HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 15 



Blight ocliraceous-red. Head purplish hiack, with two longitudinal 

 furrows. Antennae and proboscis black. Pectus and legs purple. Scu- 

 tellum with six black spots ; two on the fore border ; a larger one very near 

 the fore border ; one on each side of the disk at a little beyond ihe middle ; 

 sixth near the tip. Abdomen beneath with purple spots along each side, 

 and with a broad purple stripe. Wings bhick. Var. /3.— Scutellum with 

 only three spots, which join the fore border. Stripe beueath the abdomen 

 much interrupted. Length of the body 8 — 10 lines. 



Closely allied to C. parenlum, but the head has no red marks, the 

 thorax has no spots, the spots at the base of the scutellum are fewer aud 

 differently shaped. 

 a, b. Banda. From Mr, Wallace's collection. 



Genus 9. SCUT ELL ERA, C. H. 18, 



1. SCUTELLERA NOBILIS, C. H. 18. 



a — d. Bengal, 



e. Bengal. Presented by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 



/. Bengal. From Lieut. Campbell's collection, 



g, h. Bombay. Presented by W. Elliott, Esq. 



i, k. Pondicherry. Presented by M. Reiche. 



/. Moulmein. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



»i, n. Hindostan. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



o — s. Hindostan. From the Entomological Society's collection, 



/. Hindostan. 



V. Puiijaub. Presented by Sir J. Hearsay. 



«. North Hindostan. From Major Charlton's collection. 



w — hb. ? 



cc — gg. Cahar. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 

 hh. Hindostan. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 

 a. Siam, Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



2. ScUTELLERA EASCIATA, C. H. 19, 



a — h. Nepaul. Presented by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 



i. Assam. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



j. Birmah. From Mr. Waring's collection. 



k. Malacca. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



3. ScUTELLERA MoRGANI, C. H. 19. 



Calliphara nigriconiis? Sign. Rev. et Mag. Zool. iii. 438, pi. 12, f, 1. 

 a, b. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



c. Fantee. 



d. Ashanli. From the Wesleyan Missionary Society's collection. 



e. Angola. Presented by J. J. Monteiro, Esq. 



4. ScUTELLERA OBLONOA, C H. 19, 



a, b. China. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 

 c. Java. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



5. SCUTELLEIIA LANIUS. 



lanius, Slal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Vorh. 1853, 231 ; 1856, 51. 



