90 HEMIPTERA. 



raised longitudinal line down the centre. Scutellum thickly and 

 strongly punctured, with a raised longitudinal line on the apical 

 portion. Coriaceous portion of the elytra with a brassy green 

 patch on the disc, which is rather finely punctured; the base 

 and apex and the outer margin thickly and strongly punctured ; 

 membrane brown. Body beneath violet-blue, with the centre of 

 the breast and abdomen greenish. Abdomen thickly and strongly 

 punctured on the sides, finely and sparingly on the disc, with two 

 large dull patches, thickly clothed with brownish hairs, on the 

 fourth and fifth segments ( $ ). Breast thickly and strongly punc- 

 tured, with the sternum smooth. Legs deep blue, tinted with 

 brassy green, with the coxae and trochanters pale brown ; tarsi 

 black. Rostrum testaceous, with the basal arid apical joints 

 brown. Antennae black, with the two basal joints brassy. 

 a. Port Natal. From Dr. Krauss's Collection, 



4. CANTHECONA marmorata, n. s. 



C. grisea, nigro-punctata et irrorata; thoracis spinis obtusis; 

 corpore subtus testaceo nigroque marmorato ; pedibus nigris, 

 tibiis 4 posticis testaceo-annulatis. <? . 

 Long. lin. 4J. 



Head thickly and strongly punctured, strongly emarginate an- 

 teriorly ; black, with an indistinct testaceous spot on the vertex. 

 Eyes black ; ocelli yellowish. Thorax with the antero-lateral 

 margins strongly emarginate about the middle, the anterior por- 

 tion denticulated and furnished with a distinct spine at each an- 

 terior angle; lateral angles produced into short, black spines, 

 somewhat truncated at the apex ; greyish testaceous, thickly and 

 strongly punctured and irrorated with black. Scutellum black, 

 thickly and strongly punctured, with an indistinct spot in each 

 basal angle, the apex and an indistinct, central, longitudinal line, 

 testaceous. Elytra with the coriaceous portion greyish testaceous, 

 thickly and finely punctured and irrorated with black ; the mem- 

 brane pale brown. Body beneath strongly punctured, shining, 

 marbled with black and testaceous ; with two large dull patches 

 thickly clothed with brownish hairs, on the fourth and fifth seg- 

 ments ( $ ). Legs black ; the four posterior tibiae with a testa- 

 ceous ring. Rostrum brownish testaceous, with the tip brown. 

 Antennae ferruginous, with the basal joint, the base of the se- 

 cond, the third and fourth at the apex, and the fifth, except at 

 the base, black. 



a. S. Africa. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



5. CANTHECONA annulipes, n. s. 



C. grisea, nigro-punctatissima ; thorace obtuse spinoso, spinis 



