HEMIPTERA HBTEROPTEEA. 249 



the fore winp;s dark cinereous ; veins brown, slightly reticulated. Length 

 of the body 4 lines. 



It closely resembles E. reductus, but the structure of the antennaB is 

 different, and ibe spines are longer and more acute. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Birschell's collection. 



39. EUSCHISTUS ADJUNCTOR. 



Prasinus, scile punctatus, sublus glaucescens ; caput villa purpurascenle 



rufa poslice dilalala ; antenna nigra bifasciatce, apice fulvce ; l/iorax 



fascia riifescente, punciis duobus anterioribus nigris, spinis robusiis 



aculis obliquis ; venler punciis lateralibus nigris ; tarsi pallide lulei. 



Grass-green, oval, thickly and minutely punctured, glaucous-green 



heneath. Head with a purplish red stripe, which is dilated between the 



eyes; lobes of equal length. Rostrum extending a little beyond the hind 



coxae; tip black. Antennae slender, hardly half the length of the body; 



first joint not extending to the front of the head ; third a little longer than 



the second, black towards the tip; fourth a little longer than the third, 



black except near the base ; fifth tawny, shorter than the fourlh. Thorax 



wiih a reddish band, with a transverse callus on each side in front and 



with two intermediate black points; sides crenulaled in front; spines stout, 



acute, inclined obliquely forward. Scutellum extending to the angle of 



the coriura. Abdomen beneath with a row of black points on each side. 



Legs slender; tibiae furrowed ; tarsi pale luteous. Membrane of the fore 



wings pellucid. Length of the body 3 lines. 



It is very nearly allied to E. perditor, but in the latter the spines of 

 the thorax are shoner and broader and less inclined forward, and the body 

 is testaceous beneath. 

 a. Belise, Honduras. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Country unknown. 



40. EUSCHISTUS THORACICUS, C. H. 202. 



a. ? 



Genus 6. ZALEGA. 

 Zalega, Am. el Serv. Hem. 139. 



1. Zai.ega fukcifeons. 

 furcifrons, Am. el Serv. Hem. 139. 

 Surinam. 



Genus 7. DICER^US, C. H. 208. 



1. DlCER-EUS MELACANTHUS, C H. 208. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



2. DlCER.Ei;S LEUCOSTXGMA, C ff . 209. 



a. Para. Presented by R. Graham, Esq. 



b. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



r. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



