HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 73 



Tawny, puncUiicJ, piceous beneath. Head keeled. Thorax with an 

 obliquely porrect spine on each side in front : hind angles forming two 

 acute teetb. Sculelium extending almost to the tip of the abdomen, much 

 narrower lliaii the breadth of the latter. Abdomen tawny along each side 

 beneath. Femora piceous. Length of the body 3 lines. 



The colour distinguishes it from P. niger, with which it agrees in 

 slriicture. 



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



18. PoDOPS SPINOSUS. 



Niger, ellipticus, scaler, subconve.vus ; caput conicum, denlibus diioLus 

 laleralibus arulis ; thorax antice sextuberculalus, lateribus tridcn- 

 lati.i ; scuf.ellum basim versus conlractum, abdominis apicem fere 

 superans. 



Black, elliptical, scabrous, slightly convex. Head conical, with an 

 acute tooth on each side in front of the eye ; lateral lobes extending much 

 beyond the middle one. Eyes very prominent. Thorax witli a fore band 

 composed of six large tubercles ; each side armed with three teeth. Scu- 

 tellum contracted on each side near its base, extending nearly lo the tip 

 of the abdomen. Abdomen and costa of the fore wings extending much 

 beyond the sides of the scutellum. Length of the body 4^ Hues. 



a. Penang. Presented by J. C. Bowrin;r, Esq. 



b. - ? From Mr. Vigors' collection. 



19. PoDOPS NASALIS. 



Piceus, nilens, aspere punctalus ; caput subretusum, inermc ; thoracis 

 latera 7ion dentata ; sculelium abdominis apicem fere attiiujens ; tibice 

 tarsique fulva. 

 Piceous, elliptical, shining, roughly punctured. Head slightly reluse ; 

 lateral lobes not extending beyond the middle lobe. Eyes very prominent. 

 Antenna; slender; first joint stout; second much shorter than ihe third; 

 fourth as long as the third, shorter than the fifih. Thorax slightly exca- 

 vated on each side ; hind angles rather prominent. Sculelium extending 

 nearly to the lip of ibe abdomen. TibijB and tarsi tawny. Membrane of 

 the lore wings pellucid, lurid along the costu. Length of ihe body 

 4 lines. 



Much like P.fibulatus, but the sides of the thorax are less irregular. 

 a. Siara. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Australia. 



20. PoDOPs iiUDis, C. If. 54. 

 a. Australia. Presented by ihe Entomological Club. 



21. PoDOPS CINEKEUS. 



cinerens, Le Guill. Rev. Zool. 1841, iv. 26. 

 Australia. 



22. PoDOPS GEOPIIILUS. 



geophilus. Sign. Ann. Soc, Ent. France, 4mc Scr. i. 61. 

 Australia. New Caledonia. 



