HEMIPTERA. 93 



Legs concolorous with the body ; thighs punctured with brown ; 

 their apices, and the tibiae at base and apex, brown ; tarsi brown- 

 ish, with the apical joint black. Rostrum concolorous, with the 

 tip brown. The three first joints of the antennae testaceous, with 

 the apex of the third black ; the fourth and fifth joints black, 

 with their bases orange. 



a. . Presented by General Hardwicke. 



Genus 10. GLYPSUS, n. g. 



Head with the lateral lobes passing the central one, and gene- 

 rally meeting beyond it. Antennae about half the length of the 

 body, with the second joint a little longer than the third, fourth 

 joint about equal to the second, fifth shorter than the third. 

 Rostrum reaching the posterior coxae, thick ; second joint longest, 

 remainder about equal in length ; first joint thickest, third thicker 

 than the second. Body ovate. Thorax with the lateral angles 

 strongly spinous, the anterior portion of the lateral margins 

 denticulated. Scutellum rather broad and rounded at the apex. 

 Abdomen with a very short bifid spine at the base, sometimes 

 reduced to a notched tubercle. Membrane of the elytra with 

 nine nervures. Anterior thighs with a strong spine beneath 

 near the apex. Anterior tibiae quadrangular, not dilated exte- 

 riorly ; inner spine rather large. Tarsi of three joints, basal joint 

 as long as the other two together, second very small. 



Asopus, p., H. Sch. Wanz. vii. (1844). 



1. GLYPSUS vigil. 



Asopus vigil, Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent. v. 185. l3l? (1837). 

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



2. GLYPSUS conspicuus. 



^Elia conspicua, Hope, Cat. 33 (1837). 



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



b. S. Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



3. GLYPSUS mo2stus. 



Edessa mcesta, Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent. v. 161. 87 (1837). 

 Asopus mcestus, H. Sch. Wanz. vii. 113 & 121. t. 250. fig. 778 

 (1844). 



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



4. GLYPSUS luridus, n. s. 



G. griseus, fusco-punctatus ; thorace spinoso, spinis nigris, bifi- 

 dis ; pedibus fuscis, tibiis testaceo-annulatis, tarsis apice anten- 

 nisque nigris ; hemelytrorum membrana nervis 7 fuscis, $ . 

 Long. lin. 7. 



