Mr. W. S. Dallas's Notice of some Hemiptera. 5 



incrassatis, tuberculatis, nigro-caeruleis ; tibiis fusco-rufis, 

 intus serratis. $ . 

 Long. lin. 9£ (20 mill.) 



Head brassy black, finely granulated. Eyes pale brown ; ocelli 

 yellow. Prothorax and scutellum brassy black, shining, very 

 thickly and finely punctured, — the former with a large pit within 

 each lateral angle. Elytra diminishing gradually in breadth from 

 base to apex; the coriaceous portion reddish brown, obscure, very 

 thickly and finely punctured, the punctures being larger at the 

 base ; the membrane brassy. Margins of abdomen projecting 

 slightly beyond the elytra on each side, reflexed, testaceous, with 

 a black band on the posterior margin of each segment ; the extreme 

 edge is black and very finely denticulated throughout. Abdomen 

 beneath brownish red, shining; the margins yellowish, marked 

 with black, as on the upper surface ; anal plate black, with the 

 edges fringed with yellow hairs. Breast pitchy black, slightly 

 shining, finely punctured and granulated on the sides, smooth in 

 the centre. Rostrum, antennae (two first joints, rest wanting) and 

 four anterior legs ferruginous ; posterior legs with the thighs very 

 long, much thickened, blackish blue, shining, covered with small 

 tubercles, and with a row of six spines beneath, of which the one 

 nearest the base is very small, the others gradually increasing in 

 size to the fourth, which is the largest ; fifth and sixth about equal, 

 the latter being inserted close to the apex of the thigh ; tibiae 

 brownish red, as long as the thighs, slightly curved inwards, 

 especially at the apex, strongly channelled on the outside, with 

 the edges finely crenulated; the inner margin serrated throughout 

 its entire length, with the teeth pitchy. Tarsi ferruginous. 



This species is remarkable for the contrast of its colours and 

 the structure of the posterior thighs and tibiae. 



The other species is an Anisoscelis, and, from the general form 

 of the head and body (the posterior legs being wanting) appears 

 to belong to that division of the genus Anisoscelis, Burm., to 

 which the name Leptoscelis has been applied by Laporte and Amyot 

 and Serville. 



Sp. 2. Anisoscelis rufiventris. 



A. thorace utrinque spina parva acuta armato ; supra nigro- 

 ferruginea, punctata, tenuissime rufo-marginata ; subtus rufa, 

 nigro-maculata, antennis pedibusque nigris. $ . 



Long. lin. 9 (19^ mill.) 



Above ferruginous black, opaque, thickly and rather finely 



