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the basal patch, and four in a transverse row across the disc. 

 Elytra pitchy black, with a brassy tint. Abdomen testaceous, 

 smooth, shining ; a band across the base, a large patch on the 

 apical segment, and a double row of spots on each side, black. 

 Breast brassy black, with a testaceous spot on the antero-lateral 

 margins. Legs black. Antennae black, with a very narrow 

 whitish ring on the middle of the last joint. Rostrum black, 

 testaceous in the middle. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's Collection. 



A. AUGOCORIS Gomesii. 



Augocoris Gomesii, Burm. Handb. ii. 396. 1 (1835) ; Germ. Zeits. 

 i. 139. 1. t. 1. fig. 1 (1839); Am. Serv. Hem. 37. 1. pi. 1. 

 fig. 8 (1843); H. Schaff. Wanz. iv. 92. t. 138. fig. 431? 

 (1839). 



#. Para. Presented by Reginald Graham, Esq. 



b. Para. Presented by J. Gordon Graham, Esq. 



c. Para. From Messrs. Wallace and Bates's Collection. 



d. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's Collection. 



5. AUGOCORIS pallidus. 



Scutellera pallida, Pal. Beauv. Ins. 234. Hem. pi. 5b. fig. 8 



(1.805). 

 Augocoris unicolor, Burm. Handb. ii. 396. 3 (1835); Germ. 



Zeits. i. 141. 4 (1839). 



6. AUGOCORIS cretaceus. 



Cimex cretaceus, Panz. Voet Col. iv. 110. 8. t. 4/. fig- 8 (1798). 

 Augocoris Beskii, Burm. Handb. ii. 396. 2 (1835) ; Germ. Zeits. 

 i. 140. 3 (1839). 



a. Para. Presented by Reginald Graham, Esq. 



b. Para. Presented by J. Gordon Graham, Esq. 



c. Porto Rico. Presented by W. F. Brockholes, Esq. 



d. W. Coast of America. Presented by Capt. Kellet, C.B., 



and Lieut. Wood, R.N. 



7. AUGOCORIS rufus, n. s. 



A. rufus, nitidus ; capitis apice, marginibus maculisque 2 baseos, 



thoracis maculis sex, scutelli novem, antennis pedibusque ni- 



gris; tibiis externe luteo-marginatis. 



Long. lin. 7- 



Above bright red, shining, very finely and thickly punctured. 

 Head with the tip of the central lobe, the lateral margins, and a 

 large spot on each side at the base touching the eyes, blue-black. 



