HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA, 529 
BoprErrRia SCUTELLARIS. 
Purpureo-cyanea, subfusiformis, aspere punctata ; antenne nigre ; thoracis 
spine acute, incise, brevissime ; sculellum basi coccineum, apice 
rotundatum ; membrana nigra. 
Purplish blue, nearly fusiform, roughly punctured. Eyes piceous, 
very prominent. Antenne and rostrum black. First joint of the antenne 
not reaching to the front of the head; second shorter than the third; 
fourth and fifth a little shorter than the third. Thorax with a slight trans- 
verse furrow, between which and the fore border it is contracted and mostly 
smooth; spines acute, notched, very short. Scutellum with a triangular 
very large bright red spot occupying the whole of the fore border; tip 
rounded. Membrane of the fore wings black. Length of the body 
2% lines. 
a. Vera Cruz. From M. Sallé’s collection. 
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OpLOMUS RUBROPICTUS. 
rubropictus, Vollenh. Tijdschr. voor Ent. vi. 121. 
Mexico. 
OprLOoMUS HAMATICUS. 
hematicus, Vollenh. Tijdschr. voor, Ent. vi. 122. 
Surinam. 
OpLOMUS FLAVOGUTTATUS. 
flavoguttatus, Vollenh. Tijdschr. voor Ent. vi. 123. 
Surinam. 
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PLaTYNOPUS MELACANTHUS. 
Pentatoma melacanthum, Boisd. Voy. Astrol. ii. 628—Heteropus mela- 
canthum, Montr. A. S. EH. F. 1861, 61—Platynopus melacanthus, 
Mayr. 
Tahiti. 
PLATYNOPUS APICALIS. 
Canthecona apicalis, Vollenh. Pent. 6, pl. 1, f. 5 
Ternate. Gilolo. Batchian. Morotai. Chen 
a. ———? Presented by Sir J. Liddell. 
PLaTyNoPuUs MITIS. 
Canthecona mitis, Vollenh. Pent. 7, pl. 1, f. 5. 
Amboina. Timor. 
