HEMIPTERA HETEROPTJKRA, 109 



Geuus 11. PLATASPIS, C. H. 72. 



Africa. 

 I. Plataspis punciata, C. H. 72. 



a. Faulee. 



2. Plataspis variegata, C. H. 73. 

 Madagascar. 



a. Dix Cove, W. Africa. Presented by B. Freud, Esq. 



b. Dix Cove. From AJajor Parn's collection. 



3. Plataspis irrokata, C H. 73. 



P. verrucosa, Sign. Arch. Ent. ii. 275. 



Old Calabar. 



a. West Africa. From Mr. Carter's collection. 

 h, c. Katal. 



4. Plataspis semiglobosa. 



semiglobosa, Slal, Of v. K. Vet. Ak. Fork. 1853, 213; Hem. Aft: i. 6. 



a. South Africa. 



5. Plataspis vermicellaris. 



vermicellaris, Stal, Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Fork. 1857, 434. 



Old Calabar. 



6. Plataspis jaspidea. 



jaspidea, Fairm. Arch. Ent. ii. 275, PI. 9, f. 4. 



Gabon. 



7. Plataspis Wahlbergi. 



Wahlbergi, Stal, Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Forh. 1853, 212 ; Hem. Afr. i. 4. 



a. Natal. From M. Guienzius' collection. 



b. Natal. From Mr. Plant's collection. 



c. Natal. Presented by J. Sanderson, Esq. 



d. Natal. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



8. Plataspis galerucoides. 



Nigra, valdc convexa, maculis variis punctisque plurimis flavis ; scutelliim 

 dimidio posiico abruple declivi ,- venter rufus. 



Black, very convex, largely punctured, a little longer than broad, 

 witb many irregular yellow spots 'and points. Head much more than half 

 the breadtli of tlie thorax. Antenna; and legs luleous. Hind ])art of the 

 scutellum abruptly slanting. Abdomen beneath red. Length of the body 

 5 lines. 



a. Angola. Presented by S. S. Monteiro, Esq. 



9. Plataspis? melolonthoides. 



Thyreocoris meloloulhoides, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 384. Germ. Zcits. 

 i. 36, 



Cape. 



