HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 139 
Dull ochraceous, elliptical, flat, thickly and minutely punctured, pale 
yellowish beneath. Head more than one-fourth of the breadth of the 
thorax ; sides blackish ; lobes of equal length. Antenne reddish, slender, 
minutely pubescent; second joint much longer than the third; third as 
long as the fifth, a little shorter than the fourth. Thorax with a slight 
keel, which is obsolete towards the hind border; sides blackish, slightly 
crenulated ; spines very acute, moderately prominent. Scutellum attenuated 
towards the tip. Abdomen beneath with three black pvints on each side on 
the fore borders of the third, fourth and fifth segments ; ventral spine hardly 
exteniling to the hind cox. Legs slender ; fore tibie with a spine beneath. 
Fore wings with a brown spot in the disk; membrane transparent-cine- 
reous. Length of the body 5 lines. 
The spines of the thorax are much more acute than those of A. 
pallipes. 
a. Constancia. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark and by J. Gray, Esq. 
b. Petropolis. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark and by J. Gray, Esq. 
37. ARNA SUBMARGINATA. 
Saturate viridis, subtus testacea nigro subulosa; caput lineolis duabus 
liturisque duabus exterioribus fulvis; antenne nigra, graciles, 
articulo 50 albido ; thorax linea longitudinali liturisque nonnullis 
transversis fulvis, lateribus rufis, spinis acutis optime determinatis ; 
scutellum lituris duabus basalibus fulvis ; abdomen maculis latera- 
libus rufis, ventre maculis nigris trivittato ; pedes rufi; ale antice 
nigricantes, fulvo subnotala. 
Dark metallic-green, elongate-oval, roughly punctured, testaceous 
and black-speckled beneath. Head less than one-fourth of the breadth of 
the thorax ; hind part with two short parallel longitudinal tawny lines and 
with a tawny spot on each side by the eye; lobes of equal length. Rostrum 
tawny, piceousatthetip. Antenne black, very slender, minutely pubescent, 
tawny at the base ; second joint nearly twice the length of the third ; fourth 
much longer than the third; fifth whitish, black at the tip, shorter than 
the fourth. Thorax with a tawny longitudinal line, and with some trans- 
verse tawny marks about the slight transverse ridge near the fore border ; 
sides crenulated, bright red; spines acute, very prominent. Scutellum 
with a little oblique tawny mark on each side at the base, attenuated, and 
with a slight keel towards the tip. Abdomen with red spots along each 
side above; under side with three rows of black dots, the dots of the middle 
row successively increasing in size towards the tip; ventral spine hardly 
extending to the hind coxe. Legs red, minutely setulose, rather slender ; 
tarsi piceous, except at the base; fore tibie with a spine beneath. Fore 
wings blackish, minutely punctured, partly and irregularly tawny-marked 5 
mewbrane eneous-brown. Length of the body 5} lines. 
The longer thoracic spines distinguish it from A. obscura. 
a. Tejuca, Rio Janeiro. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark. 
Africa. 
38. ARMA NANULA. 
Ferruginea, aspere punctata, sublus nigra ; caput piceum ; thorax antice 
piceus, ruga tenut transversa, lateribus glabris, spinis piceis aculis 
bene determinatis ; abdomen inerme ; pedes fulvi, robusti, femoribus 
picets basi fulvis, ibiis anticis piceis. 
