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margin oblique, slightly waved ; membrane with about four in- 

 distinct nervures. Abdomen with a distinct but not very strong 

 furrow, which however is marked on the apical segment. Pos- 

 terior legs longer than the rest; tibiae slightly curved; tarsi 

 three-jointed, basal and apical joints about equal. 



1. MECISTORHINUS rufescens, n. s. PI. IV. fig. 5. 



M. ruber, punctatus ; capitis lobo intermedio, thorace antice, 

 scutello basi, pectore, abdominisque marginibus piceis ; elytro- 

 rum membrana nigro-fusca ; pedibus antennisque nigris. 9 . 

 Long. lin. 6. 



Deep red, slightly shining, punctured. Head light red, very 

 finely punctured, with the central lobe pitchy. Eyes light red ; 

 ocelli rather large, red, shining. Thorax rather coarsely punc- 

 tured posteriorly ; the anterior portion pitchy, sparingly punc- 

 tured. Basal portion of the scutellum pitchy, rather coarsely 

 and thickly punctured ; apex red, finely punctured. Coriaceous 

 portion of the elytra with the inner portion pitchy, the outer 

 dull red, thickly and finely punctured; membrane blackish 

 brown. Margins of the abdomen variegated with black and red, 

 the basal half of each segment being black, the apical red. Ab- 

 domen beneath, with the disc, dull red, with a few large dusky 

 punctures ; the sides and apex pitchy red. Anal apparatus 

 pitchy black. Breast pitchy. Legs pitchy black, with the basal 

 joint of the tarsi reddish. Rostrum testaceous, with the tip of 

 the apical joint pitchy. Labrum testaceous. Walls of the ros- 

 tral canal black. Antennae black, with the base of the first joint 

 .reddish beneath, and the apical joint dusky brown. 



a. Para. From Messrs. Wallace and Bates's Collection. 



Genus 10. ANTITEUCHUS. 



Pentatoma, p., Pal. Beauv. Ins. 

 Empicork, p., Spin. Hem. (1837). 

 Cataulax, Am. fy Serv. Hem. Ill (1843). 

 Empicoris, p., H. Schaff. Wanz. vii. (1844). 



1. ANTITEUCHUS annulatus. 



Dinocoris annulatus, H. Sch. Wanz. iii. 66. t. 93. fig. 2?9 (1836). 

 Cataulax macraspis, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 112. 1 (1843) [nee Spin. 

 &c.]. 



a. Brazil. Presented by Mrs. J. P. G. Smith. 



2. ANTITEUCHUS variegatus, n. s. 



A. flavus ; thorace nigro punctato et reticulato, antice maculis 5 



