HEMIPTERA. 7 



4. SOLENOSTHEDIUM rubropunctatum. 



Scutellera rubropunctata, Guer. Voy. Coq. ZooL ii. 157 (1830). 



a. India ? Presented by General Hardwicke. 



b. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bo wring, Esq. 



5. SOLENOSTHEDIUM attenuatum. 



Pachycoris? attenuatus, Hope, Cat. 13 (1837). 

 Pachyeoris attenuates, Germ. Zeits. i. 108. 55 (1839). 

 a, b. Gambia. From Mr. Shuckard's Collection. 



c. Gambia. From Mr. Kendall's Collection. 



Genus 3. SPH.EROCORIS. 



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



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



Scutellera, p., Pal. Beauv. Ins. (1805). 



Sphserocoris, Burm. Handb. ii. 391 (1835); Germ. Zeits. i. 73 



(1839); Am. # Serv. Hem. 40 (1843). 

 Pachycoris, p., Germ. Zeits. i. (1839). 



1. SPH^EROCORIS? unicolor, n. s. 



S. ovatus, piceus, seneo-punctatissimus, antennis nigris, basi 

 pallidis. 

 Long. lin. 6-6|. 



Ovate. Above deep pitchy brown, obscure, very thickly covered 

 with fine brassy green punctures. Head broad, with the sides 

 slightly emarginate. Eyes pale. Thorax very convex. Scutellum 

 about twice as long as the thorax, convex at the base, somewhat 

 flattened towards the apex. Elytra with the coriaceous portion 

 pitchy black, the exposed margins brownish, covered with brassy 

 green punctures. Membrane semitransparent, pale brown, iri- 

 descent. Abdomen pitchy black, with the disc impunctate, and 

 the sides moderately punctured; the anal apparatus and a spot 

 on the last segment brown. Breast pale brown, variegated with 

 dark brown, punctured. Legs brown, with the tibiae and tarsi 

 darker. Rostrum brown, darker at the apex. Antennae black, 

 with the basal joint pale brown, tipped with black. 

 a. Congo. Presented by Sir John Richardson. 



2. SPH^EROCORIS? flavo-notatus., n. s. 



S. ovatus, piceus, seneo-punctatissimus, subtus fuscescens ; tho- 

 race lineo arcuato, scutello marginibus lateralibus baseos, ma- 

 culisque 5, flavis. 

 Long. lin. 6. 



