284 HEMIPTERA. 



30. RHAPHIGASTER virescens. 



Raphigaster virescens, Hope, Cat. 31 (1837). 



a. King George's Sound. Presented by Capt. Grey. 



31. RHAPHIGASTER punctiventris, n. s. 



R. ferrugineo-fulvus, punctatus ; oculis nigris ; thorace fascia ob- 

 soleta, postica fuscescente; membrana diaphana; pedibus, 

 rostro, antennisque testaceis; spina ventrali parva, tenui, 

 acuta. <? . 

 Long. lin. 4. 



Pale reddish orange, punctured. Head very thickly and finely 

 punctured. Eyes black. Thorax rather less thickly and finely 

 punctured than the head, rather paler behind than in front, ana 

 with an indistinct, interrupted brown band across between the 

 lateral angles. Scutellum punctured like the thorax. Coriaceous 

 portion of the elytra rather paler and less thickly punctured than 

 the rest of the surface ; membrane transparent. Margins of the 

 abdomen immaculate. Abdomen beneath very thickly and finely 

 punctured, with a longitudinal impunctate line down the centre ; 

 ventral spine small and slender, not reaching the posterior coxae. 

 Breast thickly and rather finely punctured. Legs, rostrum and 

 antenna testaceous ; the rostrum brownish towards the tip ; the 

 tip itself black. 



a. Senegal. Presented by M. Percheron. 



32. RHAPHIGASTER macula, n. s. 



R. fusco-grisea, fusco-punctata ; thorace linea transversa im- 

 punctata ; scutello macula magna sub-basali nigro-fusca ; cor- 

 pore subtus griseo-testaceo, pedibus concoloribus, punctis ni- 

 gris. ? . 

 Long. lin. 5. 



Above pale brown, finely punctured with brown. Thorax with 

 a transverse, subimpunctate line uniting the lateral angles. Scu- 

 tellum with a large, transverse, dark brown patch near the base. 

 Coriaceous portion of the elytra with a cloud-like brown band 

 across the middle, at the posterior margin of which, near the 

 outer margin, is a small whitish spot ; membrane semitranspa- 

 rent, brownish, darker towards the base. Abdomen above violet- 

 black, shining; margins yellow, banded with black. Body be- 

 neath greyish testaceous. Abdomen smooth and shining, very 

 finely but not very thickly punctured on the sides; posterior 

 angles of the last ventral segment, and of the intermediate and 

 apical vulvar plates, acute, forming a row of six teeth at the apex 

 of the abdomen ; basal spine short. Thorax rather thickly and 



