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HEMIPTERA. 



10. ARM A obscura, n. s. 



A. fusca, obscura, punctata, punctis albidis irregulariter sparsa ; 

 elytrorum membrana subhyalina, plaga magna apicali fusca ; 

 pedibus antennisque nigris. ? . 

 Long. lin. 6. 



Above brown, thickly punctured and with a few scattere 

 whitish points. Head rounded in front, with the central lob 

 as long as the lateral. Thorax somewhat rugose-punctate wit 

 an indistinct elevated line down the centre ; the antero-lateri 

 margins narrowly edged with orange, finely denticulated ; later: 

 angles produced into acute pitchy spines, which are slightly 

 emarginate just behind the apex. Scutellum with a small yel- 

 lowish spot in each basal angle, the apex narrowly edged witl 

 the same colour. Membrane of the elytra brown, with the mar 

 gins whitish. Margins of the abdomen variegated with dull 

 orange and black. Abdomen beneath brown, finely and thickly 

 punctured, the lateral margins variegated with orange, the disc 

 with numerous irregular scattered spots of the same colour. 

 Ventral spine black. Breast variegated with orange and dark 

 brown, thickly punctured, the punctures on the orange portion 

 being brown. Legs and antennae black. Rostrum black in th 

 centre with the base and apex brown ; the edges of the ba 

 joint testaceous. 



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



11. ARM A ventralis, n. s. 



A. supra; fusca, punctata; thoracis spinis validis, subacutis, lati 

 ribus antice rubro-marginatis ; elytrorum membrana hyalina 

 plaga magna apicali fusca ; subtus rubra, abdomine fascia me 

 dia longitudinal! nigra. ? . 

 Long. lin. 6. 



Above dark brown, thickly punctured, with a few small whitis 

 points on the interstices of the punctures. Head nearly black 

 tinted with brassy. Eyes brown; ocelli red. Thorax ver 

 thickly and somewhat rugose-punctate, with a very narrow ele 

 vated longitudinal line in the middle ; the anterior portion nearly 

 black, edged with bright red on the lateral margins, which are 

 finely denticulated; lateral angles produced into strong, flat 

 subacute spines. Scutellum nearly black at the base, and wit' 

 a small orange spot in each basal angle ; the apical portion wit! 

 a distinct smooth elevated line down the centre. Elytra with 

 the coriaceous portion finely punctured on the disc, coarsely on 

 the outer margin ; membrane brownish, semitransparent, with r 

 broad longitudinal brown band down the middle. Margins < 

 the abdomen variegated with red and black. Body beneat] 



