HEMIPTERA HETMROPTERA. 
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abdomen roughly punctured. Tarsiluteous. Membrane of the fore wings 
lurid. Length of the body 4 lines. 
a. Batchian. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
b. Kaisaa. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
Genus MENTISA. 
Corpus ellipticum, depressum. Caput parvum; lobi laterales sub- 
dentati, antice contigui. Ocelli duo, late disjuncti. Autenne quadri- 
articulate ; thorace perpauilo longiores. Thorax longitudine duplo latior, 
transverse subsulcatus; latera rotundata. Scutellum abdominis dimidio 
longius, apice rotundatum. Abdominis segmentum apicale angulis posticis 
acutis. Pedes breviusculi, sat validi. Membrana venis plurimis. 
Body elliptical, very flat. Head small, its breadth including the eyes 
about one-third of that of the thorax in front; Jaterai lobes slightly dentate 
in front of each eye, contiguous beyond the middle lobe. Eyes moderately 
large and prominent. Ocelli two, remote from each other. Antenne four- 
jointed, very little longer than the thorax; second joint much shorter than 
the first, about half the length of the third; fourth much longer than the 
third. Thorax about twice as broad as long, deeply excavated in front, 
increasing in breadth from the fure border to the hind border, which is 
straight; sides rounded; a slight furrow across the middle. Scutellum 
more than half the length of the abdomen, much longer than its breadth 
at the base, rounded ai the tip. Abdomen with the hind angles of the 
apical segment elongated and acute. Legs rather short and stout. Fore 
wings with the corium extending rather beyond the tip of the scutellum ; 
membrane with nine longitudinal veius, extending a little beyond the tip 
of the abdomen. 
1. MENTISA SMARAGDINA. 
Lete viridis, aspere punctata; antenne picee ; thorax antice scitissime 
punctatus et utringue transverse striatus; pedes picei; membrana 
fuscescente-cinered. 
Bright metallic-green, shining. Head winutely punctured. Eyes 
dark red. Antenne and legs piceous. ‘Thorax and scutellum roughly and 
rather thinly punctured; fore part of the former very finely punctured, 
transversely striated on each side. Corium of the fore wings a little 
more finely and thickly punctured than the thorax; membrane brownish 
cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines. 
a, Brazil. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
Genus BLAINA. 
Corpus lineare, longiusculum, valde setosum, antice et postice rotun- 
datum. Caput sat magnum; lobi laterales disjuncti, antice subtruncati, 
lobum medium superantes. Oculi parvi. Ocelli obsoleti. Rostrum coxas 
anticas paullo superans. Antenne quinque-articulate, thorace longiores. 
Thorax transversus, subsulcatus; latera recta, antice rotundata. Scutellum 
triangulare, abdominis dimidio brevius, apice subacutum.  Pedes sat 
graciles; tibiae breviter setose; tarsi triarticulati. Ale antice corii 
margine exteriore bilobato, membrana abdominis apicem fere attingente 
venis paucis. 
