﻿new 
  Species 
  of 
  Hemipterous 
  Insects. 
  ^ 
  17 
  

  

  tennae 
  clothed 
  with 
  very 
  small 
  whitish 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  

   testaceous, 
  becoming 
  dusky 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  covered 
  witli 
  

   very 
  minute 
  brown 
  punctures 
  ; 
  second, 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  joints 
  

   brown, 
  the 
  fourth 
  rather 
  paler 
  than 
  the 
  others. 
  Rostrum 
  pale 
  

   yellow, 
  with 
  the 
  extreme 
  tip 
  black. 
  Pronotum 
  broader 
  than 
  long, 
  

   trapezoidal, 
  with 
  the 
  anterior 
  angles 
  rounded 
  off; 
  pale 
  testaceous, 
  

   rather 
  thickly 
  punctured 
  with 
  brown, 
  with 
  an 
  abbreviated 
  longi- 
  

   tudinal 
  red 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  portion 
  ; 
  the 
  disc 
  

   with 
  a 
  faint 
  transverse 
  furrow 
  or 
  impression 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  

   portion 
  between 
  this 
  furrow 
  and 
  the 
  anterior 
  margin 
  elevated 
  ; 
  pro- 
  

   thorax 
  beneath 
  testaceous, 
  finely 
  punctured 
  with 
  brown, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  

   pale 
  reddish 
  patch 
  within 
  each 
  antero-lateral 
  angle. 
  Scutellum 
  

   testaceous, 
  rather 
  thickly 
  punctured 
  with 
  brown. 
  Meso- 
  and 
  

   metathorax 
  beneath 
  pale 
  fulvous, 
  smooth, 
  impunctate, 
  with 
  a 
  

   large 
  dull 
  pale 
  brown 
  patch 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  Legs 
  clothed 
  with 
  fine 
  

   whitish 
  hairs 
  ; 
  thighs 
  yellowish 
  testaceous, 
  covered 
  with 
  fine 
  

   brown 
  points 
  ; 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  dusky 
  ; 
  claws 
  brown. 
  Elytra 
  with 
  

   the 
  coriaceous 
  portion 
  testaceous, 
  thickly 
  and 
  rather 
  finely 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  ; 
  the 
  punctures 
  pale 
  brown, 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  brown, 
  with 
  

   the 
  central 
  portion 
  yellow 
  ; 
  membrane 
  transparent, 
  colourless, 
  

   with 
  a 
  dark 
  brown 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  inner 
  basal 
  angle. 
  Wings 
  semi- 
  

   transparent, 
  brownish. 
  Abdomen 
  above 
  bright 
  red, 
  shining, 
  very 
  

   finely 
  wrinkled 
  transversely, 
  with 
  a 
  blackish 
  line 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  

   within 
  the 
  margins 
  ; 
  the 
  margins 
  brownish 
  testaceous, 
  edged 
  with 
  

   brown. 
  Abdomen 
  beneath 
  with 
  the 
  disc 
  pale 
  fulvous, 
  flat, 
  shining, 
  

   finely 
  wrinkled 
  transversely, 
  covered 
  with 
  very 
  minute 
  brown 
  

   points 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  red 
  ; 
  the 
  margins 
  testaceous. 
  

  

  VOL. 
  11. 
  N. 
  S. 
  PARTI. 
  JUNE, 
  1852. 
  

  

  