tIEMIPTEIlA HETEROPTERA. 535 



Black, sliininn:, convex, regularly elliptical. Head slightly nigulose 

 on each side. Eyes piceoiis. Antennae tawny. Thorax and sculelhim 

 very finely punctured, the fdrmer sniDotli in "front. Legs stout; tibia; 

 thickly spinose; tarsi pale yellow. Fore wings rather more iinelv punctured 

 than the thorax ; membrane colourless. Length of the body 2'lines. 



It much resembles JL. fallidicornh, but is rather smaller and the 

 antenna; are of one colour. The colourless membrane will distinguish it 

 from M. matirus, and its broader form from yE. pyynucus and from 

 /E, apicalis. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Thwaites. 



.(Ethus scitus. 

 Niger, glaher ; caput ulruique subimprcssum; anlenncc riifesccntes ; thorax 

 transverse bilineatum, linea antica punctata ; scutellum rarissimc 

 punctatum ; pedes picei, tarsis fuivis ; alee antica; picece, memhrana 

 alhido hi/alina fuscescente strigata. 



Black, elliptical, smooth, rather flat. Head slightly impressed on each 

 side. Rostrum piceous, extending to the middle libiaj, reddish towards the 

 base. Antennre reddish ; third joint shorter than the second and than the 

 fourth ; fifth a little shorter than the fourth. Thorax with a slight trans- 

 verse line accompanied by punctures and parallel to a more slight hinder 

 line. Scutellum very thinly punctured. Legs piceous, rather slender ; 

 libiai setose ; tarsi tawny. Fore wings piceous ; membrane whitish hyaline, 

 with some brownish streaks. Length of the body 3 lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



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ACATALECTUS LUTEOMAEGINATUS. 



luteomarginatus, Vollenh. Pent. 19, pi. 2, f. 9. 

 Timor. Flores. New South Wales. 



ACATALKCTUS CLARUS. 



Niger, sparse et subtililer punclatus ; capitis tkoracisque latera subsctosa ; 

 caput vix punctatum, lateribus anticis subrejlcxis ; thorax transverse 

 sulcatus, lateribus anticis glabris, plagis duubus posticis ferrugineis ; 

 scutellum ferrugineo tenuiter marginatum, basi glubrum ; pedes picei, 

 femoribus siibdentatis ; alee anticce picece, membrana pellucida. 



Black, elliptical, rather Hat. Sides of the head and of the tliorax with 

 a few bristles. Head hardly punctured ; sides and fore border very 

 slightly reflexed. Eyes, rostrum, antenn;e and legs piceous. Rostrum 

 extending to the middle coxdb. Joints of the antennie from the first to the 

 fourth successively increasing in length. Thorax thinly and minutely 

 punctured, smooth, except on each side in front of a transverse middle 

 iurrow; a ferruginous patch on each hind angle. Scutellum rather thinly 

 punctured, smooth at the base, with a narrow ferruginous border on each 

 side. Legs stout ; femora slightly dentate beneath ; tibi;e spinose. Fore 

 wings piceous, more thickly punctured than the thorax, with two veins near 



