314 HEMIPTERA. 



brown and with numerous scattered coarse black punctures ; the 

 centre of the disc with a large brown spot; membrane semi- 

 transparent, brownish. Margins of the abdomen dark brown, 

 with a yellow line on each of the sutures. Body beneath fulvous. 

 Abdomen with the disc shining, faintly wrinkled transversely 

 and rather sparingly punctured with black ; the sides somewhat 

 opaque, thickly and finely punctured with black ; the stigmata 

 and two rows of spots on each side of the abdomen black. Breast 

 rather thickly and finely punctured on the sides, with the sternum 

 nearly impunctate. Thighs testaceous, very thickly covered with 

 fine black or brown points ; tibiae brownish at the apex ; tarsi 

 with the apical joint brown. Rostrum testaceous, with the tip 

 pitchy. Antennae with the basal joint greyish testaceous, thickly 

 covered with very minute black points ; second and third joints 

 black ; fourth and fifth black, with the base yellow. 

 a. N. India. From Capt. Boys's Collection. 



2. UROCHELA. obscura, n. s. 



U. supra fusca, obscura, punctata, subtus rufescens ; capite nigro 

 fusco-maculato ; scutello carina apicali obsoleta ; antennis ni- 

 gris, articulo apicali fulvo, apice nigro. $ 9 

 Long. lin. 5-5f . 



Above brown, somewhat obscure, thickly and finely punctured. 

 Head impunctate, black, with a spot on each side within the eyes, 

 a spot on the centre of the vertex, and the apices of the lateral 

 lobes, brown. Lateral margins of the thorax waved, narrowly 

 edged with yellow. Scutellum rather coarsely punctured with 

 black, with the basal angles yellowish ; the apex with an indistinct 

 reddish longitudinal keel. Coriaceous portion of the elytra 

 clouded with blackish ; membrane brown, opaque. Margins of 

 the abdomen black, with a yellow line on each of the sutures. 

 Body beneath reddish. Abdomen impunctate, minutely wrinkled 

 transversely, with the stigmata black. Breast finely punctured 

 with black on the sides ; sternum impunctate, black. Legs 

 brownish ; thighs with brown dots. Rostrum brownish testa- 

 ceous, with the tip pitchy. Antennae with the basal joint pitchy 

 brown, paler at the base ; second, third and fourth joints black ; 

 fifth joint orange, with the tip black. 



The anal plate in the male is entire and convex, and enclosi 

 a second plate, within and above which the sexual organs may 

 be seen. 



a. India. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



b. . Presented by General Thomas Hardwicke. 



