202 MEMIPTERA. 



Margins of the abdomen banded with black and yellow, with the 

 posterior angles of each segment projecting slightly beyond the 

 base of the following segment. Abdomen beneath brown,, very 

 thickly and finely punctured with black ; stigmata whitish. Breast 

 ochreous, thickly punctured with black, with the lateral pro- 

 cesses ferruginous. Legs pale yellow, covered with rather large 

 black points ; tarsi with the apical joint brown. Rostrum pale 

 yellow, with the tip black. Antennae blackish ; the basal joint 

 yellow spotted with black. 



a. Brazil. Presented by C. O'Reilly, Esq. 



2. EUSCHISTUS acutus, n. s. 



E. supra fuscus, nigro-punctatus ; thorace utrinque acute spi- 

 noso; corpore subtus flavo, pedibus concoloribus, punctis 

 nigris; antennis fuscescentibus, articulo quarto nigro, basi 

 navo. ?. 

 Long. lin. 5, lat. hum. 3. 



Above pale brown, thickly and finely punctured with black. 

 Head black, much narrowed towards the apex ; apex somewhat 

 truncated, and minutely bi-emarginate. Thorax with the lateral 

 margins sparingly and irregularly denticulated, the lateral angles 

 acutely spinous ; the anterior and lateral margins, including the 

 lateral spines, black. Scutellum with a minute black point in 

 each basal angle. Coriaceous portion of the elytra with a few 

 small pale scattered dots ; membrane brown, semitransparent. 

 Wings transparent, iridescent, with brownish nervures. Abdo- 

 men above bright red ; the margins blackish, with a small yellow 

 spot on the centre of the edge of each segment. Body beneath 

 bright yellow. Abdomen with the sides faintly rugose punctate. 

 Breast rather thickly and finely punctured. Legs yellow, covered 

 with fine black dots. Rostrum pale yellow, with the tip black. 

 Antenna3 with the basal joint pale yellow, with a black longitu- 

 dinal line on the outside; second and third joints brownish, th 

 latter yellow at the base, blackish at the apex; fourth joint 

 black, with the base yellow ; fifth wanting. 



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



t Antenna with the second joint shorter than the third. 



3. EUSCHISTUS thoracicus, n. s. 



E. supra fusco-lutescens, fusco-punctatus, capite, thorace antic, 

 scutelli apice, corporeque subtus, ochraceis ; humeris vald 

 spiiiosis, spinis postice nigris; antennis pedibusque lut 

 albidis, his fusco-punctatis. 9 . 

 Long. lin. 6f , lat. hum. 5. 



