

HEMIPTERA. 83 



o. Brazil. From M. Mornay's Collection. 



b. Brazil. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



c. Bahia. Presented by M. Reiehe. 



d. Mexico. Presented by E. P. Coffin, Esq. 



e. . Presented by the Entomological Club. 



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2. OPLOMUS marginalis. 



Pentatoma marginalis, Hope, Cat. 37 (1837). 

 Asopus ebulinus, H. Schdff. Wanz. vii. 113 & 122. t. 250. fig. 

 779(1844). 



a. Brazil. From M. Mornay's Collection. 



b. Brazil. From Mr. Walker's Collection. 



c. . Presented by the Entomological Club. 



3. OPLOMUS nigripennis, n. s. 



O. flavus, punctatus ; capite, pedibus, antennis, thoracis maculis 

 2, scutelli basi, elytris, corii apice excepto, abdominis apice, 

 maculaque subapicali, nigris. 9 . 

 Long. lin. 8. 



Head black, shining, finely punctured, with a small yellow 

 spot on each side near the eyes, and a similar one in the centre 

 of the base. Thorax yellow, with two large black spots on the 

 disc ; the spots coarsely and sparingly punctured. Scutellum 

 yellow, rather thickly punctured, with the base violet-black. 

 Elytra with the coriaceous portion violet-black, thickly punc- 

 tured with a large triangular yellow patch at the apex ; mem- 

 brane pitchy black with a brassy tint. Body beneath yellow, 

 smooth, shining. Abdomen with the sides finely and sparingly- 

 punctured, the disc impunctate ; a streak across the basal seg- 

 ment, a small spot on each side of the base of the third and 

 fourth segments, and a large spot on the centre of the fifth and 

 sixth, black. Breast with a few scattered black punctures; a 

 large black spot on the mesosternum divided by a narrow yellow 

 keel, and a small spot of the same colour at the centre of the 

 antero-lateral margins. Legs, rostrum and antennae black, 

 a. Mexico. Presented by E. P. Coffin, Esq. 



4. OPLOMUS rutilus, n. s. 



0. rufo-fulvus, punctatus ; capite, pedibus, antennis, maculis 2 

 thoracis scutellique, pectore, abdominis marginibus basalibus, 

 maculaque subapicali nigris; hemelytroruru membrana sub- 

 hyalina, macula apicali fusca. $ . 

 Long. lin. 4. 

 Head black, rugose, punctured, with the central lobe and an 



