HEMIPTERA. 14? 



2. DISCOCEPHALA complanata. 



Sciocoris complanatus, Burm. Handb. ii. 373. 2? (1835). 

 a. Columbia. 



3. DISCOCEPHALA umbraculata. 



Cydnus umbraculatus, Fab. S. R. 186. 10 (1803). 

 Sciocoris umbraculatus, Burm. Handb. ii. 373. 3 (1835). 

 Discocephala umbraculata, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 123. 2 (1843). 

 Discocephala humilis, H. Sch. Wanz. vii. 39. t. 228. fig. 716 

 (1844). 

 a. Columbia. 



4. DISCOCEPHALA nubila, n. s. 



D. ovata, grisea, fusco-punctata, capitis lateribus emarginatis; 

 scutello ante apicem macula nebulosa nigra ; abdomine imma- 

 culate. $ . 

 Long. lin. 5. 



Ovate, greyish testaceous, thickly punctured with brown. 

 Head across the eyes rather broader than long, with the lateral 

 margins considerably emarginate a little before the eyes. Thorax 

 hexagonal, transversely impressed before the middle. Scutellum 

 broad and rounded at the apex, with a blackish patch close to 

 the apex, the apex itself paler than the rest of the surface. Co- 

 riaceous portion of the elytra with two brown clouds on the disc ; 

 membrane semitransparent, brownish, with a large brown patch 

 at the base. Back of the abdomen black, with the margins pale. 

 Body beneath testaceous, rather thickly punctured with brown. 

 Legs testaceous ; thighs with numerous brown points. Antennae 

 testaceous, covered with fine brown points. Rostrum testaceous. 

 a. Brazil. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



5. DISCOCEPHALA latifrons, n. s. 



D. ovata, grisea, fusco-punctatissima ; capite longitudine latiori ; 

 scutello apice rotundato ; abdomine immaculato ; pedibus an- 

 tenmsque testaceis, fusco-punctatis. < . 

 Long. lin. 4. 



Broadly ovate, widest across near the base of the elytra, rather 

 convex, greyish testaceous, very thickly punctured with brown. 

 Head broader than long, semicircular in front, with the lateral 

 margin very slightly indented a little before the eyes. Thorax 

 hexagonal. Scutellum broad and rounded at the apex. Mem- 

 brane of the elytra brownish, semitransparent, darker towards 

 the base. Back of the abdomen blackish brown, with the edges 

 brownish testaceous. Body beneath brownish testaceous, thickly 



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