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HEMIPTERA. 



Genus 12. MATTIPHUS. 

 Mattiphus, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 168 (1843). 



1. MATTIPHUS oblongus, n. s. 



M. supra viridi-seneus vel piceo-fuscus, subtus aureus ; thorace 

 transverse, quadrate, angulis anticis subacutis ; abdomine ob- 

 longo ; antennis fuscis, apice nigris. $ 9 . 

 Long. $ lin. 12, ? lin. 13. 



Above brilliant brassy green, generally becoming dull pitchy 

 brown after death. Thorax transverse, quadrate, with the ante- 

 rior angles rather less than right angles, the anterior margin 

 nearly straight, with a small central emargination for the recep- 

 tion of the head ; the lateral margins also nearly straight, the 

 posterior margin gently rounded; the surface of the thorax is 

 faintly wrinkled transversely and minutely punctured. Scutellum 

 transversely wrinkled, and rather thickly and finely punctured. 

 Margins of the abdomen projecting beyond the elytra on each 

 side, especially at the apex ; the posterior angles of the apical 

 segment very prominent, acute, making the apex of the abdo- 

 men apparently truncated, and giving an oblong form to the 

 whole body. Body beneath golden yellow. Legs pale fulvous 

 brown. Antennae darker, with the tip of the third and base of 

 the fourth joints yellow or orange ; the remainder of the fourth 

 joint black. 



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



2. MATTIPHUS laticollis. 



Eusthenes laticollis, Hope, Cat. 27 (1837). 

 Mattiphus Carrenoi, Am. Sf Serv. Hem. 168. 1 (1843). 

 a. . Presented by the Entomological Club. 



3. MATTIPHUS reflexus, n. s. 



M. supra viridi-aureus vel fuscus, scutelli apice flavo; abdo- 

 minis marginibus flavo nigroque variis ; thoracis lateribus di- 

 latatis, subangulatis, reflexis ; corpore subtus pedibusque luteo- 

 fuscis. (? 9 



Long. <nin. 1H, 9 lin. 12. 



Above brilliant golden green, generally becoming deep chest- 

 nut-brown after death. Head transversely wrinkled. Thorax 

 with the lateral margins dilated, reflexed, slightly angular ; the 

 anterior portion strongly wrinkled and rather strongly punctured ; 

 the posterior portion rather finely punctured and very faintly 

 wrinkled. Scutellum faintly wrinkled transversely, with the tip 

 yellow. Coriaceous portion of the elytra thickly and finely 



