HEMIPTERA. 15/ 



gin. Body elongate ovate. Scutellum attaining the apex of 

 the abdomen, with its apex broad and rounded, its lateral 

 margins contracted about the middle. 



3. OCHLERUS obscurus. 



O. niger, obscurus; thorace rugoso, angulis anticis spinosis; pe- 

 dibus testaceis. ? . 



iLong. lin. 7- 

 Elongate ovate ; above black, obscure ; beneath paler. Head 

 rugoso-punctate, nearly trifid at apex. Eyes pitchy ; ocelh red. 

 Thorax with a short spine at each anterior angle; the lateral 

 angles slightly notched ; surface strongly wrinkled. Scutellum 

 rugoso-punctate. Elytra pitchy, thickly and strongly punctured. 

 Membrane transparent. Body beneath brownish black, thickly 

 punctured. Thighs testaceous, punctured and tipped with brown ; 

 tibiae brownish, darker at base ; tarsi testaceous. Antennae pitchy 

 black, with the bases of all the joints testaceous. Rostrum tes- 

 taceous ; basal and apical joints brown. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Shuckard's Collection. 



+ * 



Second joint of the antenna about equal to the first; third and 

 fourth longer, about equal; fifth longest. Head with the an- 

 terior margin emarginate, the lateral lobes longer than the 

 central, but not meeting beyond it. Body ovate. Scutellum 

 triangular, not reaching beyond the middle of the abdomen. 



P, 



OCHLERUS rufospilotus. 



mtatoma rufospilota, Hope, Cat. 44 (1837). 

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



Second joint of the antenna much shorter than the first; first 

 and third about equal; fourth longer, fifth longest. Head 

 slightly emarginate in front, the lateral lobes longer than the 

 central. Body ovate. Scutellum triangular, not passing 

 the middle of the abdomen, narrowed towards the apex. 



5. OCHLERUS? punctatus, n. s. 



O. pallide fuscus, punctatus, capite, thorace antice, antennisque 

 basi obscurioribus ; scutello maculis tribus baseos, intermedia 

 majori, flavis. . 

 Long. lin. 5J. 



Above pale brown, very thickly and strongly punctured with 

 blackish brown. Head brown, rather finely punctured, with the 

 central lobe finely wrinkled transversely; lateral margins reflexed. 

 Thorax with the lateral margins reflexed, and with a short spine 



