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HEMIPTERA. 



Elongate, black, very thickly and finely punctured. Head 

 rounded in front, with the lateral margins slightly reflexed. 

 Thorax brownish behind, with the lateral margins very narrowly 

 edged with pale yellow. Scutellum brownish. The elytra are 

 wanting in the specimen. Abdomen above brownish at the base, 

 deep black towards the apex; margins black. Body beneath 

 entirely deep black. Legs black, with the base of the thighs and 

 the four posterior tibiae, except at base and apex, testaceous; 

 anterior tibiae black, slightly dilated. Rostrum black, not reach- 

 ing the posterior legs. Antennae black, with the fourth joint 

 much thickened ; fifth wanting. 



a. Gambia. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



21. SCIOCORIS tibialis, n. s. 



S. rotundato-ovatus, fusco-griseus, fusco-punctatus ; membrana 

 fusco-maculosa ; tibiis anticis extus dilatatis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 6. 



Broadly ovate, brownish grey, very thickly and finely punc- 

 tured with brown. Head very little longer than broad. Mem- 

 brane of the elytra mottled with small, confluent brown spots. 

 Body beneath very thickly punctured, and somewhat clouded 

 with brown; stigmata black. Legs testaceous; thighs thickly 

 covered with brown dots ; anterior tibiae strongly dilated on the 

 outside, and covered, like the thighs, with brown dots. Rostrum 

 testaceous, with the apical joint pitchy brown. Antennae testa- 

 ceous ; second joint not longer than the third. 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir John Richardson, M.D. 



22. SCIOCORIS Boris, n. s. 



S. rotundato-ovatus, fusco-griseus, fusco-punctatissimus; scutelli 

 apice testaceo; abdominis marginibus flavis, nigro-fasciatis ; 

 corpore subtus fuscesceuti, abdomine vitta utrinque flava. ? . 

 Long. lin. 5. 



Broadly ovate, pale greyish brown, very thickly covered with 

 fine, dark brown punctures. Head a little broader than long ; 

 central lobe very short. Eyes blackish brown. Thorax with the 

 lateral margins testaceous. Scutellum with the apex testaceous. 

 Membrane of the elytra brownish. Margins of the abdomen 

 banded with yellow and black. Abdomen beneath with the disc 

 pale brown, the sides dark brown, the margins variegated with 

 yellow, and a broad, yellow, longitudinal band on each side 

 within the stigmata. Breast brownish testaceous, with the sides 

 black. Legs, rostrum and antennae brownish testaceous. 



