HEMIPTERA. 2?3 



t Lateral angles of the thorax produced into acute spines or 

 tubercular processes. 



6. VULSIREA ? variegata. 



Cimex variegatus, Drury, Ins. ii. 72. pi. 38. fig. 4 (1773). 

 Cimex validus, Drury, Ins. iii. 64. pi. 45. fig. 6 (1782); Burm. 



Handb. ii. 365. 4 (1835). 

 Cimex tarandus, Fab. E. S. iv. 93. 53 (1794). 

 Edessa tarandus, Fab. S. R. 147. 9 (1803). 



7. VULSIREA ? liturata, n. s. 



V. supra fusca, punctata ; thoracis angulis lateralibus tubercu- 

 latis, margine antico, lituraque utrinque, scutellique margini- 

 bus lateralibus, flavis ; abdominis marginibus aurantiacis, nigro- 

 maculatis ; corpora subtus, femoribusque aurantiacis, fe mo- 

 rum apicibus, tibiis tarsisque nigris. ? . 

 Long. lin. llj. 



Above brown. Head black, tinted with violet, shining, slightly 

 wrinkled, with a very few fine punctures on the vertex. Ocelli 

 minute, red. Thorax with the lateral angles produced into strong 

 violet-black, finely punctured, tubercular processes ; the disc deep 

 brown, shining, coarsely punctured ; the anterior margin broadly 

 yellow, and a band of the same colour on each side running from 

 the centre of the antero-lateral margins to the basal angles of the 

 scutellum ; the yellow portions subimpunctate. Scutellum dark 

 brown, shining, coarsely punctured towards the base, more finely 

 towards the apex, with the lateral margins broadly edged with 

 yellow, and finely punctured. Coriaceous portion of the elytra 

 chestnut-brown, opaque, thickly and finely punctured ; mem- 

 brane brown. Margins of the abdomen bright reddish orange, 

 with a large black patch at the junction of each segment. Body 

 beneath bright orange, shining. Abdomen impunctate, with the 

 stigmata, and a row of marginal spots, corresponding with those 

 of the upper surface, black. Vulvar apparatus orange, with the 

 tips of the basal plates black. Breast with three violet-black 

 spots on each side, the antepectus finely and not very thickly 

 punctured, the rest impunctate, the lateral tubercles violet-black. 

 Thighs deep orange, with the tips black ; tibiae and tarsi black. 

 Rostrum and antennae black. 



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



