132 HEMIPTERA. 



Sciocoris umbrinus, Fall. Hem. Suec. 21. 1 (1829); Hahn, Wanz. 



i. 195. t. 31. fig. 100 (1831); H. Sch. Norn. Ent. i. 55 & 91 



(1835); Burnt. Handb. ii. 3?3. 5 (1835); Ramb. F. And. ii. 120. 



4 (1841?); Am. $ Serv. Hem. 120.1 (1843) ; Sahib. Geoc. Fenn. 



23. 1 (1848). 

 Sciocoris, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2 me ser. iii. 435. 36 (1845). 



a. Geneva. Presented by Francis Walker, Esq. 



b. Europe. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 



c. Cape of Good Hope. 



d. Madeira. Presented by T. V. Wollaston, Esq. 



2. SCIOCORIS europaeus. 



Sciocoris europoeus, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 120. 2 (1843). 



a. Geneva. Presented by M. Goureau. 



b. . Presented by the Entomological Club. 



3. SCIOCORIS indicus, n. s. 



S. griseus, punctatus, capite subelongato; antennis apice fuscis; 

 pedibus pallidis, fusco-punctatis ; membrana fusco-punctata ; 

 corpore subtus fusco-griseo, macula apicali nigra. 9 . 

 Long. lin. 2|. 



a. N. India. From Capt. Boys's Collection. 



4. SCIOCORIS ovulus, n. s. 



5. ovatus, pallidus, fusco nebuloso-punctatus ; thoracis lateribus 

 sub-impunctatis, spinis brevissimis ciliatis; capite semicircu- 

 lari. ?. 



Long. lin. 2^. 



Oval, very pale yellowish grey, punctured with brown, the 

 punctures more or less arranged in spots and patches on the 

 upper surface. Head semicircular. Eyes black. Thorax with 

 the lateral margins slightly dilated, with a pale patch, scarcely 

 punctured ; the edges fringed with very small spines. Scutellum 

 with an impunctate spot at each basal angle. Membrane of the 

 elytra whitish, transparent. Margins of the abdomen banded 

 with brown. Abdomen beneath thickly punctured with brown, 

 especially towards the sides, where the punctures form two broad 

 longitudinal bands, in which, on each segment, is a small whitish, 

 impunctate line, running obliquely from the basal to the apical 

 margin ; the margins banded with brown, as on the upper sur- 

 face. Breast with a brown band down each side. Legs whitish, 

 covered with fine brown punctures, and clothed with fine bristles 

 of the same colour ; posterior tibiae very long. Rostrum testa- 

 ceous at the base, with the two apical joints brown. Antennae 

 testaceous, brownish towards the apex. 

 a. Africa? 



