HEMIPTERA. 15 



13. PCECILOCORIS ornatus, n. s. 



P. fulvus ; capite, thoracis marginibus, maculisque duabus mag- 

 nis posticis aeneo-nigris, scutello nigro-variegato ; corpore sub- 

 tus testaceo, lateribus viridi-aureo maculato, rostro abdoininis 

 medium attingente. 

 Long. lin. 7i- 



Above orange-yellow, finely punctured with black. Head ra- 

 ther short, the central lobe considerably longer than the lateral 

 ones, with the apex slightly turned up ; vertex black, with three 

 rows of golden green punctures, of which the lateral are broad- 

 est and include the ocelli ; front of head deep red, punctured with 

 violet and green ; the apex orange. Thorax with the anterior and 

 lateral margins and two large spots on the posterior margin black, 

 leaving only a narrow transverse band and a longitudinal central 

 line, orange. Scutellum with five confluent black spots on the 

 basal half, forming a broad, irregular W; four others across the 

 middle united in pairs, forming a band interrupted in the centre, 

 and two close to the apex ; all the black spots are tinted with 

 violet and brassy green. Abdomen beneath ochreous, very finely 

 punctured, with a large, strongly punctured golden green spot, 

 on each side of every segment ; ventral furrow reaching the apex 

 of the fifth segment. Breast testaceous, variegated with golden 

 green. Thighs of same colour, with golden green reflections ; 

 tibiae brown, slightly metallic ; tarsi pitchy. Rostrum yellowish 

 brown, with the tip black, reaching the middle of the fourth 

 ventral segment. Antennae violet-black; basal joint orange, 

 black at tip. 



a. N. India. From Capt. Boys's Collection. 



14. PCECILOCORIS? comes. 



Tetyra comes, Fab. S. R. 130. 8 (1803); Schiodte, Kroy. Tijds, 



iv. 282. 3 (1842). 

 Scutellera? comes, Germ, Zeits. i. 137. 10 (1839). 



a. "W. Africa. Presented by Edward Doubleday, Esq. 



15. PCECILOCORIS? pinguis. 



Scutellera pinguis, Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent. v. 191. 146 (1837). 

 . Cape of Good Hope. From M. Krauss's Collection. 



b. Cape of Good Hope. From M. Drege's Collection. 



c. Port Natal. From Mr. Tucker's Collection. 



d. S. Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



Genus 6. TECTOCORIS. 



Tetyra, p., Fab. S. R. (1803). 

 Tectocoris, Hahn, Wanz. ii. 33 (1834). 



