350 HEMIPTERA. 



9. ASPONGOPUS marginalis, n. s. 



A. nigro-piceus, obscurus ; abdominis marginibus supra fulvo 

 nigroque variis, subtus fulvis,nigro-maculatis; antennis nigris, 

 articulo ultimo fulvo. S . 

 Long. lin. 7f . 



Pitchy black, somewhat obscure. Thorax and scutellum very 

 thickly and minutely punctured and faintly wrinkled transversely. 

 Membrane of the elytra brownish. Margins of the abdomen 

 banded with black and orange, the middle of each segment being 

 orange. Abdomen beneath thickly and finely punctured; the 

 margins orange, with a black spot on each of the sutures. Legs 

 black. Antennae black, with the apical joint bright orange; 

 second joint much shorter than the third. 



a. Tenasserim. Presented by Packman, Esq. 



10. ASPONGOPUS sanguinolentus. 



Aspongopus sanguinolentus, Hope, Cat. 26 (1837). 

 a. India. 



11. ASPONGOPUS cuprifer. 



Aspongopus cuprifer, Hope, Cat. 25 (1837). 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir John Richardson, M.D. 



12. ASPONGOPUS nubilus. 



Aspongopus nubilus, Hope, Cat. 25 (1837). 

 Aspongopus erythrocerus, Germ. Silb.Rev.Ent. v. 158. 82(1837); 

 H. Sch. Wanz. vii. 79. t. 240. fig. 745 (1844). 



a. S. Africa. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



b. S. Africa. Presented by Dr. Andrew Smith. 



c. Natal. From Dr. Krauss's Collection. 



Family 15. PHYLLOCEPHALID^E. 



Antennae of five joints, basal joint not reaching the anterior 

 margin of the head. Rostrum short, with the base enclosed in 

 a canal. Head rather large, generally foliaceous, or elongated 

 and triangular, with the lateral lobes longer than the central lobe, 

 and generally meeting in front of it ; the margins trenchant ; an- 

 tenniferous tubercles concealed. Breast without a canal. 



, Burm. Handb. ii. 356 (1835). 

 Phyllocephalides, Am. $ Serv. Hem. 174 (1843). 



