HEMIPTERA, 117 



teral margins fringed with a few short, fine bristles ; the disc 

 with a faint, transverse, punctured furrow about the middle, and 

 a few rather fine punctures behind this on the posterior portion ; 

 the rest of the surface impunctate ; posterior margin chestnut- 

 brown ; anterior margin with a distinct, smooth transverse stria, 

 which runs from one anterior angle to the other. Scutellum 

 rather coarsely but sparingly punctured. Coriaceous portion of 

 the elytra chestnut-brown, with the outer and inner margins 

 paler, very faintly and rather sparingly punctured, except along 

 the course of the nervures, where the punctures are larger and 

 closer together ; membrane very transparent, with a slight brown- 

 ish tint. Body beneath pitchy black, very smooth, shining, im- 

 punctate ; breast with a large dull patch on each side. Thighs 

 and anterior tibiae pitchy red ; the rest of the tibiae pitchy ; tarsi, 

 itrum and antennae ferruginous. 

 a. Columbia. From M. Goudot's Collection. 



13. ^ETHUS ciliatus. 



Pentatoma ciliata, Pal Eeauv. Ins. 186. Hem. pi. 11. fig. 6? 

 a. Columbia. 



14. ^ETHUS pilosulus. 



Cydnus pilosulus, Klug, Symb. Phys. v. t. 43 (1845). 



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



15. ^ETHUS capicola. 



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



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



16. ^ETHUS ovatulus, n. s. 



Mi. niger, tenue punctulatus ; membrana albida ; antennis fuscis ; 

 pedibus rostroque nigro-piceis, tarsis ferrugineis. $ . 

 Long. lin. 2. 



Deep black, shining, with the margins of the head, thorax and 

 of the base of the elytra fringed with fine short bristles. Head 

 and thorax impunctate; the latter destitute of transverse furrow. 

 Scutellum thickly and finely punctured, rather long, with the 

 apex rather broad and rounded. Coriaceous portion of the elytra 

 very long, very thickly and finely punctured ; membrane small, 

 whitish, transparent, tinged with brown. Abdomen beneath with 

 the disc very smooth, shining and impunctate, the sides thickly 

 and rather finely punctured. Breast thickly and finely punctured. 

 Legs pitchy black, with the tarsi ferruginous. Antennae brown. 

 Rostrum pitchy. 



a. New Holland. Presented by Sir John Richardson, M.D. 



