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HEMIPTERA. 



rather finely punctured, with the outer margin narrowly edged 

 with pale brown; membrane pitchy brown or blackish. Margins 

 of the abdomen variegated with bright red or orange and black. 

 Body beneath of the same colour as the upper surface. Abdo- 

 men finely punctured, with the margins variegated with red or 

 orange ; the disc impunctate, somewhat shining, in some speci- 

 mens bright red or orange. In pale specimens, the legs are dull 

 orange, with the tips of the thighs, the tibiae at base and apex, 

 and the apical joint of the tarsi, black ; in dark ones black, with 

 the base of the thighs, and the basal joint of the tarsi, orange. 

 Antennas black, with the base of the fourth and fifth joints 

 orange. Rostrum with the two basal joints orange testaceous, 

 the third and fourth pitchy brown or black. 



This species varies greatly in colour, some specimens being 

 quite black, with a row of small spots on each margin of the ab- 

 domen, the base of the thighs and tarsi, and of the fourth and 

 fifth joints of the antennae, orange. 



a. New r Holland. 



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



c. Swan River. From Mr. Dring's Collection. 



d. Van Diemen's Land. 



e. Australia. 



/. Australia. From Capt. Parry's Collection. 



Genus 3. OCHLERUS. 

 Ochlerus, Spin. Hem. 294 (183?); H. Sch'dff. Wanz. vii. 63(1844). 



* Second joint of the antennae about as long as the first; fourth 

 as long or longer than the fifth. Head with the central lobe 

 as long as the lateral. Body ovate. Scutellum broad and 

 rounded at the apex, not reaching the extremity of the abdo- 

 men. (OCHLERUS prop.} 



1. OCHLERUS cinctus. 



Ochlerus cinctus, Spin. Hem. 295 (1837). 

 a. Mexico. 



2. OCHLERUS sordidus. 



Ochlerus sordidus, H. Sch. Wanz. vii. 65. t. 236. fig. 736? (1844). 



a. Columbia. From M. Goudot's Collection. 



b. Columbia. From Dr. Cuming's Collection. 



t Second joint of the antennce nearly as long as the first; fourth 

 and fifth about equal. Head with the central lobe longer 

 than the lateral, the three lobes distinct at the anterior mar- 



