HEMIPTERA. 373 



Rather elongate, bright red. Head black above, with the orbits of 

 the eyes red ; eyes pitchy ; ocelli red. Thorax with the posterior 

 margin, the lateral angles, a large spot on the disc touching the 

 posterior margin but rounded in front, and a minute spot about 

 the middle of each antero-lateral margin, black. Scutellum 

 black. Elytra with a broad transverse band across the middle 

 of the corium, but not reaching the outer margin, and the apical 

 angle, black ; membrane black. Margins of the abdomen banded 

 with red and black, both above and beneath. Abdomen beneath 

 red, with the stigmata, a row of large spots down each side within 

 the stigmata, a band across the base of the fourth and fifth seg- 

 ments, a spot in the centre of the sixth segment and the two 

 basal vulvar plates, black. Breast with three black spots on 

 each side. Legs, rostrum and antennae black. 

 a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's Collection. 



t Antennce considerably shorter than the body, with the last joint 

 not longer than the preceding. (SPARTOCERA, Am. fy Serv.) 



4. SPARTOCERA dorsalis. 



Spartocerus dorsalis, White, Ent. Trans, iii. 92 (1842). 

 a. Mexico. Presented by J. Taylor, Esq. 



5. SPARTOCERA scutellata. 



Spartocerus scutellatus, Hope, Cat. 7 (1842). 

 a. Brazil. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



6. SPARTOCERA farinosa, n. s. 



S. prsecedenti valde affinis, sed differt, antennis longioribus, 

 thoracis lateribus irregulariter denticulatis, elytrorum corii 

 margine interno concolori. $ . 

 Long. lin. 9. 



Rather elongate. Head pitchy black, opaque, clothed with 

 short white hairs. Eyes pitchy; ocelli red. Thorax pitchy 

 brown, strongly but not very thickly punctured, with the lateral 

 margins irregularly toothed, the lateral angles prominent and 

 subacute, and a curved ridge running across the disc and slightly 

 emarginate in the middle ; the surface of the thorax is clothed 

 with short whitish hairs, which are longer and closer on the por- 

 tion in front of the transverse ridge. Scutellum very thickly 

 covered with white hairs, with two triangular black patches 

 at the base ; the apex naked, reddish brown. Elytra black ; 

 coriaceous portion opaque, sparingly, but rather strongly punc- 

 tured, and rather thickly clothed with short yellowish hairs ; the 

 disc with a roundish white spot ; membrane somewhat brassy. 

 Margins of the abdomen deep red, opaque, with a black patch at 

 the apical portion of each segment except the last. Body be- 



