88 HEMIPTERA. 



terior thighs with a short spine beneath at the apex ; anterior 

 tibiae very slightly dilated on the outer margin; inner spine 

 small. 



1. MACRORH APHIS leprosa, pi. 2. fig. 1. 



Asopus leprosus, Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent. v. 186. 133 (1837); H. 

 Sch. Wanz. vii. 113 & 116. t. 224. fig. 708 (1844). 



a. Cape of Good Hope. From M. Drege's Collection. 



b. South Africa. 



2. MACRORHAPHIS ? acuta, n. s. 



M. elongata, brunnea, nigro-punctata ; thoracis spinis acutis, 

 nigris, aeneo-nitentibus ; pedibus pallide fuscis, tibiis testaceo- 

 annulatis ; abdominis marginibus fulvo nigroque variega- 

 tis. <? . 

 Long. lin. 5. 



Elongated, tapering towards the posterior extremity, brown. 

 Head with two elevated impunctate longitudinal lines on the 

 vertex between the ocelli, and a similar line on each lateral lobe 

 near the apex, and on the base of the central lobe ; the inter- 

 stices of these ridges strongly punctured with black, the apices 

 of the lateral lobes brassy. Eyes very prominent, brownish r 

 ocelli very large and prominent, red. Thorax thickly and strongly 

 punctured with brassy black, with four slightly elevated impunc- 

 tate spots across near the anterior margin ; the lateral angles 

 produced into strong acute black spines. Scutellum elongated, 

 much narrowed at the apex, thickly and strongly punctured, 

 with a small, but very deep, black pit in each basal angle, and a 

 slightly elevated longitudinal line on the apical portion. Elytra 

 with the coriaceous portion very thickly and rather finely punc- 

 tured with black, with an irregular, subimpunctate patch on the 

 disc before the middle, and a smaller similar spot at each of the 

 apical angles ; membrane dark brown, with a large hyaline patch 

 on the inner, and a smaller one on the outer margin. Margins of 

 the abdomen projecting very slightly beyond the elytra, variegated 

 with orange and black, the base of each segment being black ; 

 the posterior angles of each segment., especially the apical one, 

 spinous. Abdomen beneath strongly but not very thickly punc- 

 tured on the sides ; smooth and impunctate in the centre ; some 

 of the punctures near the lateral margins are brassy green ; 

 apical segment with a large black spot in the centre. Ventral 

 spine very long, reaching the anterior coxae, with the apex testa- 

 ceous. Legs pale brown; the tibiae with a broad testaceous 

 ring. Rostrum brownish testaceous, with the apex brown. An- 

 tennae pale brown, with the apex of the third and fourth joints 

 pitchy (fifth wanting). 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir John Richardson, M.D. 



