6 Mr. W. S. Dallas's Notice 



punctured ; beneath orange red, slightly shining, punctured. Head 

 oblong, rather short and obtuse, the central projection short and 

 rounded ; the red colour of the under surface appears on each 

 side, forming a red margin to the head. Thorax with the lateral 

 angles produced on each side into a slender acute spine, directed 

 upwards and forwards ; the lateral margins narrowly edged with 

 red. Scutellum pitchy black. Elytra with a narrow red outer 

 margin, which disappears before the apex of the coriaceous por- 

 tion ; membrane brownish, semitransparent, with a triangular, 

 opaque piece at the internal basal angle. Abdomen above red, 

 with the margins variegated with black ; beneath red, with the 

 margins as on the upper side ; a black spot on each of the stig- 

 mata ; two small patches at the base of the third segment, and a 

 ring on the second, of the same colour; basal segment variegated 

 with black. Breast reddish orange, thickly and strongly punctured, 

 with two black spots on each side of the postpectus and medipectus, 

 one on each side of the antepectus and one at the base of each 

 of the coxae ; the centre of the breast is black and smooth, fur- 

 nished with a distinct furrow. Head beneath reddish orange, 

 finely punctured, with a black furrow down the centre for the 

 reception of the basal joint of the rostrum. Rostrum black, with 

 the basal joint and the base of the second yellowish white. Ante- 

 rior and intermediate legs and basal joint of antennae black. The 

 remainder of the antennae and the posterior legs are wanting in 

 the only specimen before me. 



Of the eight species remaining, two belong to the genus Pyrrho- 

 coris, Burm. ; they are both Fabrician species, — Lyg. faber and 

 Schlanbaschii, Fab. 



Four are members of the family Reduviidce, and of these, three 

 appear to be undescribed. The first is a large species of the 

 genus Platymeris, Burm., apparently belonging to Acanthaspis, 

 Am. & Serv. 



Sp. 3. Platymeris fulvipes. (PI. II. fig. 3.) 



P. niger, subopacus; thoracis lobo antico 5-sulcato, lobo postico 

 utrinque spina acuta recurva armato ; elytrorum maculis 

 quatuor, femorum apicibus, tibiis tarsisque fulvis. $ . 



Long. lin. 13J (£8 m [\\j 



Head and thorax black, somewhat opaque, finely granulated, 

 and beset with numerous hairs of moderate length, especially on 

 the sides. Eyes brownish testaceous ; ocelli brown. Anterior 

 lobe of the thorax with five deeply impressed, longitudinal furrows, 



