HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 6 



spot on each segment. Legs piceous. Fore wings with the covin m black, 

 except an ohliqne costal space, which is tawny with black speckles; mem- 

 brane and hind wings cinereous, hyaline.* Length of the body 7 lines. 



It most resembles C. nigrnvariiiit, but is broader, and is also dis- 

 tinguished by the l)lack body and by the piceous legs. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



8. CoLEoricuus excellens. 



Ferrugineus, subtus fulvus ; capitis thoracisgue latera fulva viridi lineala ; 

 scutellum slrigis duabus niyris brevissiinis ; abdomen subltis suiuris 

 strigisque lateralibus Iransversis fuscis ; alee anticw linea subcostali 

 viridi, rnembrana alisgue poslicis fuscis. 



Ferruginous, thickly and minutely punctured, tawny beneath. Sides 

 of the head and sides of ihe thorax lawny with a dark meiallic-green line. 

 Antennae tawny. Scutellum with a very short black streak on each side 

 near the base, and with a slight keel, which extends along hall the length 

 from the base. Sides of the head beneath and of the pectus partly metallic- 

 green. Abdomen beneath with brown sutures and with short transverse 

 brown streaks on each side. Corium of the fore wings with a metallic- 

 green subcostal line; membrane and hind wings brown, subhyaline. 

 Length of the body 9 — 11 lines. 



The much larger size, the broader body, the brown membrane of the 

 fore wings and the brown hind wings distinguish it from C coslalus and 

 from C. unicolor. 



a, b. • ? From Mr. Macgillivray's collection. 



c. ? Presented by Sir John Liddell. 



Genus 2. SOLENOSTHEDIUM, C. H. 6. 



Coeloglossa, Fieb. Eur. Hem. 347. 



1. SOLENOSTHEDIIIM LYNCEUM, C. H. 6, 



Co&loglossa lyncea, Fieb. Ear. Hem. 374. 



a, b. Sicily. From Mr. Melly's collection. 

 c, Tangier. From Mr. Fraser's collection. 



2. SoLEXOSTHEDIUM LeDERERF. 



Coeloglossa Ledereri, Fieb. Eur. Hem. 374. 

 Turkey. Syria. 



3. SOLENOSTHEDIUM LILIGERUM, C H. 6. 



a — d. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 

 e. South Africa. From Mr. Argent's collection. 

 /. South Africa. From Mr. Children's collection. 

 y. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 

 h. Lake Ngami. From M. Andeisen's collection. 



