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spina valida armata; tibiae posticae basin versus fortiter curvatse, 

 subtus pcme médium dente validiusculo et inter hune apicemque 

 tuberculis paucis parvis armatse. 



Flavius granulipes Fallou, Rev. d'Ent. X, 7 (1891). 



Brasilia (Bahia). — Typum descripsi. 



Owing to the strong basai curvature of the hind titaiœ thèse can 

 be placed in close contact to the femora in spite of the thick apical 

 fémoral club. The living insect is probably of a more olivaceous or 

 greenish hue. 



MICTIS METALLICA Sign. (LORICATA Dist.) 



This species, the brightest and finest among the African Coreidœ, 

 is at once distinguished from the dull congenerie forms by the 

 emerald-green metallic lustre on the upper side. It is not rare in 

 West Africafrom Upper Guinea to Angola. Some years ago it was 

 divided by Distant into two species, metallica with unicolorous 

 pronotum and two rows of black spots to the venter, and loricata, 

 of which Distant says : « may always (apart from structural 

 characters) be differentiated by the two large discal spots, some- 

 times fused, to the pronotum, and by three spots to the second, 

 third, fourth, and fifth abdominal segments. « By a singular chance 

 the colour-markings seem to be constant in the long séries of both 

 forms Distant has seen. but I think a close examinalion of bis 

 material will prove that they are not so, for in the spécimens 

 examined by me the development of the pronotal spots and 

 especially of the ventral spots is of a very variable nature. The 

 ground-colour of the pronotum, scutellum, and corium is always 

 black, as correctly stated by Stâl; in fully coloured spécimens 

 almost the whole pronotal, scutellar, anjj corial surface is covered 

 by metallic green points or, rather, low impressed tubercles, but 

 often there are two large oblong areas on the pronotum, in which 

 the green pigment is more or less poorly developed or entirely 

 wanting. The same is the case with the corium, in wich, however, 

 at least the latéral margin is always pigmented. As to the venter 

 we find spécimens with the second segment bimaculate and seg- 

 ment 3-5 trimaculate, such with two latéral spots (sometimes fused 

 into a fascia) on each side of segments 2 and 3 but no médian spot 

 on thèse segments whilst segments 4 and 5 hâve, besides the latéral 

 spot, two médian spots (one basai and one apical). Sometimes the 

 médian spot of ail the segments disappears. In some spécimens ail 

 segments haye three spots, either free or separated only on the 

 second segment, being fused into a curved fascia on segments 3 to 

 5. In the maie even the sixth segment has sometimes such a fascia. 



