HEMIPTEEA HETEROPTERA. 21 



Male and female. Red, fusiform, thickly and minutely punctured. 

 Head trianjjjular. Eyes piceous, not prominent. Rostrum black at the 

 tip, extending- to the hind coxee. Antennie black, a little more than half 

 the length of the body ; first joint hardly longer than the head ; second a 

 little longer than the first; third a little shorter than the first; fourth as 

 long as the second. Prothorax with a slight transverse middle furrow ; 

 a small black spot on each side of the fore part, and an abbreviated and 

 interrupted black band on the hind part. Scutellum black. Abdomen 

 beneath with four transverse black streaks on each side. Fore femora 

 incrassaled, with three subapical spines beneath ; tibite and tarsi black. 

 Corium of the fore wings with a broad irregular black streak along the 

 interior border ; membrane black. Length of the body Q\ lines. 



a, b. Penang. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



10. Phvsopelta pilosa. 

 pilosa, Slal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork. 1870, 665. 

 Philippine Isles. 



11. Physopelta apicalis. 



Mas et fcem. Niger, fusiformis ; caput sublus rufum; rostrum coxas 



posticus attingens ; antenna basi rufcc, corpore paullo breviores ; 



prothorax transverse tenuiter sulcaliis ; abdomen rufo marginatum; 



pedes tibiis anticis femoribusque apice rufis, tibiis basi riijis, tarsis 



piceis ; corium rufum, striga basali fascia apiceque nigris. 



Male and female. Black, fusiform. Head red beneath. Rostrum 



extending to the hind coxae; first joint red. Antennae a little shorter than 



the body; first joint twice the length of the head, red at the tip; second 



much shorter than the first; third much shorter than the second; fourth 



much shorter than the third. Prothorax with a slight transverse middle 



furrow ; disk black. Abdomen beneath with a red stripe ; hind borders of 



the second and third segments much curved on each side. Connexivum 



red. Femora and fore tibia; with red tips; tibiae red at the base; tarsi 



piceous ; fore femora with a row of spines beneath. Corium red, with a 



black basal streak, with a black band, which does not extend to the iuner 



border, and with a black tip. Length of the body 8 — 9 lines. 



a — d. Hindostan. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



12. Physopelta plana. 



Mas. Rufus, fusiformis; rostrum coxas intermedias attingens; antenna: 



nigrce, corporis dimidio longiores ; prothorax transverse bisulcatus ; 



scutellum piceum ; segmenta pectoralia et ventraUa nigra marginata ; 



corium nigro unislrigatum et uniinaculatum ; mcmbrana cinerea. 



JNLale. Red, fusiform. Rostrum extending to the middle coxae; tip 



black. Antenuce black, very much shorter than the body ; first joint red at 



the base; second as long as the first; third very much shorter than the 



second. Prothorax with two transverse abbreviated furrows, the anterior 



one curved; fore part hardly convex; sides hardly reflexed. Scutellum 



piceous. Fore borders of the pectoral aud ventral segments black. Corium 



