HEMIPTEnA Iir.TF.P.Ol'TF.TtA. 54.3 



ClII.OROCORIS TaU, 



Tail, Spin. Hem. 



ChLOEOCORIS rUFIDENS. 



Pallide viridis, sublilUer pnnctaliis ; caput aculum, laleribus lenuiler 

 nigria ; antennarum articnli 2ms- 3us et 4ii.<i apice nigri ; thorax 

 laleribus rufis serrulis, spinis lonyis attenuaiin ; connexivum latum, 

 fulvo marginatum, transverse striatum nigrnque lineolatum ; aUe 

 anticce casta basi rufa, membrana limpida. 



Pale grass-green, finely punctured, mostly pale testaceous beneath. 

 Head black along each side. Rostrum extending to the fore pari of the third 

 abdominal .segment. Antenna; much shorter than the body; first juiiit 

 extending a little beyond the front of the head; second and third with 

 black tips; second much shorter than the third ; fourth black for half the 

 length from the lip, longer than the third ; fifth as long as the fourth. 

 Thorax bright red and serrated along each side; spines bright red, long, 

 slender, hardly ascending. Abdomen with a broad connexivum, which is 

 longitudinally and finely striated, and is bordered with lawny and has a 

 black transverse line on the hind border of each segment; under side with 

 a furrow extending from the base to the fore part of the third segment. 

 Fore wings with a short red costal stripe extending from the base ; mem- 

 brane and hind wings pellucid. Length of the body \0\ lines. 



The black-bordered head, the rosy sides of the thorax and the some- 

 what longer spines distinguish it from C. alrispinus. 



a. ? From the Voyage of H. M. S. Herald. 



Chlorocoris eudescens. 



Viridescente testaceus, subti/iter punctatus ; caput transverse striatum, 

 antics rutundalum, (obis latcralibus lobum medium paullo supernuii- 

 bus ; antenna rosem ; thorax postice subrugulosus, rosea fasciatus, 

 spinis tongiuiiculis peracutis, laleribus roseis subserralis ; scutellum 

 rosea suffusion, apice late roseum ; alee anticce rascce, apice testacccc, 

 tuberculato discoidali rufo, membrana pellucida. 

 Pale greenish testaceous. Head rounded in front; lateral lobes trans- 

 versely and finely striated, extending a little beyond the middle lube. 

 Antenna rosy red ; second joint longer than ihe third. Thorax minutely 

 punctured, with a transverse callus on each side in front ; hind part trans- 

 versely and slightly rugulose, with a rosy red band which includes the very 

 acute spines, the latter as long as their breadth at the base; sides rosy red, 

 slightly serrated. Scutellum finely punctured, with a slight keel which is 

 forked towards the base, tinged with rosy red, much attcnu.iled towards the 

 tip, which is bright rosy. Anal appendages of the male very large. Legs 

 tinged with rosy. Fore wings with a rosy tinge, which docs not extend to 

 the tips ; apical part more finely punctured than the other part ; a bright red 

 tubercle in the dibk ; membrane colourless. liCngth of the body 8i lines. 



This species and C. rujispinus differ from C. atrispinus, C. com- 

 planatus and ('. rufidcns in ihe less acute lateral lobes of the head. 



