HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 1()5 



Genus 18. SPHINCTOTHORAX. 

 Sphinctothorax, Slal, Of v. Vet. Ak. Fork. 1853, 260; Hem. Afr. iii. 17. 



1. Sphinctothorax leucoph^us. 



Cyllocoris leucophaeus, Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent, v. 135— Spliinctolborax 

 leucophaeus, Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 18. 



Caffraria. 



Genus 19. HELOPELTIS. 



Helopeltis, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. '3me Ser. vi. 502 — Aspicelus, Costa, Ann. 

 Mus. ZooL. Nap. ii. 146. 



1. Helopeltis Antonii. 

 Antonii, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. 3»!e Ser. vi. 502, pi. 12, f. 2. 

 Ceylon. 



2. Helopeltis podagricus. 

 Aspicelus podagricus, Costa, Anyi. Mus. ZooL Nap. ii. 147, pi. 2, f. 6. 



3. Helopeltis nicer. 



Mas. Niger; rostrum coxas intermedias atlingens ; antenncc gracillimm, 

 corpore plus duplo longiores ; scutelli cornu capitalum, crectum ; alee 

 nigricantes. 



Male. Black, slender, shining, nearly linear. Head small, short. 

 Eyes very prominent. Rostrum extending to the middle coxae. Antennae 

 very slender, more than twice the length of the body; first joint rather 

 shorter than the body ; second much longer than the first. Prothurax 

 contracted in front, where there is a transverse furrow. Scutelluni with a 

 long filiform capitate appendage. Legs long, slender. Wings blackish, 

 slightly hyaline. Length of the body 2^ lines. 



a. Wagiou. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



4. Helopeltis braconiformis. 



Niger; rostrum coxas posticus atlingens, arliculo lo rufescente ; anlennce 

 corpore multo longiores, articulo \o subclavalo ; prothorax et sculcllum 

 rufa, hujus spina nigra capitata erecta ; abdomen basi albidum ; 

 pedes rufescentes, fenioribus subnodulosis nigro trifascialis ; alee 

 anticce basi albidce. 



Black, slender, smooth, shining. Head transverse, very short. Eyes 

 prominent. Rostrum extending to the hind coxa ; first joint reddish. 

 Antennae very slender, much longer than the body; first joint subclavate ; 

 second much longer than the first; third a little shorter than the first. 

 Prothorax and scutellum red, the latter with a slender blnck erect capitate 

 horn. Abdomen whitish at the base. Legs reddish, long, slender; femora 

 slightly nodulose, black towards the tips and with two black bands. Wings 



