IIEMIPTEKA IIETEKOl'TEIiA. 157 



57. .SilTnus nuDts. 



Piceo-niger, cUiptlna, sat latns, fere planus, ^HX nitcns, suhtilissime et 

 (lensissime pitncldlits, lateribus sclosis ; thorax sulco medio travsverso 

 suhobsoleto ; pedes crassi, fenioribiis rufescente piceis, tarsis fulvis ; 

 alee anticce picea, quadristriatcc, sal dense punctatce. 



Piceous-black, elliptical, rather broad, hardly convex, very minutely 

 and thickly punctured, hardly shininjr, beset with bristles along each side. 

 Head a little less than half the breadth of the liiorax. Rostrum and an- 

 tennae piceous. Thorax with a nearly obsolete transverse farrow at a little 

 behind the middle. Legs thick ; femora reddish piceous ; tibiic with long 

 stout spines ; tarsi tawny. Fore winj;s piceous, rather thickly and minutely 

 punctured, with two striae near the costa and two near the bind border. 

 Membrane cinereous. Length of the body 4^ lines. 



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



58.- .^THCS LIVIDUS. 



Niger, ellipticus, convexus, nitens ; capitis thoracisque latera setis longis 

 munita ; caput oblique striatum, marcjine aniico rufescente ; rostrum 

 fulvum ; anicnnce picece ; thoracis sulci duo transversi punctis mar- 

 gin a li ; scutellum sat dense punctatum ; pedes fulvi, crassi ; alee 

 anticce lividcc, membrana albida. 



Black, elliptical, convex, shiniog. Sides of the head and of the 

 thorax with long bristles. Head reddish along the fore border, obliquely 

 striated on each side, less than half the breadth of the thorax. Rostrum 

 lawny. Antennae piceous, hardly one-fourth of the length of the body ; 

 third, fourth, and fifth joints fusiform, about equal in length. Thorax 

 with a transverse middle furrow, behind which it is thickly punctured ; a 

 few punctures along the fore border, near which there is a very slight 

 transverse furrow. Scutellum rather thickly punctured. Abdomen with a 

 few slender bristles along the sides. Legs tawnv, thick ; tibiae with piceous 

 si)ines. Fore wings livid, with three striae near the costa and three more 

 near the bind border ; membrane whitish. Length of the body 1| line. 



a. Literior of South Africa. From Captain Allen's collection. 



Madagascar. 



59. -SIthus Madaoascariensis. 



.Sllhus Madagascariensis, Sign. A. S. E. F. 3nie Ser. viii. 922 — Macro- 

 scytus Madagascariensis, Slal, Hem. Afr. i. 24. 



Madagascar. 



60. .Sthus iiunnosriiujt. 



rufirostrum. Sign. A. S. E. F. 3me Scr. viii. 923 — rufiroslris, Stal, Hem. 

 Afr. i. 22. 



Madagascar. 



Hindostan, 



61. jEthus Fovioms, C. II. 113. 



a. North Hindostan. Presented by General Hardwicke. 

 6. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



