DESCRIPTIONS Ol' NKW HEMIl'TEliA FROM NKW SOUTH WAIJiS. f>^>"> 



stronger punctured; tlie head and scutellum are loss, enlarged on the 

 tip; the antero-lateral lol)ules of the pronotuin are soineAvliat narrower 

 and longer. 



COEEIDAE. 

 Mirperus funebris ]i. sp. 



Fuseo-niger, superne obsolete ferrugiueo-variegatus, dense subtili- 

 terque punctatus. remote pilosulus ; capite superne irigro- et ferrugineo- 

 vittato, utrin(pie infra oculos vitta laterali percurrente pallida ornato, 

 tuberculis antenuiferis apice extus subrectangulis, inermibus ; antennis 

 ferrugineis, articulis tribus basalibus apice ipso nigricantibus, articulo 

 primo apicem capitis distincte superante, articulo tertio articulo secundo 

 distincte longiore, articulo quarto articulis duobus prsecedentibus simul sum- 

 tis paullo breviore ; rostro nigro ; pronoto ferrugineo-variegato, angulis 

 lateralibus rectis, baud prominulis ; scutello nigro, linea mediana subtili 

 pallida signato, apice leviter elevato et albido-calloso ; hemelytris nigro- 

 fuscis, fusco-marmoratis, Kmbo-costali albido, meml)rana hyalina, fusco- 

 venosa ; corpore subtus griseo-sericeo, vitta laterali percurrente pallida 

 destituto, tantum obsolete ferrugineo-marmorato ; pedibus griseo-pilosulis, 

 femoribus nigro- et fusco-marmoratis, femoribus posticis rectis, modice 

 incrassatis, subtus spinis quinque majoribus et apicem versus spinulis 

 pluribus nigris armatis, tibiis anterioribus tarsisque fiavo-testaeeis, apice 

 nigris, tibiis posticis leviter curvatis, basi apiceque nigris. cf.Long. 

 10—11 mül. 



Eichmond : Hawk's College. 



This species, found on Cow Pea. is closely allied to M. scuteUaris 

 Dall., but at once distinguished by the dark coloration, the absence of 

 the yellow band on each side of the l)reast and abdomen l)eneath, the 

 callose and somewhat erected tip of the scutellum, etc. 



LYGAEIDAE. 

 Scopiastes vitticeps n. sp. 



Oblongus, niger, parce brevissimeque puberulus ; capite cum oculis 

 basi pronoti paullo lati ore, rufo, vitta lata mediana ab apice usque ad 

 ocellos extensa nigra ornato ; oculis modice stylatis ; ocellis ab oculis 

 ([uam inter se longius remotis ; antennis mediocribus, articulo tertio 

 articulo secundo bieviore et quam articulo quarto longiore: rostro inter 

 coxas intcrmedias extenso ; pronoto antrorsum leviter angustato, lobo 

 antico rufo. lobo postico sat fortiter punctate, nigro ; membrana nigro- 

 fusca ; corpore subtus rufo, disco meso- et metasterni, areis c\'a[)Oi-ativis 



