280 HEMIPTERA. 



pailido ; abdomine punctate, basi maculis 2 magnis albidis, 

 impunctatis ; pedibus virescentibus ; rostro virescente, apice 

 nigro; antennarum articulis 2 basalibus testaceis (reliqui de- 

 sunt). J . 

 Long. lin. 4. 



t Ventral spine distinct, reaching or passing the posterior coxce. 

 a. Ventral spine not passing the posterior coxce. 



17. RHAPHIGASTER spirans. 



Cimex spirans, Fab. E. S. Supp. 533. 114 (1/98) <& 8. R. 167. 



62? (1803). 



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

 basi tenuissime flavo-marginatis; membrana virescenti-hynlina; 

 abdomine fulvo-marginato, obtuse carinato ; pedibus viritlibus ; 

 rostro virescente, apice nigro ; antennis saturate viridibus, apice 

 nigricantibus. ? . 

 Long. lin. 7-k- 

 a. Mexico. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



18. RHAPHIGASTER Runaspis, n. s. 



R. subelongato-ovatus, viridis, punctatissimus; capite, thorace, 

 elytrorumque basi marginibus, scutellique apice, aurantiacis; 

 abdominis marginibus aurantiacis, nigro-maculatis ; subtus 

 laete viridis ; carina ventrali laevi ; pedibus viridibus, geniculis 

 aurantiacis ; rostro virescente, apice nigro (antennae desunt). 

 9. 

 Long. lin. 8f . 



a. Guayaquil. Presented by Dr. J. Hooker. 



/3. Ventral spine reaching the intermediate coxce. 



19. RHAPHIGASTER Sparnius, n. s. 



R. subelongato-ovatus, viridis, punctatissimus ; capite flavo-niar- 

 ginato, margine extimo tenuissime nigro ; membrana hyalina, 

 corpore subtus laete viridi, punctato, stigmatibus fuscis, carina 

 ventrali valida, laevi, spina basali testacea ; pedibus viridibus, 

 tarsis ferrugineis ; rostro fulvo-testaceo, apice nigro ; antennis 

 viridibus, articulo tertio apice, quarto et quinto ferrugineis, hir 

 basi pallidioribus. ? . 

 Long. lin. 8. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's Collection. 



