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Sculellum lon^, rounded al tbe tip. Lejrs lailiev \ox\g and slender; tibia 

 furrowed ; tarsi tliree-joiiited. Fore wiu'^s railier sniall ; membrane with 

 longitudinal veins, not extending to tlie tip of tlie abdomen. 



The large head and other characters sufficiently distinguish this genus 

 from Eynarcoris. 



1. Sala colorata. 



Rufo, aul nigra, suhlus flava aid viridis ; caput viridi hivitlatnm ; thorax 

 Jlavo marginfl.lus, univillalus et unifusciutm ; sculellum Jluvo trivil- 

 latum; pectus rufo playlatum ; venter vittis duabus dentatis fasciis- 

 que tribus abbreviatis nii/ris ; pedes nigri, femoribns lestaceis apice 

 nigris ; aUc anliccc margine inttrrupto vittaque abbreviala fuscis, 

 membrana fusca. cincreo marginula. 



Red or black, yellow or pale green beneath. Head l)lack, with two 

 pale green stripes above and beneath, nostrum black; its sbeatlis pale 

 green towards the base. Antenna black. Thorax bordered with pale yel- 

 low ; a stripe and a band of the same hue. ScuteUum with three pale_ 

 yellow stiipes, which are connected at the tip. Pectus with three red 

 patches on each side. Abdomen beneath with a black dentate stripe on 

 each side and with three short black bands. Legs black; coxae and femora 

 testaceous, the latter with black tips. Fore win^s witii an ai)l)reviated yel- 

 low stripe and with a yellow border, which is interrupted on the hind side 

 and is dilated at the tip ; membrane brown, bordered with cinereous. 

 Length of the body 5 — b\ lines. 



a, b. E. Africa. Presented by Earl Russell. 



Genus 76. BOEA. 



Corpus ellipticum, breve, latum, punctatum. Caput parvum, subtri- 

 gonum ; latera reflixa. Oculi prominuli. Rostrum coxas medias attingens. 

 Antennae quadriarticulaiic, gracillima', corporis dimidio longiores ; arlicu- 

 lus lus frontem attingens. Thoracis anguli jjoslici valde rotundati. Pectus 

 non cavinatiun. Abdomen spina nulla veutrali. Pedes graciles ; tarsi 

 triarticulati. 



Body elliptical, short, broad, finely punctured. Head small, nearly 

 triangular; sides reflexed. Eyes prominent. Ocelli nearer to the eyes 

 than to each other. Rostrum extending to the middle cox;e. Antennte 

 four-jointed, very slender, more than half the length of the body ; first joint 

 extending to the front of the head ; third shorter than the second, longer 

 than the fourth. Hind angles of the thorax much rounded, not prominent. 

 Scutellnm of the usual form. Pectus not kcekd. Abdt)men with no spine. 

 Legs slender; tarsi three-jointed. Membrane of the fure wings with lon- 

 gitudinal veins. 



Type B. purpurascens. This genus has most affinity to Strachia. 



1. BoEA rO'IlPL'RASCEXS. 



Fulva, suhlus pnl/idr flava ; caput luteum ; thorax dense puuctalus, luteo 

 murgiuatus, laicribus rcflexis ; sculellum .lubaltenuatum ; alee anliccc 

 purpuraaceu/es ; lucmbrana cincrea. 



