HEMIPTEitA HETEROl'TEKA. 529 



BODETRIA SCUTELLARIS. 



Purpureo-cy anea^ suhfmiforinis, aspere punctata ; antenna; nigrtr. ; ihnravu 

 spin<e acutce, inciscc, breyissiince ; sculellum basi cocciueurn, apice 

 roiundatum ; memhrana nigra. 



Purplish blue, nearly fusiform, roughly punctured. Eyes piceous, 

 very prominent. Antennee and rostrum black. First joint of the antenniu 

 not reaching to the front of the head; second shorter than tiie third; 

 fourth and Dfth a little shorter than the third. Thorax with a slight trans- 

 verse furrow, between which and the fore l)order it is contracted and mostly 

 smooth; spines acute, notched, very short. Scutellum with a triangular 

 very large bright red spot occu|iying the whole of the fore border; tip 

 rounded. Membrane of the fore wings black. Length of the body 

 2% lines. 



ft. Vera Cruz. From M. Salle's collection. 



Page 122. 

 Oplomus rubropictus. 

 rubropictus, Vollenli. Tijdschr. voor Ent. vi. 121. 

 Mexico. 



Oplomus ii.ematicus. 

 haematicus, VoUenh. Tijdschr. voor. Ent. vi. 122. 

 Surinam. 



O I'LO M S FLAVOG UTTATUS. 



flavogultatus, VoUcnIi. Tijdschr. voor Ent. vi. 123. 

 Surinam. 



Page 129. 



Platvnopus melacanthus. 



Pentatoma mclacanlhum, Boisd. Voj/. Aslrol. ii. 028 — Heteropus niela- 

 canthum, Montr. A. S. E. F. 1861, 01 — Platyuopus uiclacanthus, 

 3Iagr. 



Tahiti. 



Platyxopus apicalis. 



Canthecona apicalis, Vollenh. Pent. 0, pi. 1, f. 3. 



Ternate. Gilolo. Batchian. Morotai. Gebeh. 



a. ? Presented by Sir J. Liddell. 



Platynopus mmis. 

 Canthecona mitis, Vollenli. Pent, 7, pi. 1, f. 5. 

 Amboiua. Timor. 



