HEMIPTEEA HRTEROPTERA. 



26. HOMOEOCERUS MINAX. 



Foem. Fulvus, stibtus tcstaceus; antcnnm rufcc, corpora hreviores, arliculo 

 4o 3o crquiloiigo ; prothorcix suhtilissime punctatus, piceo fasciatus, 

 angulis post ids lotigis aciitis subascendenlihus ; menibrana nigricans. 



Female. Tawny, testaceous beneath. Eyes at some distance from 

 the fore border of the prothorax. Rostrum extending to the middle coxa). 

 Antenna? red, rather shorter tlian the body; joints from the first to the 

 the third successively decreasing in length; fourth thicker than the third, 

 which it equals in length. Prothorax very finely punctured ; hind angles 

 forming two long acute diverging slightly ascending spines; a piceous 

 band along the hind border, including the spines. Legs slender. Fore 

 wings with a blackish membrane. Length of the body 5^ lines. 



a. Hindostan. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 

 Eastern Isles. 



A. Prothorax with no pale lines. 



a. Hind angles of the prothorax prominent, acute. - mundus. 



b. Hind angles of the prothorax rectangular or obtuse, 



hardly prominent. 



* Antennae with black bands. - - - puncticornis. 

 ** Antenna with no black bands. 



\ Fore wings with no pale marks, 



j-j Body long. ------ paralleliis. 



I Body hardly long. ----- parvulus. 



If Fore wings with a pale costal patch. - - simplex, 



flf Fore wings with a pale dot near the exterior border. lucidus. 



B. Prothorax with pale lines. ... - plebeius. 



27. HOMCEOCEEUS PUNCTICORNIS, C H. 440. 

 Tliponius puncticornis, Stal. 

 a, b. Philippine Isles. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



28. HOMCEOCERUS MUNDUS.] 



Mas et foem. Testaceus ; antennce corpori aquilougcc ; prothorax suh- 

 tilissime scaber, nigra biiineatus, angulis posiicis acutis prominulis 

 subascendentibus ; alee anticm nigro submargviatcc et unistrigatce, 

 membrana diaphana. 



Male and female. Testaceous. Rostrum extending to beyond the 

 middle of the mesopectns. Antenna; as lung as the body ; second joint 

 longer than the, first; third shorter than the first. Prothorax very finely 

 scabrous, with a black line on each side extending from the fore border to 

 the hind angle, which forms a stout, prominent, acute, sli{;htly ascending 

 spine. Fore wings with a black costa; inner border black frotu the base 



