HEMIPTERA ITETEKOPTERA. S63 



61. MoRMIDEA LATERALIS. 



Fulva, aspere ■punctata, siibtus pallide littea ; caput nigricans, scile 

 punctata, lobo medio fulvo lobos laterales paullo svperante ; thorax 

 striyis diiubus iuteis glabris marginalibus postice dilatatis, spinis 

 nigris crassis aculis longissimis stibobliquis ; scutellum maculis 

 duabus hasalibus magnis apiceque lutein; segmentum bum ventrale 

 piceo strigatum. 



Tawny, oval, largely punctured ; punctures of the ground hue ; under 

 side and legs pale luteous. Head blackish, thickly and minutely punctured ; 

 middle lobe tawny, extending a little beyond tlie lateral lobes. Rostrum 

 extending to the hind coxae. Antennae slender; first joint not extending 

 to the front of the head ; second shorter than the third. Thorax with the 

 two usual transverse calii near the fore border; two luteous smooth mar- 

 ginal streaks, which widen from the spines to the fore border, where there 

 is a tubercle contiguous to each eye ; spines black, acute, very long and 

 stout, slightly bent forward. Scutellum with a large luteous spot on each 

 side at the base; tip somewhat rounded, bordered with luteous. Abdomen 

 bennealh with an interrupted piceous streak on the fifth segment. Legs 

 slender. Fore wings with a cinereous membrane. Length of the body 

 4 Hues. 



Allied to M. armigera, but the spines of the thorax are thicker. 



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



Australasia. 



62. MOKMIDEA FLOEENS, 



Saturate viridis, lata, aspere punctata; caput ochraceum, nigra margi- 

 natum; antenncE nigrce, basi virides ; thoracis spina nigrce, robusla, 

 acutce, longissimcB, vix ascendentes ; scutellum macula apicali pallide 

 fiava ; venter disco pallide luteo, gutlis marginalibus nigris ; tarsi 

 lutei. 



Deep green, broad, oval, roughly punctured; under side and legs 

 paler. Head above ochraccous, bordered wit!) black and sometimes with 

 black sutures between the lobes, which are of equal length. Rostrum 

 extending a little beyond the hind coxae ; tip black. Antennae black, 

 slender, full half the length of the body ; first joint green, not exteuding 

 to the front; third longer than the second, shorter than the fourth ; fifth as 

 long as the fourth. Thorax smooth along the fore border ; spines black, 

 stout, acute, very long, very slightly ascending. Scutellum with a round 

 pale yellow apical spot. Abdomen beneath with a pale luteous disk and 

 with black marginal dots. Legs slender; tarsi luteous. Membrane of the 

 fore wings brown. Length of the body 4 lines. 



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



b. Malacca. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



c. Sumatra. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 (/. Birmah. From Mr. Wariug's collection. 



