liEMirTKlIA IlKTF.ROl'TEKA, 551 



sculellum apice aculum ; abdomen apice bispinosum, disco dorsali 

 rufo ; pedes rufescenles, nigro conspersi ; membrana lurido fusca. 



Piceous, nearly elliptical, thickly and roughly punctured. Head much 

 shorter than the thorax ; lateral lobes extending much beyond the middle 

 lobe, forming two spines which are slightly curved upward. Rostrum 

 reddish; tip black. Antennae reddish. Tlmrax serrated on each side in 

 front and with a small spine on each side of the fore border; hind angles 

 forming two spines which are slightly inclined forward and upward and are 

 full twice longer than their breadth at the base. Scutelium much more 

 than half the length of the abdomen, attenuated towards the tip, which is 

 acute. Abdomen armed with two spines at the lip; upper side rosy red, 

 exce|)ting the counexivura. Legs reddish, speckled with black. Membrane 

 lurid brown. Length of the body 5 lines. 



The longer and slightly ascending lateral lobes of the head and the 

 slightly oblique spines of the thorax distinguish it from the typical form of 

 Dicerceus. 



Hindostan. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 



Page 252. 

 Genus 9. PORIPTUS. 

 Periplus, page 252; Poriptus, page 401. 



1. Poriptus luctans. 

 a, b. Santarem. P'rom Mr. Bates' collection. 



Page 253. 



MORMIDEA LUGENS. 



Cimex albipes, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 535 — Cimex punctipes. Pal. 

 Beauv. Ins. pi. 8, f. 6. Sai/, Journ. Ac. Nat. S'ci. iv. 313. 



North America. 



Page 254. 



MORMIDEA TETRA. 



Obscure olivaceo-viridis, longi-nvata, dertse et conferle punctata, subliis 

 testacea; thorax lateribus lestaceis,angulis posticis subproductis valde 

 rotundalis ,• scutMum apice flavitm ; venter vitiis duabus indcter- 

 minatis e atomis nigris; pedes pnllide testacei, nigro conxpersi ; alee 

 aniiccB casta basi pallide testacea, membrana fusca. 



Dark olive-green, elongate-oval, thickly and minutely punctured, tes- 

 taceous beneath. Head large, rounded in front. Eyes jiiceous, prominent. 

 Rostrum with a black tip. Thorax with a transverse callus on each side in 

 front; sides very narrowly testaceous; hind angles much rounded, slightly 

 prominent. Scutellum attenuated towards the tip, which is rounded and 

 yellow. Abdomen beneath with two indistinct stripes of minute black 

 speckles. Legs pale testaceous; femora and tibi?e with black speckles; 

 tarsi piceous. Costa of the fore wings pale testaceous at the base; mem- 

 brane brown. Length of the body 3tV lines. 

 a. Oajaca, Mexico. I'lom M. Salle's collection. 



