joint ferruginous, a little longer than the third, not longer 

 than the second, which is much shorter than the first. Prothorax trans- 

 versely rugulose; the sides forming two curved acute very broad horns, 

 which are porrect and slightly ascending, and are more largely dentate on 

 the inner side than on the outer side; a transverse ridge near the hind 

 border. Abdomen above with a red disk. Four anterior femora beneath 

 armod with two stout suliapical spines, the second spine very minute. 

 Hind femora with a few short stout spines above and with fewer and rather 

 longer spines beneath. Hiud tibia? slightly curved, forming a very broad 

 spine beyond the middle beneath, where they are serrated between tl)is 

 spine and the tip. Fore wings with a brown membrane. Length of the 

 body 13 lines. 



a, b. Hindostan. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



c. Hindostan. Presented by Sir J. Hearsay. 



d, Hindostan. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Eastern Archipelago. 

 Angles of the prothorax rounded. 

 Sides of the prothorax not serrated. 

 Hind femora very much dilated. 

 Hind femora not very much dilated. 

 Sides of the prothorax minutely serrated. 

 Abdomen red on each side. - . - 



Abdomen tawny on each side. - - . 



Angles of tlie prothorax not rounded. 

 Angles of the prothorax not prominent. 

 Legs mostly pale. - - - - 



Legs dark. - - . . . 



Angles of the prothorax prominent. 

 Fourth joint of the anlenucE more than twice the 



length of the third. 

 Hind femora not dentate. _ - . 



Hind femora deutate. - - - - 



Fourth joint of the antennae not more than twice 



the lengtii of the third. 

 Angles of the prothorax not much elongated. 

 Legs pale. - - - - - 



Legs dark. 



grossipes. 

 dubia. 



rufovittata. 

 lirabativentris. 



discolor, 

 insularis. 



filicornis. 

 insolila. 



fiihicorni 



