Monoijraphia Nabidarum orhis terrestris. 59 



pubescentibus, femoiibus anticis sat fortiter incrassatis, maigine inferiore denticulo medio ar- 

 matis, tibiis anticis versus apicem sensim fortiter dilatatis, margine inferiore subtilissime den- 

 ticulatis. $. Long. 1*U, lat. Vs ™°^- 



Regio australica; Nova Guinea: Erima, Astrolabe Bay!, D. Birô (Mus. Nat. Hung.). 



Species statura parva, capite breviusculo, pronoto basi lougitudine latiore distinctis- 

 sima. Color forsitan variabilis. An spécimen superne descriptum junior? 



17. Phorticus obscuriceps Stål. 



Elongatus, pilosulus, fuscescenti-testaceus, inferne cum apice pronoti, basi hemielytro- 

 rum pedibusque pallide testaceo-ilavis, capite apiceque corii nigro-fuscis ; capite maris latitu- 

 dine cum oculis distincte longiore, fronte oculo circiter 1/4 latiore; rostro articule secundo 

 basin coxarum anticarum attingente, sublineari, tertio tumido; antennis articulo primo caput 

 paullulum superante, secundo latitudini frontis cum ocuKs nonnihil longiore, tertio secundo 

 nonnihil breviore, quarto tertio paullulum longiore; pronoto capite parum magis quam duplo 

 longiore, basi longitudine pauUo angustiore et capite circiter triplo latiore; hemielytris abdo- 

 minis longitudine; pedibus pallide pilosulis, femoribus longius pilosis, anticis leviter incrassa- 

 tis, inferne dente destitutis, tibiis anticis rectis, sensim modice incrassatis, ad fossam spon- 

 giosam denticulo obsoleto instructis. Long. 3, lat. 1 mm. 



Phorticus ohscuriceps Stâl, Rio Jan. Hem., p. 69 sec. spec. typ (1858). Enum. Hem. 

 III, p. 109. Leth. et Sév., Cat. gén. Hém. III, p. 206. 



Regio neotropica; Brasilia: Rio Janeiro, (Mus. Holm.). 



Species a reliquis structura pedum anticoruiu divergens. 



SPECIES SEDIS INOERTAE. 

 Prostemma tarsalis Walk. 



„Nigra; caput conicum, prothoracis lobo antico vix brevius; antennae piceae, capite 

 et prothorace ad unum pauUo longioies; tarsi testacei; corium macula costali rufa longiuscula. 



Black, smooth, shining, fusiform. Head conical, nearly as long as the fore lobe of 

 the prothorax; ante-ocular part tvvice as long as the postocular. Antennae piceous, a little 

 longer than the head and the prothorax together; first joint as long as the ante-ocular part 

 of the head; second about twice as long as the first; third somewhat shorter than the se- 

 cond; fourth as long as the third. Fore lobe of the prothorax twice as long as the hind 

 lobe. Scutellum and fore wings dull. Tarsi testaceous. Corium with elongated red costal 

 spot in the middle. Length of the body 2 1/2 unes. 



Dorey, New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq." 



Prostemma tarsalis Walk., Cat. Hem. Het. Brit. Mus. VIL, p. 138 (1873). 



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