306 



HEMIPTERA. 



rum corio margine interne et apicali late fusco, membrana 

 hyalina, fusco-nebuloso. 9 . 

 Long. lin. 4. 



Yellowish green, punctured with brown. Head smooth, im- 

 punctate, testaceous, central lobe passing the lateral and with a 

 longitudinal impressed line at the apex. Eyes brown. Thorax 

 yellowish towards the anterior and lateral margins ; the lateral 

 margins and a transverse band close to the anterior margin im- 

 punctate, the rest of the surface moderately punctured with 

 brown, the lateral angles with a black spot in each. Sputellum 

 brownish, rather thickly punctured with brown, with the apex 

 pale greenish yellow, impunctate. Coriaceous portion of the 

 elytra sparingly punctured with brown, with a broad brown band 

 along the inner and apical margins, which is darkest at the base 

 and at the outer apical angle ; the brown punctures on this por- 

 tion are larger and more numerous; membrane transparent, 

 nearly colourless, with a brown zigzag band across a little behind 

 the middle, which is darkest and broadest at the outer, but dis- 

 appears before reaching the inner margin, and between this and 

 the base an indistinct cloudy band of the same colour. Abdo- 

 men above red, with the margins testaceous and a large black 

 patch close to the apex. Abdomen beneath testaceous, smooth, 

 impunctate, with the apex tinged with red ; a small deep fovea 

 on each side of the fifth segment close to the posterior margin, 

 and a corresponding one on each side of the sixth, close to the 

 base. Breast testaceous, shining, with a large dull patch on each 

 side ; the antepectus finely punctured. Legs and rostrum testa- 

 ceous. Antennae with the basal joint testaceous, passing the apex 

 of the head, the rest pale brown. 



a. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



10. ACANTHOSOMA punctatum, n. s. 



A. viridi-testaceum, punctatum ; thorace inermi ; abdominis ma 

 ginibus spinosis, nigro-maculatis. 9 

 Long. lin. 4J. 



Greenish testaceous, coarsely punctured. Head punctur 

 with brown ; central lobe passing the lateral. Thorax strongly 

 and closely rugose-punctate, the punctures brown. Scutellum 

 triangular, with the apex much attenuated and produced, strongly 

 but not thickly punctured with brown. Coriaceous portion 

 the elytra very coarsely punctured, but with a small impuncta 

 patch on the disc a little behind the middle ; membrane tran 

 parent, colourless. Margins of the abdomen with a small spine 

 at the posterior angles of each segment, and with a small bla< ' 

 spot on each segment at the posterior margin. Abdomen 1 



