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of some Hemiptera from JBoutan. 7 



of which the central one is forked anteriorly, and gives off a short 

 branch on each side near the base, and with a small tubercle at 

 each anterior angle ; posterior lobe hexagonal, transverse, with 

 a strong, acute spine at each lateral angle, and a small tubercle 

 within each posterior angle above the base of scutellum. Scu- 

 tellum black, opaque, granulated, with a few longish hairs, and with 

 the apex produced into a slender, acute, elevated spine (fig. 3 a). 

 Elytra black, slightly shining, with a few scattered raised points 

 on the surfaae, a small triangular orange spot at the base on the 

 outer margin, and a large roundish spot of the same colour towards 

 the apex of the coriaceous portion, touching the outer margin and 

 the base of the membrane. Margins of the abdomen banded with 

 black and yellow. Abdomen beneath pitchy, smooth, slightly 

 shining, with the apex reddish, and a yellow band on each segment 

 towards the lateral margins. The second abdominal segment bears 

 a small, sharp, longitudinal keel in the centre, and the apical half 

 of the terminal one is finely wrinkled transversely. Breast black, 

 rough ; metasternum with a faint longitudinal central keel, pro- 

 sternum with a narrow central furrow. Legs rather long, clothed 

 with long fine hairs ; thighs pitchy, with the apex reddish orange; 

 tibiae and tarsi reddish orange, the former with their apices pitchy 

 on the inside. Rostrum and antennae pitchy black, the former 

 smooth and shining, reaching the base of the anterior coxae ; the 

 latter with the second joint thickly clothed with fine short hairs, 

 basal and setiform apical joints with short scattered hairs. 



This fine species also occurs in Assam, but the specimens from 

 that locality are paler in colour than the one above described, 

 being pitchy instead of black on the upper surface, pitchy brown 

 beneath. 



A large species of Harpactor 1 have named 



Sp. 4. Harpactor obscurus. (PI. II. fig. 4.) 



H. supra fuscus, obscurus, subtus rufus, totus pilis numerosis 

 parvis vestitus ; capite nigro, thoracis lobo antico nigro, 

 utrinque spinoso, fusco-verrucoso, tibiis omnibus rufis. 2 . 



Long. lin. 11 \ (24 mill.) 



Head subcylindric, black, impunctate, somewhat opaque, clothed 

 with short yellowish hairs. Eyes brown. Thorax with the an- 

 terior lobe black, opaque, with several reddish brown warts, and 

 a small blunt spine or tubercle of the same colour at each of its 

 posterior angles ; posterior lobe brown, obscure, rough, wrinkled 

 transversely and clothed with very short yellow hairs, the lateral 



