HEMIPTEUA lIETEROPXKXiA. 577 



superantcs. Ooiili extuiilcs. llostriuu validiini, coxas aiuicas attiiifjens. 

 Antenna) giaciles, quinque-avliciilala;, corporis dimidio paiillo lonj^iores ; 

 arliculus 1 us facien) aUJn<;ens. Thoracis corniia lata, sal loni^a, apice trun- 

 cata, oblique poireda. .Scutelluni altcnuatiim, corporis dimidio brevius, 

 apice rotundatiim. Pedes longinsciili, sat graciles. 



Body uearly ellipiical, lliickly and ratlier roughly punctured. Head 

 small, conical in front, a little longer than broad ; lateral lobes conniving 

 much beyond the middle lobe. Eyes prominent. Rostrum stout, extending 

 to the fore coxae. Antennae slender, a little more than half the length of 

 the body; first joint extending to the front of the head; second a Utile 

 shorter than the third ; fourth much longer than the third ; liflh shorter 

 than the fourth. Thorax with a slight transverse ridge between the horns, 

 which are broad, slightly tapering, truncated at the tips, slightly asiendiiig, 

 extending obliquely forvvaid, about half the length of the intermediate 

 breadth of the thorax; a transverse callus on each side in front. Scuiellum 

 a little less than half the length of the abdomen, attenuated towards the 

 lip, which is rounded. Pectus not keeled. Abdomen with no ventral 

 spine. Legs rather long and slender. Membrane of the fore wings with 

 longitudinal veins, some of which are foiked. 



The long horns of the thorax and the much less acute scutellum 

 distinguish this genus from Piezunlcrnum. 



■^ MUSCANDA TESTACEA. 



Teslacea; venter disco sparse punctato, segmenloruin angulis poslicis 

 nigris ; memhrana cinerea. 



Testaceous. Eyes of the same colour. Abdomen thinly punctured in 

 the disk beneath, where there are black points along each side on the hind 

 angles of the segments. Fore wings with a cinereous membrane. Length 

 of the body 10 lines. 



a. Uhargeeling. 



Genus BESSIDA. 



Corpus longi-ovale, dense et sat aspere punctatum. Caput subpro- 

 duclum, aiilice angusium el rotuudatum ; lobi latcrales conligui, lobum 

 medium longe superantcs. Oculi parvi. liostruni coxas anticas atliugcns. 

 Antennae quiuque-arliciilata', graciles, sat breves; arliculus lus facieni 

 won altingens. Thorax transverse subjugalus; cornua brevia, robusta, 

 acuta, vix obliqua ; latera recta, subserrata. Scutellum allenuatnm, 

 apice rotuudatum, abdominis dimidio longius. Abdomen apice Irun- 

 catum. 



Body elongate-oval, thickly aud somewhat roughly punctured. Head 

 longer than broad, narrow and rounded in Iront; lateral lobes conniving 

 much beyond the middle lobe. Eyes small, not prominent. Rostrum 

 extending to the fore coxa?. Antenna) slender, about one-third of the 

 length of the body; first joint not extending to the front of the head; 

 second very much longer than the third ; fourth longer than ihe 

 third; (ifth a little longer than the fouilh. Thorax with a slight 



