HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. I'il 



22. Anisoscelis ixoens. 

 Theoo^nis inofens, Maijr, Verh. Zool. Bat. Gesell. Wicn. xv. 434. Ilem. 108, 



pi. 3, f. 26. 

 Brazil. 



23. Anisoscelis Santarema. 



Foein. Nigro-rufa, .lubtus nigra guttata; antennce riifcB, articndis 2o 



Sogue apice nigricantihus ; prothoracis anguli postici prnminnii, 



lati, subascendentes, vix acuti ; tibia; poslicce inttts subdilalattc luteo 



nninotatm, extus quadridentato dilutatce ; al(e anlicce nigra, riifo 



venosa, luteo angulatim nnifasciatcB. 



Female. Blackish red, with many black dots beneath. Head slio;litly 



lanceolate, as lonp as the first joint of the antenniE. Koslrum extendinj? 



to the second ventral segment. Antenna? red ; second and third joints with 



blackish tips. Prothorax very finely scabrous; hind ani>;les prominent, 



broad, hardly acute, slif^htly ascending. Femora dentate beneath towards 



the tips. Hind tibia; membranous on both sides; dilatation on the inner 



side including a small indistinct luteous mark, widening from the base to 



the middle, where it terminates obliquely ; dilatation on the outer side 



broader, quadridentate, occupying nearly ibe whole length. Fore wings 



black, with a slender zigzag luteous band; veins of the corium red. Hind 



wings pellucid. Length of the body 9 lines. 



The black tarsi will distinguish it from the other nearly-allied 

 species. 

 a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



24. Anisoscelis selecta. 



Mas. Ferruginea,fuhlus nigm punctata; caput nigrum, fiarn Irivillatuvi, 



xubtus bivitttitinn ; antennm rufa, articulo So basiflavo ; prothorax 



flavo bifasciatus, fascia antica lata nigro conspersa, fascia postica 



tenui, angulis posticis acutis subpromimtlis subasceadentibus ; libiie 



posticcB apices versus flavcc, intus subdilatatce albido nolatie, extus 



tridentato dilatata albido punctata: ; tibia quatunr anteriorcs Jiava:, 



apice rufescentes ; alee antica albo integriter unifisciata. 



Male. Ferruginous. Head black, a little longer than the first joint 



of the antennae, with three yellow stripes above and with two beneath. 



Rostrum extending to the second ventral segment. Antenna) red, as long 



as the body; first joint slightly curved; second longer than the first; 



third yellow towards the base, a little shorter than the first; fourth longer 



tban the second. Prothorax very finely scabrous, with two yellow bands; 



first band broad, thinly and minutely black-speckled ; second narrow, near 



the hind border; hind angles acute, slightly prominent and asceiuling. 



Pectus and ventral segments with many black points. Femora dentate 



beneath towards the tips. Hind tibire yellow beyond the dilated pari; 



membrane on the inner side very narrow, occupying a little less than half 



the length from the base, with an irregular white mark and two whitish 



jioints; membrane on the outer side broad, a little longer than that on the 



