HEMIPTERA. 103 



joint longest, remainder about equal. Antennae with the second 

 joint as long or longer than the head, remainder wanting. Body 

 ovate, slightly narrowed posteriorly. Thorax with the lateral angles 

 produced into long, slender, acute spines, and with a small spine 

 at each anterior angle. Membrane of the elytra with seven ner- 

 vures, of which the sixth is bifurcate. Abdomen with the angles 

 of each segment spinous, especially those of the apical segment, 

 which are produced into long spines. Ventral spine very long, 

 reaching the intermediate coxae, with the apex much compressed. 

 Anterior thighs and tibiae simple. Tarsi 3-jointed. 



1. HOPLOXYS cceruleus, n. s. 



H. cceruleus, nitidus, punctatus ; pedibus rostroque testaceis, api- 

 cibus nigris. ? . 

 Long. lin. 4. 



Brilliant blue, shining, punctured, tinted with brassy green 

 and violet. Head greenish. Thorax thickly and rather strongly 

 punctured, with a slightly elevated smooth longitudinal line down 

 the centre. Scutellum thickly punctured, violet towards the 

 base, and with a distinct, smooth, elevated, longitudinal, violet 

 line on the apical portion. Membrane of the elytra deep shining 

 violet. Abdomen above deep violet-black, opaque, with the mar- 

 gins brassy green, shining. Body beneath rather thickly and 

 finely punctured. Abdomen with an impunctate space down the 

 middle ; the apical segment blue-black, with the margins blue ; 

 the basal spine and a spot in the centre of the third, fourth and 

 fifth segments pale brown. Legs brownish testaceous, with the 

 apex of the tarsi black. Rostrum of the same colour, with the 

 apical joint black. Antennae with the two basal joints black (rest 

 wanting). 



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



Genus 14. CORYZORHAPHIS. 



Coryzorhaphis, Spin. Hem. 354 (1837). 

 Coryssorhaphis, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 79 (1843). 

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



1. CORYZORH APHIS leucocephala. 



Coryzorhaphis leucocephala, Spin. Hem. 354 (1837). 

 Coryssorhaphis leucocephalus, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 80. 1. pi. 3. 



fig. 1 (1843). 



Asopus leucocephalus, H. Sch. Wanz. vii. 113 (1844). 

 a* Honduras. From Mr, Dyson's Collection. 



