136 HEMIPTERA. 



t Anterior thighs spinous beneath. 



15. SCIOCORIS planus. 



Halys plana, Fab. S. R. 183. 12 (1803) ; H. Sch. Wanz. v. 75. 

 t. 169. fig. 519 (1839). 



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



b. S. Africa. Presented by Dr. Andrew Smith. 



c. W. Africa. From Mr. Fraser's Collection. 



16. SCIOCORIS varicornis, n. s. 



S. ovatus, griseus, vel rufescens, fusco-punctatissimus ; antennis 

 rufis, articulo tertio apice, quarto et quinto, basi flavo exeepto, 

 nigris. S ? . 

 Long. S lin. 5, ? lin. 5. 



Ovate, pale brownish grey, very thickly and finely punctured 

 with brown. Eyes black. Thorax with the anterior angles acute, 

 somewhat produced anteriorly. Scutellum with a small pale 

 impunctate spot in each basal angle. Coriaceous portion of the 

 elytra more or less ferruginous ; membrane brownish. Abdomen 

 beneath very thickly punctured with black, the punctures of the 

 margins sometimes colourless ; within the line of the stigmata, 

 on each side, is a row of short whitish lines. Legs testaceous ; 

 thighs with a few brown points ; tibiae towards the apex and the 

 tarsi brown. Rostrum testaceous, with the apex brown. An- 

 tennae with the three basal joints red, the apex of the third black ; 

 two apical joints black, with the base yellowish. 



A variety of this insect has a red tinge on the upper surface ; 

 the margins of the abdomen beneath, the knees and the tips of 

 the tibiae, and the whole of the third joint of the antenna?, red. 



a. E. Indies. From Mr. Woolley's Collection. 



b. N. India. 



c. (var.) N. India. From Capt. Boys's Collection. 



17- SCIOCORIS atomarius, n. s. 



S. ovatus, griseus, fusco-punctatus ; membrana fuscescenti-hya- 

 lina, punctis nonnullis fuscis ; antennis rufis, apice nigris. $ . 

 Long. lin. 4f . 



Oval, greyish testaceous, very thickly and finely punctured 

 with brown. Head rather longer than broad. Eyes black. Scu- 

 tellum with a small black point in each basal angle. Membrane 

 of the elytra brownish, semitransparent, covered with brown 

 dots. Body beneath testaceous, very thickly and finely punc- 

 tured with brown. Abdomen with a black streak, formed of close 

 black punctures, down each side, within the stigmata. Breast 



