HEMIPTERA HETEUOJ'TF.RA. 257 



Palfi green, oval, broad, minutely punctured. Head rather short, 

 partly testaceous; lateral lubes hardly extendinpf beyond llie middle lobe. 

 Antennae slender, hardly half tlie length of the body; first joint not 

 extending to the front of the iiead ; second much shorter ihan the third; 

 fourth and fifth as long as the third. Thorax wiih a transverse callus on 

 each side in front; spines long, stout, acute, hardly ascending, testaceous 

 towards the tips, which are black. Scutellum somewhat rounded at the tip. 

 Legs pale testaceous, stout, short. Membrane of the fore wings pellucid. 

 Length of the body .3j lines. 



In the shape of the body and the somewhat rounded scutellum this 

 species approaches the genus Hopfistodera. 



a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



28. MORMIDEA BASALIS, 



Ochracea, lata, seite punctata, subtus paUide flava ; caput antice ferrn- 

 gineum, lobis lateralibus lobum viedium perpaullo stiperantibus ; 

 antennm pallide fiavcB, apice rufce; thorax punctis qualuor anticis 

 nigris, spinis robuslis margineque postico fcrrugineis ; scutellum basi 

 nonnunquam ferrugineum, punctis duobus nigris lateralibus pnst- 

 mediis ; pectus ferrugineo bivitlatum ; alec unlicce ferruginc(e, 

 maculis duabus costalibus pallide jiavis. 



Ochraceous, short, oval, minutely punctured ; punctures of the ground 

 hue; under side and legs pale yellow. Head conical, ferruginous in front; 

 lateral lobes extending very little beyond the middle lobe. Rostrum with 

 a black tip, extending to the hind coxee. Antennae pale yellow, less than 

 half the length of the body ; first and second joints red ; first not extending 

 to the front of the head ; second less than half the length of the third ; 

 fourth much shorter than the third ; fifth red, as long as the fourth. Thorax 

 with four black points in a transverse line, in front of which there are two 

 transverse calli, one on each side; hind border and spines ferruginous; the 

 latter stout, acute, prominent. Scutellum with two black lateral points 

 beyond the middle; sometimes ferruginous towards the base. Pectus with 

 two marginal ferruginous stripes. Legs slender, fore wings ferruginous, 

 with two costal pale yellow spots; first spot basal, much larger than the 

 second, which is at the tip of the corium ; membrane pale cinereous. 

 Length of the body 3 lines. 



a — e. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Africa. 



29. MORMIDEA ARMIGERA. 



Cimex armiger, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 348 ; Mant. Ins. ii. 286 — Coreus armiger, 

 Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 128; Sysl. Rliyn. 195— Mormidea dcbellator, 

 C. H. 214 — Pentatoma (Aspavia) armigera, Stal, fhm. Afr. i. 13(5. 



a — d. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



e. West Africa. Presented by B. Frend, Elsq. 



f, g. West Africa. From jNIr. Frasei's collection. 

 h. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



i. Old Calabar. From Mr. John Gray's colK'Clion. 

 k. ? 



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