HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. Q27 
fifth pale testaceous at the base, nearly as long as the fourth. Thorax with 
six incomplete black stripes; four testaceous points along the slight trans- 
verse impression, in front of which there is an irregular smooth space; hind 
angles much rounded, not prominent. Scutellum with several irregular 
black marks, vot extending beyond the angle of the corium, slightly 
attenuated towards the tip. Abdomen beneath with a black spot on the 
fore border of the fifth segment. Legs luteous, rather long; femora 
speckled with black towards the tips; tibiae and tarsi black towards the 
tips. Fore wings with several black patches ; membrane cinereous, streaked 
with brown. Length of the body 6—6% lines. 
It is somewhat broader than D. tecta, which species it most resembles. 
a. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 
22, DaLPpADA REMOTA. 
Testacea, lata, subelliptica, aspere punctata, viridi aut nigro conspersa, 
subtus lutea; caput breviuseulum, antice rotundatum, lobo medio 
lobos laterales paullo superante ; rostrum apice nigrum, coxas posticas 
paullo superans ; antenne tlestacee, nigricante consperse, arliculo 30 
Last apiceque innotalo, 5v piceo basi pallide testaceo ; thorax angulis 
posticts ruotundatis; scutellum basi testaceo trigutlatum; pectoris 
latera viridi notata ; venter plaga basali ferruginea, macula subapicalt 
nigra ; pedes nigro consperst, tibiis sulcatis subclavatis ; alé antice 
fusco plagiate, membrana cinerea venis fusco nebulosis. 
Testaceous, broad, nearly elliptical, roughly punctured; punctures 
green or black, with small intervening smooth spaces; under side luteous, 
thinly and minutely punctured. Head much shorter than the thorax, 
rounded in front; middle lobe extending a little beyond the lateral lobes. 
Eyes prominent. Rostrum black towards the tip, extending nearly to the 
hind border of the first abdominal segment. Antenne testaceous, blackish- 
speckled, slender, more than half the length of the body; first joint not 
extending to the front of the head ; second longer than the first, shorter 
than the third; fourth unspeckled at the base and at the tip, longer than 
the third ; fifth piceous, pale testaceous at the base, longer than the fourth. 
Thorax with a very indistinct transverse impression, in front of which the 
smooth spaces are larger than those elsewhere ; hind angles rounded, slightly 
prominent. Scutellum attenuated, extending ratber beyond the angle of 
the corium; three smooth testaceous dots at the base. Pectus with some 
green marks on each side. Abdomen with quadrate black lateral spots ; 
under side with a ferruginous patch at the base and with a black spot on 
the fore border of the fifth segment. Legs moderately stout, speckled with 
black; femora unspeckled towards the base; tibie furrowed, slightly 
widenivg from the base to the tip; fore tarsi piceous, testaceous towards 
the base. Fore wings with a few brown patches; membrane cinereous, 
clouded with brown along the veins. Length of the body 7} lines. 
It may bea variety of D. brevis, from which it only differs in its slightly 
greater breadth, and in the head, whose middle lobe extends a litle beyond 
the lateral lobes. 
a—d. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 
23. DaLPADA PROXIMA. 
Testacea, elliptica, aspere punctata, viridi conspersa, subtus lutea ; caput 
nigricante biviltatum, sublus viridi bistrigatum, lobis aqualibus ; 
