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5. Macrocephalns pulchellus. Ochraceus ; the disk of the head 

 and prothorax fuscous, the latter with a slender pale margin and two 

 oval oblique pale spots, its posterior part scarcely elevated : the an- 

 tennae and legs ochraceous : scutellum black, spotted and fasciated 

 with white. Length 2|- lines. Cuba : in the Royal Berlin Museum. 

 (Id. 25). 



6. Macrocephalns leucographns. Body dull yellow ; head above 

 black ; antennae brown : prothorax and scutellum varied with white 

 spots : the uncovered sides of the abdomen fulvous, with black rings. 

 Length 3^ lines. Island of Hayti : in the Royal Berlin Museum. — 

 (Id. 25). 



7. Macrocephalus crassimanus. Syrtis crassimana, Fabricius, Syst. 

 Rhyng. p. 123, No. 9. 



8. Macrocephalus affinis, Guerin, Icon. R. An. Ins. tab. 56, fig. 10. 



9. Macrocephalus 2>rehensilis. Syrtis prehensilis, Fabricius, Syst. 

 Rhyng. p. 123, No. 8. 



10. Macrocephalus palUchis. Pale ochraceous : scutellum yellow- 

 ish, punctate, with a smooth, slender, dorsal line : sides of prothorax 

 slightly notched, its posterior angles produced ; the incrassated por- 

 tion of the fore wings luteous. Length 2f lines. Georgia : in the 

 author's cabinet. (Id. 27). 



IL Macrocephalus macilentus. Long, narrow, punctate, and be- 

 set with small white scales : head and antennae fuscous : prothorax 

 anteriorly luteo-fulvous, the hinder part slightly elevated and fuscous, 

 the posterior angles prominent and acute : scutellum fuscous, ferrugi- 

 nous at the base. Length 3| lines. Colombia : in the Royal Muse- 

 um at Paris. (Id. 27, tab. ii. fig. 6). 



12. Macrocephalus ( Hemithyreus ) cylindricornis. Pale reddish 

 yellow, punctured : legs rather paler : membranous portion of fore 

 wings transparent : prothorax scarcely elevated posteriorly : its posr 

 terior angles slightly prominent and acute. Lengtli 5|- lines. Its 

 habitat unknown : in the Royal Museum at Paris. (Id. 28, tab. ii. 

 fig. 7). 



The author also describes a new subgenus, which he names Oxy- 

 thyreus, from the acute apex of the scutellum. No species mentioned. 



3. Description of a New Sub-genus of Exotic Hemipterous Insects. By J. O. 

 Westwood. 



Amhlyihyreus. Body flattened and much dilated at the sides : head 

 oblong, narrow, bifid ; ocelli 2; antennse 4-jointed, the 1st joint mo- 

 derately thick, 2nd and 3rd very small, 4th large, oval : prothorax 



