278 HEMIPTERA. 



Antennae green, with the tip of the third and the apical half of 

 the fourth and fifth joints black. 



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



b. . Presented by Capt. Sir Edward Belcher. 



/3. Abdomen not keeled. 



10. RHAPHIGASTER spinosus, n. s. 



R. ovatus, viridis, immaculatus, punctatissimus ; thorace utrinque 

 acute spinoso. 9 

 Long. lin. 8, lat. hum. 6. 



Green above, very thickly and rather coarsely punctured. 

 Thorax with the lateral angles produced into acute spines. 

 Membrane of the elytra transparent, colourless. Margins of the 

 abdomen with a small black point at the posterior angle of each 

 segment. Rostrum pale yellowish green, with the apex of the 

 last joint black. Antennae with the two basal joints green ; the 

 third with the basal half green, the apical half black, remainder 

 wanting. 



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



11. RHAPHIGASTER humeralis, n. s. 



R. praecedenti valde affinis; differt praecipue capite maculis 2 

 fulvis, thorace macula utrinque subhumerali pallide coccinea 

 9- 

 Long. lin. 8^, lat. hum. 6J. 



Above green, very thickly and rather strongly punctured 

 Head with an irregular orange spot occupying the base of each 

 lateral lobe. Thorax with the lateral spines rather "longer than 

 in the preceding species and more distinctly directed forwards , 

 on the posterior portion of the base of each spine is a small 

 orange-red spot. Membrane of the elytra brownish, semitrans- 

 parent. Margins of the abdomen with a small black point in 

 the posterior angles of each segment. Body beneath somewhat 

 fulvous, with the sides green. Legs and rostrum green; the 

 latter with the extreme tip black. Antennae with the tw r o basa] 

 joints and the base of the third green ; the remainder of the third 

 joint black ; fourth black, with the base brownish ; fifth wanting. 

 a. Silhet. 



12. RHAPHIGASTER Amyoti. 



R. ovatus, viridis, dense punctatus, subtus pallidior, tenuissime 

 punctatus ; thoracis, elytrorum abdominisque marginibus pal- 

 lidioribus ; membrana vitrea ; ventris disco flavescente ; pedi- 



