HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. isp | 
Female. Ferruginous. Rostrum extending to the middle coxe; 
first and second joints longer than the third and than the fourth, Antenne 
red, very much shorter than the body; joints from the first to the third 
successively decreasing in length; fourth piceous, somewhat longer than 
the third. Prothorax minutely thinly and irregularly tuberculated; hind 
part slightly dilated, acutely angular and slightly serrated on each side. 
Four anterior femora with two rows of minute spines beneath. Hind legs 
piceous. Hind femora incrassated, with four rows of tubercles and with 
many smaller tubercles, armed beneath with three spines, of which the 
middle one is more curved and much ! larger than the others. Hind tibie 
shorter than the hind femora, slightly dilated above, where they have 
minute spines near the tips, more slightly dilated beneath, where they have 
minute spines for half the length from the tips. Fore wings with a black 
membrane. Length of the body 12 lines. 
a. Tejuca. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 
22. METAPODIUS AFFINIS. 
Mas. Niger; antenne corpore multo breviores, articulo 40 rufo lo 
multo longiore; prothorax subtuberculatus, lateribus serratis, angulis 
posticis rectangulatis vix prominulis ; femora quatuor anteriora 
subtus biseriatim spinutlosa ; femora — postica quinqueseriatim 
spinulosa, dimidio apicali uniseriatim spinoso ; tibie postice dilatata. 
Fem.—Tibie postice subdilatate. 
Male. Black. Rostrum piceous, with the usual structure. 
Antenne much shorter than the body; joints from the first to the third 
successively decreasing in length; fourth red, much longer than the first. 
Prothorax thinly and minutely tuberculated ; sides serrated; hind part 
very slightly dilated and forming a right angle on each side. Four 
anterior femora with two rows of minute spines beneath. Hind femora 
incrassated, with four rows of minute spines and with a fifth row which 
consists of small spines along the basal half and of large spines along the 
apical half. Hind tibie shorter than the hind femora, dilated along half 
the length beneath, dilated along two-thirds of the length above, most so 
on the basal third part. Length of the body 103 lines. 
a. Venezuela. From Mr. Birschell’s collection. 
Female. Hind tibie slightly dilated above and beneath along the 
whole length. Length of the body 11 lines. 
It much resembles M. suratus, but the prothorax is a little less dilated. 
b. Columbia. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
Country unknown. 
23. METAPODIUS PLEURITICUS. 
pleuriticus, Costa, R. Accad. Scienze Fisiche e Matem. Napoli, Fasc. 10. 
