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HEMIPTERA. 115 



Head, thorax and scutellum brown. Head with a few fine 

 punctures on the lateral lobes; anterior margin semicircular, 

 entire. Ocelli very large, pale red. Thorax very smooth and 

 shining, with a few fine punctures on the anterior and lateral 

 margins, a distinct, transverse punctured furrow across the disc 

 about the middle, and a few fine punctures on the posterior por- 

 tion of the disc ; the lateral margins are fringed with three or 

 four fine bristles. Scutellum pitchy brown, very thickly and 

 finely punctured. Coriaceous portion of the elytra brownish 

 testaceous, very finely, but rather sparingly, punctured with 

 brown, with rows of larger punctures forming brown lines along 

 the course of the nervures ; the outer margin, and a small trian- 

 gular spot at the apex brown ; membrane brownish, transparent. 

 Body beneath dark brown ; disc of the abdomen smooth, shining, 

 impunctate, the sides finely aciculated ; breast with the anterior 

 portion of the antepectus and the lateral margins chestnut-brown, 

 and with a dull patch on each side of the medi- and post-pectus. 

 Legs, rostrum and antennae fulvo-testaceous ; the former with 

 the spines of the tibiae black or dark brown ; tarsi pale orange. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



b. Sierra Leone. 



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8. ^ETHUS Castanus, n. s. 



M. piceo-niger, punctatus ; thoracis margine postico, elytrorum 

 corio, pedibusque castaneis ; membrana fuscescenti-albida ; 

 antennis, tarsis, rostroque ferrugineis. 9 . 

 Long. lin. 4J. 



Pitchy black. Head with the anterior margin semicircular, 

 entire, fringed with a few long bristles ; central lobe fully as long 

 as the lateral. Ocelli rather large, red. Thorax with a distinct, 

 punctured transverse furrow across the middle of the disc, the 

 lateral margins and the posterior portion of the disc rather 

 thickly and finely punctured; the posterior margin chestnut- 

 brown, impunctate ; lateral margins with a few bristles. Scutel- 

 lum rather elongated, moderately punctured. Coriaceous por- 

 tion of the elytra dark chestnut-brown, very finely and rather 

 sparingly punctured ; membrane whitish, subopaque, tinged with 

 brown. Abdomen beneath pitchy black, very smooth, shining, 

 with the sides towards the base very faintly and rather sparingly 

 punctured. Breast pitchy black, sparingly and irregularly punc- 

 tured, with a large, dull, wrinkled patch on each side on the 

 medi- and post-pectus. Legs chestnut-brown, with the spines 

 pitchy ; tarsi ferruginous. Rostrum ferruginous, with the basal 

 joint black. Antennae ferruginous. 



a. . Presented by General Thomas Hardwicke. 



