12 HEMIPTERA. 



Eyes black ; ocelli red. Thorax with six blue-black spots ; four 

 on the disc, forming a square, and one within each lateral angle. 

 Scutellum with nine spots ; placed three on the base, two behind 

 these, close to the central one, and four across the disc, near the 

 middle. Margins of elytra red. Abdomen beneath red, shining ; 

 a band across the base, a patch on the apical segment, the anus, 

 and a double row of spots on each side, black. Breast and under 

 side of head blue-black, with red margins. Legs shining black, 

 the underside of the thighs and the edges of the outer channel 

 of the tibia3 yellow. Rostrum and antennae black. 

 a. Columbia. From M. Goudot's Collection. 



Genus 5. PCECILOCORIS. 



Cimex, p., Fab. Ent. Syst. iv. (1794). 



Tetyra, p., Fab. Syst. Rh. (1803). 



Scutellera, p., Burm. Handb. ii. (1835); Germ. Zeits. i. (1839); 



H. Sch. Wanz. v. 73 (1839). 

 Poecilochroma, White, Ent. Trans, iii. 84 (1842). 

 Pcecilocoris, Dallas, Ent. Trans, v. 100 (1848). 



1. PCECILOCORIS latus. 



Pcecilocoris latus, Dall. Ent. Trans, v. 101. 1. pi. 13. fig. 4 (1848). 

 a. China. From Mr. Argent's Collection. 



2. PCECILOCORIS interruptus. 

 Tectocoris interrupta, Hope, Cat. 14 (1837). 



Scutellera interrupta, Germ. Zeits. i. 134. 4 (1839); H. Sch'dff. 



Wanz. v. 73. t. 172. fig. 531 (1839). 

 Pcecilocoris interruptus, Dall. Ent. Trans, v. 102. 2 (1848). 



a. Nepaul. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



b. India. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



c. India. From Capt. Boyes's Collection. 



3. PCECILOCORIS Druraei. 



Cimex Drursei, Linn. Mant. PL ii. 534 (1767); Drury, Ins. 



i. t. 42. figs. 1-5 (1770) ; Sulz. Gesch. i. 95. t. 10. fig. 5 



(1776) ; Fab. E. S. iv. 83. 13 (1794). 

 Tetyra Drursei, Fab. S. R. 132. 17 (1803) ; Burm. Nova Acta, 



<c. xvi. supp. 287. 4 (1834). 

 Scutellera Dnmjei, Germ. Zeits. i. 135. 7 (1839). 

 Stoll, Pun. 147. t. 37. fig. 267. 



a. Silhet. From Mr. Stainforth's Collection. 



4. PCECILOCORIS obsoletus. 



Pcecilocoris Drursei, Dall. Ent. Trans, v. 103. 4. pi. 13. fig. 6 

 (1848); necLmra. &c. 



