HEMIPTERA. 135 



pallido ; membrana fuscescenti, nervis obscurioribus ; subtus 

 fulvo-flavus, fusco-punctatissimus, stigmatibus nigris ; pedibus 

 fulvis, femoribus fusco-punctatis, tarsis fuscis; antennarum 

 articulo basali testaceo, secundo et tertio fuscis vel piceis, se- 

 cundo longiori, quarto et quinto nigris. <? ? . 

 Long. 3 lin. 4, ? lin. 5J. 



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



b. New Holland. 



13. SCIOCORIS humeralis, n. s. 



S. supra pallide fuscus, fusco-punctatus, subtus, cum pedibus, 

 fulvus ; humeris prominentibus obtusis ; scutello vitta utrinque 

 basali flava, apiceque pallido. 3 9 I 



Long. lin. 5. 



Above pale brown, rather thickly punctured with brown. Head 

 rather long, with the anterior margin rounded, and slightly 

 emarginate in the centre ; the lateral lobes very thickly punc- 

 tured with black ; the vertex with a black patch on each side at 

 the ocelli. Thorax with the lateral angles prominent, obtuse, 

 brownish ; the anterior margin and two approximated spots on 

 the disc blackish. Scutellum brown, with the apex yellowish ; 

 the base with a broad yellow longitudinal line on each side, par- 

 allel and close to the lateral margin; the lateral margin itself 

 black. Membrane of the elytra semitransparent, brownish. Wings 

 transparent, iridescent. Abdomen above bright red, with the 

 margins blackish, edged with yellow. Abdomen beneath fulvous, 

 slightly shining, finely and rather thickly punctured with reddish 

 brown. Breast yellow, irregularly punctured. Legs fulvous; 

 tibiae and tarsi reddish. Rostrum reddish brown, paler towards 

 the base, with the tip black. Antennae red ; fourth joint dusky ; 

 fifth wanting. | 



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



b. King George's Sound. Presented by Capt. Grey. 



14. SCIOCORIS? obscurus, n. s. 



S. fuscus, nigro-punctatus ; membrana hyalina ; abdominis mar- 

 ginibus flavo nigroque variegatis; abdomine subtus fulves- 

 centi, fusco-nebuloso et punctato, stigmatibus nigris ; pedibus 

 fulvo-testaceis ; antennis nigris, basi fuscis, articulo secundo 

 tertio longiori. <$ . 

 Long. lin. 4. 



a. Van Diemen's Land. From Mr. Hooker's Collection. 



