HEMIPTKRA IIETEROPTEBA. 4.05 



Sciilclhim lonpr, rounded at tlie lip. Let^s lailiei' lonp; and slender; libiiE 

 furrowed ; tarsi tliree-joiiited. Fore \vin>;;s ratlicr small ; membrane with 

 longitudinal veins, not extending to the tip of the abdomen. 



Tlie large head and other characters sufficient!}- dislinguisb this genus 

 from Ei/sarcoris. 



^. Sala coi.orata. 



Riifa ant nitjra, suhtus flava aut vlridix ; caput vlridi hii-illaliim ; thorax 

 flavo mari/ino.tus, tinivillatus et unifasciuliix ; scutellinn Jiavo Irivil- 

 tntum : pectus rufo plat/iatuui ; venter vittis duabus denlatis fasciis- 

 que tribus abbreviiitis nicjru ; pedex nigri, femoribus testaceis apice 

 nigris ; alee anticce margine interrupto viltaqne abbreviata fuscis, 

 tnembrana fusca clnereo marginula. 



Red or black, yellow or pale gieen beneath. Head black, with two 

 pale green stripes above and beneath. Rjstium black; its sheaths pale 

 green towards the base. Antennoe black. Thorax bordered with ])ale yel- 

 low ; a stripe and a band of the same hue. Scutelium with three pale 

 yellow stiipes, which are connected at the tip. Pectus with three red 

 patches on each side. Abdomen beneath with a black dentate stripe on 

 each side and with three short black bands. Legs black; cox-e and femf)ra 

 testaceous, the latter with black tips. Fore win^^s with an abbreviated yel- 

 low stripe and with a yellow border, which is interrupted on the hind side 

 and is dilated at the tip ; membrane brown, bordered with cinereous. 

 Length of the body 5 — 5^ lines. 



a, h. E. Africa. Presented by Earl Russell. 



Genus 76. BOEA. 



Corpus ellipticum, breve, latum, punctatum. Caput parvun), subtri- 

 gonum ; latera reflixa. Oculi jirominuli. Rostrum coxas niedias attingens. 

 AntenniE quadriarticnlaitc, gracilliuia>, corporis dimidio longiores ; arlicu- 

 lus lus frontem attingens. Thoracis anguli |)ostici valde rotundati. Pectus 

 nou carinatum. Abdomen spina nulla veutrali. Pedes graciles; tarsi 

 triarticulati. 



Body elliptical, short, broad, finely ])nnctured. Head small, nearly 

 triangular; sides reflexed. Eyes prominent. Ocelli nearer to the eyes 

 than to each other. Rostrum extending to the middle coxtB. Antennre 

 four-jointed, very slender, more than half the length of the body ; first joint 

 extending to the front of the head ; third shorter than the second, longer 

 than the fuuvlh. Hind an<;Ies of the thorax much rounded, not prominent. 

 Scutelium of the usual form. Pectus not keeled. Abdomen with no spine. 

 Legs slender ; tarsi three-jointed. Membrane of the fure wings with lon- 

 gitudinal veins. 



Type D. pnrpurasccns. This genus has most affinity to Strachia. 



I. BoEA rCRPORASCENS. . 



Fulva, sublux pull idr flava ; caput luteum ; thorax dense punctatus, luteo 

 murghiatc'i, lalcribus rcflexis ; scutelium subaltenuatum ; alee anticce 

 purpuraiceutcs ; iiieinLrana cinereu. 



