212 HEMIPTERA. 



Body beneath yellow, smooth and shining ; the breast and the 

 sides of the abdomen rather thickly punctured ; the apical seg- 

 ment of the abdomen with a minute, black-tipped spine at each 

 hinder angle. Legs orange ; tibiae paler and with a few black 

 points ; tarsi black at the tips. Rostrum pale yellow, with the 

 tip black. Antennae with the second joint distinctly longer than 

 the third; the three basal joints dark brown; fourth and fifth 

 black, with their bases yellow. 



a. Mexico. From Dr. Hartweg's Collection. 



4. MORMIDEA maculata, n. s. 



M. praecedenti similis, thorace acute spinoso ; antennarum arti- 

 culo secundo tertio aequali. $ . 

 Long. lin. 4. 



Head brownish yellow, thickly punctured with brown. Eyes 

 brown; ocelli red. Thorax of the same colour as the head, 

 anteriorly thickly and finely punctured with brown, with two 

 small, bright yellow, impunctate spots; the posterior portion 

 black, thickly and rather strongly punctured ; the lateral angles 

 acutely spinous. Scutellum blackish brown, thickly punctured, 

 the punctures becoming finer towards the apex; with a large 

 spot in each basal angle, a smaller spot in the centre of the base, 

 and the apex bright yellow, impunctate. Coriaceous portion of 

 the elytra dark brown, punctured, with a small, round, yellow, 

 impunctate spot on the disc behind the middle ; membrane trans- 

 parent, brownish. Abdomen above violet-black, shining, very 

 thickly and minutely punctured; margins yellow. Body beneath 

 yellow, smooth and shining ; breast finely punctured with brown; 

 abdomen finely and thickly punctured on the sides, the apical 

 segment with a minute black-tipped spine at each of its posterior 

 angles. Legs yellow, with numerous brown points; tarsi brownish 

 at the tip. Rostrum yellow, with the tip black. Antennae with 

 the second and third joints about equal ; the three basal joints 

 pale brown ; third and fourth black, yellow at the base. 

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



5. MORMIDEA aglaeopus, n. s. 



M. thorace acute spinoso ; supra nigra, punctata ; thorace punc- 

 tis 2 anticis, scutello puncto basali, marginibus lateralibus di- 

 midii basalis, apiceque, punctoque elytrorum, flavis ; corpore 

 subtus rufo-fulvo nigroque vario ; pedibus rufo-fulvis, nigro- 

 punctatis. $ ? . 

 Long. $ lin. 4, $ lin. 4J. 



Above black, shining. Head thickly and finely punctured. 

 Eyes brown ; ocelli red. Thorax very thickly and rather strongly 



