HEMTPTERA. li/j 



7. RHAPHIGASTER Rinapsus, n. s. 



R. ovatus, viridis, punctatissimus ; capite, thorace, elytrorumque 

 corio termiter rubro-marginato ; capite extus tenuissime nigro- 

 marginato ; scutello basi maculis 4 minutis albidis ; membrana 

 vitrea, punctis nonnullis oblongis rainutis fuscis ; stigmatibus 

 albidis ; sterno fulvo ; pedibus viridibus, tarsis fulvescentibus ; 

 rostro testaceo, apice nigro ; antennarum articulis 3 basalibus 

 viridibus, tertio secundo sequali, apice nigro, articulis 2 apica- 

 libus, basi excepto, ferrugineis. S . 

 Long. lin. 6. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



8. RHAPHIGASTER marginatus. 



R. ovatus, laete viridis, punctatissimus, subtus pallidior ; capite, 

 thorace, elytris basi abdomineque rubro-marginatis, abdominis 

 marginibus transverse nigro-lineatis ; scutello basi puncto 

 utrinque nigro ; membrana fuscescente ; ventris disco flaves- 

 cente, carina ventrali laevi, stigmatibus nigris ; pedibus vires- 

 centibus ; rostro apice nigro ; antennarum articulis 2 basalibus 

 viridibus, secundo longiusculo (reliqui desunt). $ . 

 Long. lin. 6|. 



Pentatoma marginata, Pal. Beauv. Ins. 147. Hem. pi. 10. fig. 1 ? 

 Nezara marginata, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 145. 2? (1843). 



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



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



9. RHAPHIGASTER acutus, n. s. 



R. oblongus, viridis, punctatissimus ; capite, thorace, elytris basi, 

 abdomineque fulvo-marginatis ; thoracis angulis lateralibus 

 spinosis, spinis rufo-fulvis. $ 9 

 Long. $ lin. 6, ? lin. 7. 



Above green, very finely and thickly punctured. Head rather 

 small, with the margins orange. Eyes black. Thorax with the 

 lateral margins narrowly edged with orange, the lateral angles 

 produced into acute orange spines, with the apex black. Scutel- 

 lum with the apex narrow, tipped with orange-yellow, and with 

 five small yellowish white spots across the base. Coriaceous 

 portion of the elytra narrowly margined with orange at the base ; 

 membrane transparent. Margins of the abdomen bright orange, 

 with a black spot on the posterior angle of each segment. Body 

 beneath somewhat glaucous, with a smooth, pale, obtuse, central 

 keel ; stigmata whitish ; ventral spine very short. Legs green ; 

 tips of the claws black. Rostrum testaceous, with the tip black. 



