HEMTPTEUA llETKROPTERA. 495 



obscure rufus; pedes nonnnnqitam obscure riiji ; aUe anticcs cosla 

 flavescenle linca subcosUdi nigra, mcinbrana einerea nigricunle 

 veiiosd. 



Tawny. Head, thorax aiul sciitelliim nniglily punctured ; punctures 

 niOhtly black. Head much longer than its breadth; lateral lobes separate, 

 Ion}:, lanceolate, very slifjhtly curved towards each other. Eyes not pro- 

 minent. Rostrum extending to the fore coxae. AntenniE red, slender; 

 second joint hardly more than haif the length of the tliird ; fourth a little 

 shorter than the third and than the fifth. Thorax with the sides 

 increasingly more strongly denticulated from the hind angles to the fore 

 border; hind angles acute, prominent; space along the hind border paler 

 and with pale punctures. iScutelluni with four black intermediate lines 

 which do not extend to the tip, the latter rounded. Sides of the pectus 

 wholly black. Abdomen sometimes bright red above, more or less dark red 

 beneath. Legs tawny, sometimes dark red. Fore wings yellowish between 

 the costa and a black subcostal line which does not extend to tlie tip; 

 membrane cinereous, with blackish veins. Length of the body 8 lines. 



The horns of the thorax are much shorter than those of D. furcatus. 



a, b. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 

 c. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C Bowring, Esq. 



Genus 8. SCHIS.MATOPS, C. II. 359. 



I. SCHISMATOPS OBSCURUS, C. H. 359. 



«. West Africa. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



2. SCHIS.MATOPS INSIGNIS. 



Fulvus, confer tissime el siiblilissiine punclatus, sublus nigricanle sub- 

 nebulusus ; capitis lobi lalerales lanceolali, contigui, apice disjuncti; 

 anlennce nit/rcc, arliculo '2o 'So paitllo lonyiore ; llwrax jugo transversa, 

 sulco antico abbreviato viridi, spatio postico piceo, angulis posticis 

 acutis bene dtterrninatis ; scutellum piceum, vitlis duubus testaceis 

 viridi marginatis ; alee anticce picece, costa testacea, membrana einerea 

 nigra punctata. 



Tawny, very thickly and minutely punctured, slightly clouded with 

 blackish beneath. Head a little longer than its breadth ; lateral lobes 

 lanceolate, contiguous except at their tips. Eyes livid, not prominent. 

 Rostrum extending to the fore coxte. Antennae black ; second joint a little 

 longer than the third. Thorax between the hind angles with a transverse 

 ridge and an anterior slight metallic-green transverse furrow, the latter 

 abbreviated at each end; space between the ridge and the hind border 

 mostly piceous; hind angles acute, prominent. Scutellum piceous, rounded 

 at the lip, with two testaceous stripes which are bordered with bright green 

 on the outer side near the base. Legs tawny. Fore wings piceous; costa 

 testaceous; membrane cinereous, with many black points. Length of the 

 body 85 lines. 



The short angles of the thorax sufficiently distinguish it from 

 S. abscuriis. 



a. Birmah. From Mr. Treacy's collection. 



