HEMIPTEP-A* 



bright red, smooth, shining, finely punctured/ Abdomen,' with 

 a broad impunctate black band down the centre, two rows of 

 spots on each side of this, and the lateral angles of each segment, 

 black. Ventral spine short, pitchy, with the apex yellowish. 

 Breast with an indistinct black band on each side close to the 

 coxae; mesosternum with a large black patch. Thighs pitchy 

 red, with the apex pitchy ; tibiae and tarsi pitchy. Rostrum with 

 the two basal joints black, third joint testaceous, fourth pale 

 brown. Antennae black. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's Collection. 



12. ARMA pallipes, n. s. 



A. testacea, fusco-punctata ; thoracis spinis validis, obtusis, ni- 

 gro-fuscis ; pedibus rostroque albidis ; antennis testaceis, ar- 

 ticulo ultimo fulvo. < . 

 Long. lin. 4J. 



Above greyish testaceous, thickly punctured with brown. Eyes 

 brown; ocelli red. Thorax with the antero-lateral margins 

 narrowly edged with yellowish white, finely denticulated; the 

 lateral angles produced into strong blunt pitchy brown spines. 

 Coriaceous portion of the elytra tinged with red ; the under side 

 reddish orange, with the outer margin and the apex bright crim- 

 son ; membrane transparent, brownish, with a triangular brown 

 spot at the apex. Back of the abdomen dark orange, with the 

 margins testaceous. Abdomen beneath testaceous, shining, 

 thickly and finely punctured. Ventral spine short. Breast 

 yellowish white, punctured with brown. Legs yellowish w r hite, 

 with the tarsi brownish. Rostrum yellowish white, with the 

 apical joint brown. Antennas testaceous, with the last joint 

 orange ; fourth and fifth joints dusky at the apex. 

 a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's Collection. 



13. ARMA modesta, n. s. 



A. supra grisea, fusco-punctata, subtus testacea ; abdominis mar- 

 ginibus lulvo nigroque variegatis. $ $ . 

 Long. lin. 5-5^. 



Above greyish testaceous, thickly punctured with brown. Eyes 

 black. Thorax with the antero-lateral margins pale testaceous, 

 finely denticulated, with a broad reddish band down each side 

 just within the margin ; lateral angles very prominent, subacute. 

 Scutellum very little longer than the width of its base. Coria- 

 ceous portion of the elytra tinged with red on the outer margin 

 and at the apex ; these parts bright crimson on the under sur- 

 face. Membrane hyaline, slightly tinged with brown, and with 

 a distinct brown spot at the apex. Margins of the abdomen 



