of the Genus Pcecilocoris. 109 



ish ; ocelli reddish. Thorax with the anterior margin, a spot 

 on each lateral angle, a submarginal line on each side, uniting 

 these with the anterior margin, and two large spots on the disc, 

 violet or brassy-black. Scutellum with thirteen violet -black 

 spots, placed as in P. Drurcei. Margins of the elytra violet- 

 black. Beneath thickly and finely punctured. Abdomen with a 

 slight central furrow, red, shining, with a slight violet tint ; a 

 violet-black spot on each of the stigmata. Anal plate red. Breast 

 violet, shining, pale in the centre and at the insertion of the legs ; 

 the antero-lateral margins red. Legs brassy-violet, with the base 

 of the thighs brownish testaceous. Head beneath violet. Ros- 

 trum reaching nearly to the apex of the abdomen, violet-black, 

 with the edges of the basal joint, and the articulations of all the 

 joints, testaceous. Antennae violet-black, with the base of the 

 first joint testaceous. 



Guerin, in the letter-press to his " Iconographie du Regne Ani- 

 mal," states this to be only a variety of P. Drurcei ; his figure, 

 however, differs sufficiently from that species to show at once 

 that they are decidedly distinct ; and the characters drawn from 

 the extraordinary length of the rostrum, and the colouring of the 

 underside, place them at a still greater distance. 



Sp. 10. P. longirostris, N.S. (PI. XIII. fig. 9.) 



P. luteo-fulvus, capite, maculis thoracis et scutelIi,elytrorumque 

 marginibus, nigris ; abdomine luteo-fulvo, sulco longitudinali 

 centrali distincto, stigmatibus nigris ; rostro fere abdominis 

 apicem attingente. $ . 



Long. lin. 9. 



Hab. in Java. 



In Mus. Brit. 



Ovate, somewhat elongated; above orange-yellow, very thickly 

 and finely punctured. Head black, strongly punctured ; eyes 

 brown ; ocelli reddish. Thorax very narrowly edged with black 

 anteriorly, and with a black spot within each anterior angle. 

 Scutellum with seven black spots, placed, three at the base, two 

 intermediate, and a very small one on each side, near the middle 

 of the lateral margins. Beneath very thickly and finely punc- 

 tured. Abdoinen with a strong central furrow, orange-yellow, 

 shining, with a violet-black spot on each of the stigmata. Anal 

 apparatus yellow. Breast violet, shining; the centre, the antero- 

 lateral margins, and some transverse lines on the margins of the 

 segments, yellow. Legs shining violet; thighs at the base, and 



