HEMIPTKRA HETEROPTERA. 255 



18. MORMIDKA PROSIINULA, C. H. 213. 



a. Columbia. From M. GoikIki's collection. 



b. Brazil. Presented by W. W. Saumlers, Esq. 



19. MORMIDEA ARMATA, C. H. 215. 



a, b, Brazil. From Mr. Cliililren's coUeclion. 



c. Atuuzoii Region. Presented hy W. \V. Saunders, Esq. 



20. MoRMIUEA CORNICOLLIS. 



cornicoUis, Stal, Rio Jan. Hem. 21. 



a. Tejuca. Presented by tlie Rev. H. Clark. 



b. Peiropolis. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 



21. MORMIDEA NOTULIFERA. 



notulifera, Stal, Rio Jan. Hem, 21. 

 Rio Janeiro. 



22. MORMIDEA SI'ICOLIGERA. 



spiculigera, Slal, Rio Jan. Hem. 21. 

 Rio Janeiro. 



23. MORMIDEA DISCOIDEA. 



RhapLigaster discoideus, C. H. 290. 



a. Central America. From Mr. Children's coUeciion. 



24. MORMIDEA COMPTA. 



yEneo-nigra, aspere punctata, sublm rufa ; caput vittis duabus glubris 

 indeterminatis, lobo medio lobos luleiales perptiuUo superante ; an- 

 tennie basi rtifcc, articulis So An ooijite bani Jiavis ; thorax strii/i.i 

 transversis tcslaceix, spinis abbrevintis obtusis ; scntellum maculis 

 tribm basalibus, strir/is duabus obiiquis maculaque apicali arcuata 

 Jiavis ; pedes ruji ; alee anlicce gulla postmedia coslaque basi pallide 

 Jiavis, membrana fusca. 



.^neous-black, oval, roughly punctured, red beneath. Head with two 

 incomplele smooth stiipes; middle lobe extending very little beyond the 

 lateral lobes. Antennte black, about half the length of the body; first joint 

 red, black at the tip, not extending to the front of the head; second and 

 third nearly ecjual in length; third, fourth and fifth pale yellow at the 

 base; fourth and fifth much longer than the second and the third. Thorax 

 with an irreifular smooth band in front, and with some irregular transverse 

 testaceous streaks between the spines, which are short and obtuse. Scu- 

 tellum with smooth pale yellow marks ; three spots on the fore border, the 

 lateral spots emitting two oblique streaks to the di^k ; an arched apical 

 spot. Legs red; tarsi with black tips. P'ore wings with a smooth pale 

 yellow dot in the disk beyond tiie middle ; costa pale yellow at the base ; 

 membrane brown. Length of the body 3i lines. 



