REPORT ON THE PELACilO HEilll'TERA. 55 



of the horns of tlic .second genital segment, more or less fuscous lnown. Front femora 

 \vith a long streak on the under side, the trochanters at tlnir .qux, a spot at the base of 

 the middle femora, as well as sometimes the disk })Osteriur]\- of tlie mesosteriium, 

 lirownish ochreous. 



Antenme (PL 11. tig. 1, a.) slender, about three-fourths the length of the body; hrst 

 joint shorter (about one-sixth) than the other three together ; second less than half the 

 length of the first ; tliiivl ;il)Out two-thirds the length of th(i second ; fourth sliglitly 

 shorter than the second, stouter, attenuate from the middle upwards. 



Pronotum with an impressed longitudinal central lin(\ Mcsonutum slightly and 

 gradually widening to aliout the middle, disk rather Hat, witli ;i fine impressed longitu- 

 dinal percurrent central line. 



Front legs : femora not very stout, thickened alxait thr middle; tiljia aliout four- 

 fifths the length of the femur; tarsus (PL II. fig. l,f.t.), al)Out lialf as long as the til)ia, 

 first joint nearly two-thirds the length of the second, second cleft before the middle. 



Middle legs : trochanter armed with spines; femur with scattered spines all round, 

 sliorter than the tibia and tarsus taken together ; tibia about four-fifths the length of the 

 femur, with a series of spines on the inner side; tarsus (PL II. fig. 1, )a.f.) about two-thirds 

 the length of the tibia, first joint three times the length of the seeoml. 



Hind legs : femur about two-fifths longer than tiljia and tarsus togetlicr. 



Abdomen : sixth ventral rather longer than any of tlie jireceding segments, lund 

 margin straight, with a narrow transverse depression. 



Genital segments: first below, about as long as any three ventral segiuents, except 

 the sixth, hind margin straight, sides obli(|ue ; second with horns reaching nearly to apex 

 of third below ; third (PL II. fig. 1,^/.) above witli the lateral angles rounded. 



Closely resembling ILdohntes lunjanns, but difiers, intei- (did, by the greater length 

 of the first joint of front tarsus, more spiny middle femora, more strongly impressed line 

 on the thorax, &c. 1 have seen the male only. 



10. Halohatesji^avlcentris, Esch. (PL II. fig. 2). 



lLiloh'.de>:j!avirenti-is Esob., KutomogTaphien, i. ji. 109, Xu. 80, Taf. ii. iv^. 5, \^2i. 

 „ „ ]!uinu'istei', Handb. d. Eiitom., vol. ii. p. 209, No. 3, 1835. 



„ „ Ilerricb-Scluifter, Die wanzenartigeii Inscctcn, vol. viii. p. 110, 184S. 



Uljlong, widest in the middle. .Slaty grey, silvery white on the sides and below. 

 Head with an oblique transverse reddish-yellow mark (iienrly joining at the middle of the 

 hind margin) on each side })ostenorly. Antennas and legs lirowiiish-l)lack. Front 

 acetabula with outer rim very nnrrowl}- ; a long triangular blotrh in front of the middle 

 acetabula below ; liind acetal>uLi with a spot on the outer sidi' ; abdomen IjcIow (except 

 tlio sides narrowly) : genital segments, disk of tlie first below ;ind undi'r side of the liorns 



