HEMIPTERA. 73 



(1819) ; G. R. Gray in Griff. An. Kingd. xv. 233. pi. 92. fig. 2 

 (1832). 

 a. Fantee. 



3. PLATASPIS variegata. 



Platycephala variegata, Guer. Diet. pitt. d'Hist. nat. Supp. ix. 



626 (sec. Am. fy Serv.). 

 Thyreocoris punctatus, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 62. 2 (1843) [nee 



Leach~\ . 



a. Dix Cove, W. Africa. Presented by B. Frend, Esq. 



b. Dix Cove, W. Africa. From Capt. Parry's Collection. 



4. PLATASPIS irrorata, n. s. 



P. praecedenti valde affinis ; antice testacea nigro-irrorata, pos- 

 tice nigra, fulvo-maculata; abdominis marginibus fuscis, flavo- 

 variegatis. $ $. 

 Long. lin. 5J 6. 



Very convex. Head, thorax and base of the scutellum testa- 

 ceous, thickly irrorated with black punctures. Posterior portion 

 of the scutellum black, thickly punctured, variegated with nu- 

 merous irregular reddish orange spots. Base of the outer margin 

 of the elytra coriaceous, testaceous, punctured with black, with 

 the humeral angle orange ; internal portion semicoriaceous, 

 brown ; membrane transparent, with the outer margin and the 

 nervures brown. Abdomen beneath brownish testaceous, shining, 

 punctured with brown towards the sides ; the margins variegated 

 with brown and yellow ; the sutures of the segments and an im- 

 pressed transverse line on each side of each segment black. 

 Breast greyish brown, obscure, wrinkled, with the antero-lateral 

 margins testaceous, punctured with pitchy brown. Legs orange, 

 with the base of the tibiae and the tarsal claws black. Rostrum 

 orange, with the base of the first joint black. Ante.nna3 orange, 

 with the two last joints pitchy. 



a. W. Africa. From Mr. Carter's Collection. 



b. Port Natal. 



5. PLATASPIS ruficeps, n. s. 



P. nigro-senea, tenuissime punctata ; capite, thoracis angulis an- 

 ticis, corporeque subtus castaneo-rufis. <? ? . 

 Long. lin. 4 4J. 



Above brassy black, shining, very finely punctured, with the 

 head and the anterior angles of the thorax reddish brown. Co- 

 riaceous portion of the elytra brown ; membrane brownish, semi- 



