354 HEMIPTERA. 



elytrorum marginibus, membranaque albidis, punctis nigris; 

 antennis apice nigris. ? . 

 Long. lin. 10^. 



Brownish testaceous, thickly and rather finely punctured and 

 slightly rugose. Head rather shorter than in the preceding spe- 

 cies, emarginate at the apex, thickly punctured with black. 

 Thorax with a faint transverse ridge across the middle of the 

 disc, not reaching the lateral angles ; the portion of the thorax 

 in front of this ridge is yellow, and thickly and finely punctured, 

 with the anterior margin dusky and covered with black punctures 

 similar to those on the head ; close behind the transverse ridge 

 is a narrow black line which terminates on each side in a large 

 black patch lying a little behind the lateral angles ; the posterior 

 portion of the thorax is of the colour of the rest of the body and 

 thickly and finely punctured. Scutellum thickly and finely punc- 

 tured, with numerous small, scattered black dots ; apex concolo- 

 rous. Coriaceous portion of the elytra thickly and finely punc- 

 tured, with a few small black dots towards the apex; outer 

 margin whitish, dotted with black ; membrane white, with nume- 

 rous black points. Body beneath thickly covered with black 

 points of various sizes. Mesosternum with a slight whitish lon- 

 gitudinal ridge. Legs brownish ; tarsi brown. Rostrum brownish 

 testaceous, with the tip black. Antennae pale brown, with the 

 apex of the fourth, and the fifth joint black. 



a. Gambia. From Mr. Shuckard's Collection. 



8. PHYLLOCEPHALA gibbosa, n. s. 



P. praecedentibus affinis, fusco-testacea, punctata, rugosa; thorace 

 gibboso, antice valde declivi, pallido, postice immaculato ; ely- 

 trorum marginibus albis, nigro-punctatis ; membrana ^subhya- 

 lina, punctis obsoletis fuscis ; antennis apice nigris. 9 

 Long. lin. 9. 



Brownish testaceous, very thickly and finely punctured. Head 

 entire in front, thickly punctured, and with a few black points. 

 Thorax much elevated posteriorly, with a faint transverse ridge 

 between the lateral angles, the surface faintly rugose transversely ; 

 anterior portion pale testaceous, with numerous black punctures 

 near the anterior margin. Scutellum transversely rugose, with a 

 few black dots towards the apex. Coriaceous portion of the 

 elytra somewhat ferruginous, especially towards the apex, where 

 there are also a few black dots ; outer margin white, dotted with 

 black ; membrane transparent, with a few indistinct brown points. 

 Body beneath with a few scattered black points. Legs pale tes- 

 taceous ; tarsi ferruginous. Rostrum testaceous. Antennae pale 



