HEMII'TERA IIETEKOPXERA. 195 



Bluish piceous, ova], thickly piincturecl. Head tawny; lateral lobes 

 coiuiiviii;r beyi)ii<l the middie one. Rustriun lawny, liaidly extending to 

 the miiiille cox;c. Antennae lawny, pubescent, much more than half the 

 lenijlli of the hody ; tirsl and second joints at)out e(|ual in length ; third 

 hardly Ioniser than the socund ; fourth much lonjjjer than the third ; (itth 

 lonffcr than the ihird. Thorax lawny on and in front of a smootli anleme- 

 dial l)and ; sides and pectus lawny. Sculellum more than half the leuj^lh 

 of the abdomen, with a very sligiil keel. Abdomen testaceous along each 

 side; disk beneath lawny. Le^s tawny, minnlelv pubescent. Fore wings 

 niiuulely punctured ; cosla testaceous ; memhrane and hind wings brown. 

 Length of the body 7 lines. 



It resembles O.Jlavicinctus in size and shape, but the head is much 

 shorter. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



16. OCHLERUS TERMINALIS. 



Niger, siih scaler, fere elliplicus ; caput angustum, biapinosum, lobis apice 

 elisjunctis ; rostrum coxas posticas Longe sitperons ; anlennce graciles, 

 articulo 4o apice boijue luteis ; thoracis angidi antici aculi ; tarsi 

 fulvi } al(£ aniicce giitla media rufa. 



Black, nearly elliptical, slightly scabrous. Head narrow ; the part in 

 front of the line between ihe eves a little longer than the hind part; lateral 

 lobes not extending beyond the middle one, from whicb tiiey are separate 

 in front ; a short spine on each side between ibe eye and the l)ase of ihe 

 antenna. Eyes very prominent. Rostrum fenuguious, extending much 

 beyond the bind coxte. Anlenuaa slender, very mniutely pubescenl, more 

 than hall the length of the body ; first junit shorter than the second ; third 

 shorter than the second and than the fourth, which is luleous at the lip ; 

 fifth luleous, a little longer than the fourth. Thorax slighlly impressed ou 

 each side; fore angles acut'-. Sculellum much more than lialf liie length 

 of the abdomen. Legs slightly pubescent ; tarsi tawny. Fore wings mi- 

 nutely punctured, with a red dot in the middle of the corium. Length of 

 the body 5^ lines. 



a. Amazon Eegiou. From Mr. Bales' collection. 



17. OCHLERUS SCAHER. 



Kiger, fusiformis, crassus ; caput sal latum, lobiit apice disjuuctis ; oculi 

 mayni ; rostrum piceum, coxas posticas longe superans ; antcnnce 

 gracillimcE ; thorax scaber, angulis auticis porreciis aculis ; scultl- 

 lum sulco transversa medio iudelerminalo ; pectus et venter tislaceo 

 conspersa ; pedes longiusculi, sat graciles, feiitoribus posterioribus 

 lestuceis nigro couspersis, tibiis bast tarsisquc lestaceis. 



Black, fusiform, rather thick. Head about half ihe breadth of the 

 thorax; fore part a little longer than the hind part; lateral lobes not ex- 

 tending beyond the middle lobe, from whicii ihiy are separate in front. 

 Eyes large, very prominent. Itosiruni piceous, extending much beyond 

 the hind coxaj. Antennai very slender, much more thaw iialf the length of 

 the body ; first and second joints about equal in lenglh ; third about twice 

 the length of the second ; fourth and lilth a little longer than the third 



