HEMIPTERA. 99 



validis acutis, lateralibus, rubris ; membrana hyalina, plaga 

 longitudinal! fusca. ? . 

 Long. lin. 5^. 



Above pale brownish ferruginous, thickly and finely punctured. 

 Thorax with the lateral margins finely denticulated and narrowly 

 edged with yellowish white, the lateral angles produced into 

 long, acute, deep red spines, which have a faint tooth a little 

 behind the apex. Membrane of the elytra brownish, transparent, 

 with a brown longitudinal central stripe. Body beneath yellow- 

 ish white, shining, thickly and finely punctured ; abdomen with 

 a round blackish spot in the centre of the apical segment, and 

 the posterior portion of the anal apparatus black. Legs and 

 rostrum yellowish white, the latter with the apical joint brown. 

 Antennae testaceous, with the tip of the apical joint dusky. 

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



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'. ARMA nigrispina, n. s. 



A. supra grisea, fusco-punctata ; spinis thoracis validis, acutis, 

 nigris - 3 elytrorum membrana subhyalina, plaga magna apicali 

 fusca; subtus testacea, nigro-punctata ; pedibus, antennis, 

 rostroque testaceis, antennarum articulis 2 ultimis nigris, basi 

 testaceis. < 9 . 

 Long. $ lin. 4J, ? lin. 5. 



Above griseous, thickly covered with dark brown punctures. 

 Head very thickly punctured, nearly black. Eyes brown ; ocelli 

 red. Thorax with the antero -lateral margins narrowly edged 

 with yellow, denticulated; the lateral angles produced into 

 strong acute spines which are slightly emarginate a little behind 

 i the apex; an indistinct band on each side within the lateral 

 margins and the lateral spines, black. Scutellum very little 

 longer than its width at the base, which has a large pitchy 

 brown patch ; a minute spot in each basal angle, and the 

 margin of the apex, yellowish white. Coriaceous portion of the 

 elytra with a transverse band of a reddish tint near the apex, not 

 reaching the outer margin; membrane brownish, semitransparent, 

 with an elongated brown spot at the apex. Margins of the ab- 

 domen variegated with black and orange, the base and apex of 

 each segment being black. Body beneath ochreous, punctured 

 with brown. Abdomen with a row of double black spots on 

 each lateral margin, and five rows of black spots on the disc, of 

 which those of the central row gradually increase in size towards 

 the posterior extremity. Ventral spine short. Legs and ros- 

 trum pale testaceous ; the apical joint of the latter brown. An- 

 tennae with the three first joints testaceous, with the tip of the 

 third dusky ; fourth and fifth black, with the base testaceous. 

 a. Brazil. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



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