HEMIPTERA. 281 



20. RHAPHIGASTER varicornis, n. s. 



R. ovatus, supra saturate viridis, punctatissimus ; capite, thorace, 

 elytris basi, abdomineque rufo-marginatis ; membrana sub- 

 hyalina, fuscescente ; corpore subtus laete viridi, abdoraine im- 

 punctato, carina nulla, margine flavo, stigmatibus rufis ; pedi- 

 bus viridibus, geniculis rufis, tibiis apice, tarsisque rufescenti- 

 bus ; antennarura articulo basali testaceo, secundo ferrugineo, 

 3 apicalibus nigris, basi testaceis. 9 

 Long. lin. 6f . 



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



B. RHAPHIGASTER, Am. fy Serv. 

 Abdomen not keeled; ventral spine generally rather long. 



21. RHAPHIGASTER marginalis. 



Pentatoma marginale, H. Sch. Wanz. iii. 95. t. 104. fig. 320 



(1836). 



Pentatoma nitida, Hope, Cat. 33 (1837). 

 Rhaphigaster marginalis, H. Sch. Wanz. viii. 6 (1845). 



a. Brazil. From M. Mornay's Collection. 



b. . Presented by the Entomological Club. 



22. RHAPHIGASTER sticticus, n. s. 



R. supra nigro-fuscus, punctatus, punctis sparsis subelevatis 

 albidis ; subtus rufo-fulvus, stigmatibus nigris, serieque utrin- 

 que punctorum nigrorum; pedibus rufo-fulvis, nigro-variis ; 

 antennis nigris. $ 9 . 

 Long. $ lin. 6, 9 lin. 7. 



Ovate, rather flat ; above deep brown, rather thickly and finely 

 punctured, and covered with numerous, slightly elevated whitish 

 points. Membrane brownish. Margins of the abdomen banded 

 with black and dark orange, the centre and apical margin of 

 each segment being orange. Body beneath reddish orange, 

 smooth, shining and impunctate, with the stigmata and a row of 

 spots on each side black. Ventral spine rudimentary. Thighs 

 reddish orange, striped with black ; tibiae and tarsi black. Ros- 

 trum testaceous striped with black. Antennae black. 



a. British Guiana. Presented by Sir Robert Schomburgk. 



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



c. Mexico. From M. Hartweg's Collection. 



23. RHAPHIGASTER griseus. 



Cimex griseus, Fab. Ent. Syst. iv. 116. 140 (1794) # S. R. 171. 

 87 (1803) ; Panz. F. G. 33. 19 ; Wolff, Ic. dm. 59. 56. t. 6. 

 fig. 56 (1803). 



