152 CATALOGUE OF 



side. Lep;s rather short; foie femora incrassated, with a spine heneath 

 near the tips; hind tibite with a broad while band. Wings extending a 

 lillle beyond the abdomen : corium of the fore wings white at the base and 

 along the outer border; memluane blackish. Length of the body 2:^ lines. 



a, b. Cape. Presented by W. \V. Saunders, Esq. 



South Asia. 



16. Anthocokis peoximus. 



Mas. Niger, fere fitsiformis ; caput longiusculum, subconpressum, 

 antice truncalum ; rostrum abdomen attingens ; antennw corporis 

 dimidio paiillo breviores ; prothorax sulco poslico bene delerminato ; 

 segmenla pecloralia albo marginata ; femora antica incrassata ; tibiw 

 posticcE albo late fasciatic ; corium bast margineque exteriore albis ; 

 menibrana albida. 



Male. Black, slender, nearly fusiform, very finely punctured. Head 

 elongate, slightly compressed and truncated in front. Eyes small, slightly 

 prominent. Rostrum extending to the abdoinen. Antennae a little less 

 than half the length of the body; second joint more than twice the length 

 of the fust, less than twice the length of the third. Prothorax narrower in 

 front, with a well-de6ned transverse furrow near the hind border. Pectoral 

 segments bordered with white. Legs rather short ; fore femora incrassated ; 

 hind tibia? with a broad white baud. Wings extending to the tip of the 

 abdomen; corium white at the base and along the exterior border; 

 membrane whitish. Length of the body 2j lines. 



It has much resemblance to A. semicrucialus ; the shape of the head 

 is different. 



a. Hiudostan. Presented by Major Parry. 



17. Anthocoris pubescens. 



i'cem. Niger, longi-ovalis, pubescens; caput proihorace multo brevius ; 

 rostrum abdominis dimidium fere attingens; antennce corporis 

 dimidio aquilongce, articulo 3o basi albo ; prothorax suleulo transversa 

 medio ; femora antica incrassata ; corium basi gultaque costali 

 subapicali albis; menibrana diaphana, gutta apicali nigricante. 



Female. Black, elongate-oval, shining beneath. Head above and 

 prothorax dull, pubescent. Head much shorter than the prothorax. Eyes 

 not prominent. Rostrum extending to one-third of the length of the abdo- 

 men. Antenna; about half the length of the body; second joint about 

 twice the length of the lirst; third white towards the base, shorter than the 

 second ; fouilh shorter than the third. Prutliorax with a slight transverse 

 middle furrow. Fore femora incrassateii. Wings extending l)eyond the 

 tip of the abdomen; corium of the fore wings white at the base and with a 

 white suliapieal costal dot; membrane pellucid, with a blackish apical dot. 

 Length of the body 1^ line. 



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



