360 HEMIPTERA. 



Genus 8. MACRINA. 



jElia, p., Burm. Handb. ii. (1835). 



Macrina et Gonopsis, Am. 4* Serv. Hem. (1843). 



Dichelops, p., H. Sch. Wanz. vii.? (1844). 



* Thorax with the lateral angles prominent, but not directed for- 

 wards. (GONOPSIS, A. Sf S.) 



1. MACRINA acanthura. 



Megarhynchus acanthurus, Hope, Cat. 20 (1837). 

 Dichelops fissus, H. Sch. Wanz. vii. 72. t. 239. fig. 743? (1844). 

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



t Lateral angles of the thorax spinous, generally directed for- 

 wards. (MACRINA, A. 4* S.) 



2. MACRINA marginella. 



Megarhynchus marginellus, Hope, Cat. 20 (1837). 



Macrina furcata, Am. Sf Serv. Hem. 179. 1. pi. 2. fig. 8 (1843). 



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



b. Africa. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



c. W. Africa. From Mr. Carter's Collection. 



3. MACRINA juvencus. 



^Elia juvencus, Burm. Handb. ii. 358. 6 (1835). 



jElia (Megarhynchus) ccenosa, White, Ent. Trans, iii. 91 (1842). 



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



b. Africa. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



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



d. W. Africa. From Mr. Fraser's Collection. 



4. MACRINA angularis, n. s. 



M. subferruginea, punctata, abdomine fulvo ; thorace linea ele- 



vata transversa flava, humeris spinosis, rectis, postice nigris ; 



antennis flavis. $ . 



Long. lin. 7f- 



Somewhat ferruginous, very thickly and finely punctured. 

 Thorax with the lateral angles produced into strong horizontal 

 spines, with an elevated, transverse, yellow line running from the 

 point of one spine to that of the other ; the portion of the spine 

 behind the transverse ridge black. Scutellum with three indi- 

 stinct, longitudinal, elevated, pale lines. Coriaceous portion of 

 the elytra with the nervures elevated, smooth, and paler than 



