2/2 HEMIPTERA. 



2. VULSIREA ancora. 



Vulsirea ancora, Spin. Hem. 351. 1 (1837); Am. fy Serv. Hem. 

 143. 2^(1843); H. Sck. Wanz. viii. 12 (1845). 

 a. S. America. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



3. VULSIREA dispar. 



Dinidor dispar, Hope, Cat. 25 (1837). 



a. New Holland. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



b. New Holland. 



4. VULSIREA pulchella. 



Cimex pulchellus, Drury, Ins. iii. 67. pi. 46. fig. 8 (1782), 

 Cimex concentricus, Burm. Handb. ii. 365. 5 (1835). 

 Stoll, Pm.83.pl. 21.% 142. 



a. . Presented by Sir Edward Belcher. 



b. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's Collection, 



c. Columbia. 



5. VULSIREA formosa, n. s. 



V. prsecedenti valde affinis, nigro-aenea, punctata ; capite, ma- 

 culis 2 thoracis, scutelli fascia arcuata basali, apiceque, elytro- 

 rum fascia transversa, corporeque subtus, aurantiacis; abdo- 

 mine pectoreque maculis tribus utrinque, pedibus, antennis 

 rostroque nigris ; antennarum articulo basali aurantiaco. 9 

 Long. lin. 9. 



Stoll, Pun. 23. pi. 5. fig. 30. 



Ovate, above brassy greenish black, shining, punctured. Head 

 bright orange, smooth, shining and impunctate. Thorax coarsely 

 punctured, with a large, impunctate, orange spot in each humeral 

 angle. Scutellum coarsely punctured at the base, more finely 

 towards the apex, with an arched transverse band running from 

 one basal angle to the other, and the apex, bright orange. Co- 

 riaceous portion of the elytra with a small bright orange spot at 

 the base and a transverse band of the same colour behind the 

 middle; membrane brassy green. Margins of the abdomen 

 bright orange. Body beneath bright orange. Abdomen smooth 

 and shining, impunctate, with three black spots on each side 

 within the lateral margins. Ventral spine very short. Breast 

 with a few patches of fine punctures, and with three black spots 

 on each side. Legs black. Rostrum black, reaching the poste- 

 rior margin of the fourth ventral segment. Antennae black ; the 

 basal joint bright orange, with the tip black. 



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



