362 HEMIPTERA. 



and impunctate. Scutellum rather dusky. Coriaceous portion 

 of the elytra very pale ; membrane whitish, with brown nervures. 

 Wings transparent, iridescent. Abdomen beneath faintly wrin- 

 kled, with six more or less distinct, longitudinal bands of black 

 points, namely, one on each side on the line of the stigmata, one 

 on each side within this, and two in the centre. Breast thickly 

 and finely punctured, with a broad white band on each side, 

 margined externally with a line of black on the pro- and meso- 

 thorax, with a short black line on the metathorax. Thighs with 

 numerous brown points. Rostrum and antennae yellowish white. 

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



t Rostrum long, reaching the posterior coxce, or nearly so. (n. g.?) 



5. MEGARHYNCHUS ? gracilis. 



^Elia? gracilis, White, Ent. Trans, iii. 91 (1842). 



a. Congo. 



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



6. MEGARHYNCHUS? capensis, n. s. 



M. supra rufescens, punctatus ; capite obtuso, apice emarginato ; 

 scutelli marginibus flavis; corpore subtus pedibusque flavis, 

 abdomine linea longitudinali utrinque nigra; tibiis tarsisque 

 ferrugineis ; antennis runs, apice nigris. ? . 

 Long. lin. 5. 



Above reddish, thickly and rather coarsely punctured. Head 

 yellow, with the apex red ; apex obtuse, faintly notched. Thorax 

 with the lateral margins indented, much widened posteriorly; 

 lateral angles rounded. Scutellum with the lateral margins yel- 

 lowish, the base with a short, yellow, impunctate line on each 

 side. Coriaceous portion of the elytra with the base of the outer 

 margin yellow; membrane transparent. Body beneath yellow, 

 punctured. Abdomen with a longitudinal line formed of black 

 punctures within the stigmata. Thighs yellow ; tibiae and tarsi 

 ferruginous. Antennae deep red, with the basal joint yellow; 

 the apical joint and the apex of the penultimate black. Rostrum 

 yellow, with the apex black. 



a. Cape of Good Hope. From M. Drege's Collection. 



Family 16. MEGYMENID^E. 



Antennae of four joints, basal joint not passing the apex of the 

 head. Rostrum rather short, not passing the intermediate coxae ; 

 basal joint enclosed in a canal. Head rather large, generally 

 foliaceous, with the lateral lobes longer than the central; the 



