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HEMIPTERA. 



thickly and finely punctured. Anterior legs pitchy red; four 

 posterior pitchy, with the coxae reddish ; all the tarsi ferruginous. 

 Rostrum pitchy red, with the apex pitchy. Antennae ferrugi- 

 nous, dusky towards the base. 



a. N. India. Presented by General Thomas Hardwicke. 



5. ^ETHUS indicus. 



Cydnus indicus, Hope, Cat. 19? (1837). 



a. E. Indies. Presented by Capt. Parry. 



b. N. Bengal. From Lieut. Campbell's Collection. 



6. ^ETHUS curvipes, n. s. 



JE. niger, nitidus, punctatus ; antennis, t arsis, rostroque subfer- 

 rugineis ; tibiis posticis basi contortis. 3 . 

 Long. lin. 4J-5. 



Deep black, shining, punctured. Head with the anterior mar- 

 gin entire, the lateral lobes not passing the central. Ocelli small, 

 yellow. Thorax with the lateral margins fringed with rather fine 

 bristles, a short transverse line of coarse punctures close to the 

 anterior margin, and a distinct transverse line of the same across 

 the disc a little behind the middle ; near the middle of each la- 

 teral margin is a puncture of larger size than the rest. Scutellum 

 coarsely and rather sparingly punctured on the disc, with the 

 base and apex subimpunctate, and a line of closer punctures 

 along each lateral margin. Coriaceous portion of the elytra with 

 the basal portion thickly and strongly, the remainder faintly and 

 rather more sparingly, punctured ; membrane brownish, opaque, 

 with a small brown spot (which, however, is wanting in one spe- 

 cimen) near the middle of the base. Abdomen beneath deep 

 black, very smooth, shining, impunctate, with the posterior mar- 

 gins of the segments very finely but distinctly denticulated. 

 Breast deep black, shining, impunctate, with a large dull patch 

 on each side of the medi- and post-pectus. Legs black, with the 

 tarsi ferruginous; posterior thighs with a short spine beneath 

 near the apex ; posterior tibiae considerably curved inwards to- 

 wards the apex, and somewhat twisted at the base. Rostrum 

 ferruginous, with the basal joint pitchy. Antennae ferruginous 

 or pitchy red. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's Collection. 



b. S. America. 



7- ^ETHUS pallipennis, n. s. 



M. fuscus, nitidus, punctatus, elytris fusco-testaceis ; antennis, 

 rostro, pedibusque fulvo-testaceis, tibiarum spinis nigris. ? . 

 Long. lin. 4-4^. 



