220 HEMIPTERA. 



with the inner half of the apical margin oblique, the outer half 

 transverse; membrane with longitudinal nervures. Abdomen 

 and sternum unarmed. Legs moderate ; tarsi of three joints ; 

 apical joint longer than the other two together. 



1. TAURODES boops, n. s. PL VIII. fig. 3. 



T. supra griseus, nigro-punctatus ; thorace antice spinisque ni- 

 gris ; abdomine subtus testaceo, maculis 3 nigris ; pedibua 

 testaceis, geniculis tarsisque fusco-maculatis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 4J, lat. hum. 3J. 



Head black, shining, slightly brassy, with the inner and apical 

 margins of the lateral lobes, a spot at the base of the central 

 lobe and an oblique streak on each side within the eyes, brown ; 

 the central lobes, the sides of the lateral lobes, the back of the 

 vertex, and an oblique line running from each lateral lobe to the 

 centre of the vertex, thickly and finely punctured. Thorax greyish 

 testaceous, thickly punctured with black ; the anterior margin 

 black, with a line of fine punctures; behind this a slightly elevated, 

 transverse, smooth, fulvous band, behind which again is a broad, 

 finely punctured, brassy black space, bounded posteriorly by a 

 transverse, interrupted line of the same colour as the anterior 

 band ; the anterior portion of the lateral margins and the ante- 

 rior spines are also of this colour ; the lateral processes are black 

 and impunctate. Scutellum greyish testaceous, punctured with 

 black, with an elevated impunctate spot within each basal angle 

 and a short transverse impunctate line on the centre of the base, 

 close to the posterior margin of the thorax ; apex paler, punctured 

 with brown. Coriaceous portion of the elytra testaceous punc- 

 tured with brown, with a broad, irregular, crimson streak, running 

 from the base to the apex; membrane pale brown, with the 

 nervures darker. Abdomen beneath pale testaceous, smooth and 

 shining, punctured on the sides, especially towards the base, disc 

 impunctate ; a large black patch on each side at the base, and i 

 third occupying nearly the whole of the apical segment and < 

 the anal apparatus. Breast brassy black on the sides, variegate 

 with brown and rather strongly punctured ; the centre pale test; 

 oeous. Legs pale testaceous, with the knees, especially of tl 

 hind legs, spotted with brown ; tarsi brown, with the base pale 

 Rostrum testaceous, with the tip pitchy. Antennae pale brown 

 a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



Genus 12. ^SCHRUS, n. g. 



Head elongated, with the sides nearly parallel, the apex nearb 

 square, the lateral lobes much longer than the central lobe and 

 meeting in front of it. Eyes rather small, globose ; ocelli small, 



