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upying the disc of the second, third and fourth segments, a 

 large patch on each side of the second, a spot on each side of the 

 third, and a large oblique patch on each side of the fourth, fifth 

 and sixth segments, bright red. Anal apparatus brassy black. 

 Breast brassy black, coarsely and irregularly punctured, with the 

 antero-lateral margins bright red. Legs violet-black, with the 

 thighs brassy. Rostrum and antennae black, the latter with the 

 basal joints bluish. 

 a. Mexico. 



7. OPLOMUS festivus, n. s. 



O. viridi-seneus, nitidus, punctatus ; thoracis linea longitudinali 

 abbreviata, scutelli angulis basalibus apiceque, spina ventrali, 

 abdominis macula magna basali, duabusque apicalibus, coe- 

 cineis ; hemelytrorum membrana subhyalina, macula apicali 

 fusca. c? . 

 Long. lin. 5. 



Deep brassy blackish green, shining, punctured. Head brassy 

 black, somewhat rugose, very finely punctured. Eyes black ; 

 ocelli red. Thorax thickly and strongly punctured, with a trans- 

 verse impunctate space towards the anterior margin, and a nar- 

 row longitudinal red line on the centre of the disc not reaching 

 either the anterior or posterior margins. Scutellum rather 

 thickly and strongly punctured, with a spot in each basal angle, 

 and the tip, bright red. Elytra with the coriaceous portion some- 

 what opaque, finely punctured, more coarsely towards the base 

 and along the outer margin ; membrane brownish, semitrans- 

 parent, with a brown spot at the apex. Abdomen beneath with 

 the disc impunctate, the margins rather thickly and strongly 

 punctured ; the ventral spine and a large square patch at its 

 base, occupying the disc of the second and third segments, and 

 a patch on each side of the apex of the abdomen, on the margins 

 of the fourth, fifth and sixth segments, bright red. Breast 

 strongly punctured. Legs and rostrum brassy black, shining ; 

 the anterior tibiae violet. Antennae black. 



a. Columbia. From M. Goudot's Collection. 



8. OPLOMUS violaceus, n. s. 



O. violaceus, nitidus, punctatus; spina ventrali flava. 9 . 



Long. lin. 5. 



Deep blue-violet, shining, punctured. Thorax rather thickly 

 and strongly punctured, with a transverse impunctate band near 

 the anterior margin and a slightly raised smooth longitudinal 

 line down the centre of the disc. Scutellum rather thickly and 

 strongly punctured towards the apex, the base with a few scat- 



