HEMIPTERA HKTEKOPTERA. 257 



Pale green, oval, broad, minutely punctured. Head rather short, 

 partly testaceous; lateral lohes hardly exteiulin<i beyond the middle lobe. 

 Antennas slender, hardly half the length of the body; (irst joint not 

 extending to the front of the head ; second much shorter than the third ; 

 fourth and fifth as long as the third. Thorax wiih a transverse callus on 

 each side in front; spines long-, slout, acute, hardly ascending, testaceous 

 towards the tips, which are black. Scutellum somewhat rounded at the tip. 

 Legs pale testaceous, stout, short. Membrane of the fore wings pellucid. 

 Length of the body 3^- lines. 



In the shape of the body and the somewhat rounded scutellum ibis 

 sppcies approaches the genus Hopl.islodcra. 



a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collectiou. 



28. MORMIDEA BASALTS. 



Ochracea, lata, scite punctata, subtus pallide flava ; caput antice ferru- 

 gineum, lobis laleralibus lobum inediiim perpauUo superantibus ; 

 anlennxB pallide Jlavte, apice rufce; thorax punctis quatuor anticis 

 niijris, spinis robttstis margineque poslico fcrruf/iiieis ; scutellum basi 

 nonnimquam ferrugineum, punctis duobus nigiis laleralibus pmt- 

 mediis ; pectus ferrugineo bivillatuin ; alee uniiae ferrugiiwee, 

 niacuiis duabus coslalibus pallide Jiavis. 



Ochraceous, short, oval, minutely punctured; punctures of the ground 

 hue; under side and legs pale yellow. Head conical, ferruginous in front; 

 lateral lobes extending ver)' little beyond the micUlle lobe. Rostrum with 

 a black tip, extending to the hind coxa. Antennae pale yellow, less than 

 half the lengih of the body ; first and second joints red ; first not extending 

 to the front of the head; second less than half the lengih of the third; 

 fourth much shorter than the third ; fifth red, as long as the fourth. Thorax 

 with four black points in a transverse line, in front of which there are two 

 transverse calli, one on each side; hind border and spines ferruginous; the 

 latter slout, acute, prominent. Scutellum with two black iaieral points 

 beyond the middle; sometimes ferruginous towards the base. Pectus with 

 two marginal ferruginous stripes. Legs slender. Fore wings ferruginous, 

 wilh two costal pale yellow spots; first spot basal, much larger than the 

 second, which is at the tip of the corium ; membrane pale cinereous. 

 Length of the body 3 lines. 



a — e. Sanlarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Africa. 



29. MORMIDEA ARMIGERA. 



Cimex armiger, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 348 ; Mant. Ins. ii. 286 — Coreus armiger, 

 Fabr. Enl. Syst. iv. 128; Sijst. Rhyn. 1D5— Mormidea debellator, 

 C. H. 214— Pentatoiua (Aspavia) armigera, Slul, Hem. Afr. i. 13(i. 



a — d. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgii 



e. West Africa. Presented by B. Frend, Esq. 



/, g. West Africa. From Mr. Fraser's collection. 



h. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



i. Old Calabar. From Mr. John Gray's collection, 



k. ? 



:an. 



