390 HEMIPTERA. 



Posterior thighs thickened, granulated, with an acute margin be- 

 neath and a subacute tooth near the apex ; tibise compressed, 

 widest towards the base, the inner margin very finely denticu- 

 lated. Rostrum brown, the second and third joints paler. An- 

 tennae short, with the first three joints black ; the apical joint 

 orange-yellow. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Capt. Parry. 



15. MICTIS lata, n. s. 



M. prsecedenti valde affinis, pallide fusca, opaca ; antennis tenui- 

 oribus, articulo basali fusco. ? . 

 Long. lin. 12*. 



Rather broad, brown, opaque. Thorax with the lateral mar- 

 gins straight, the lateral angles rounded ; the surface very thickly 

 and finely granulated, with a very indistinct longitudinal im- 

 pressed line down the centre and a slight transverse ridge close 

 to the posterior margin. Scutellum of the same texture as the 

 thorax, with a small yellowish pdint at the apex. Coriaceous 

 portion of the elytra thickly and finely punctured, and clothed 

 with short golden hairs ; membrane brassy brown. Margins of 

 the abdomen projecting beyond the elytra, with a pale line at the 

 junction of each segment. Abdomen beneath paler, finely granu- 

 lated and clothed with short hairs ; second segment with a broad 

 flat tooth. Breast rather thickly clothed with short yellowish 

 hairs. Legs brown, clothed with fine yellow hairs ; thighs with 

 numerous fine granulations ; posterior thighs with a rather strong 

 denticulated tooth close to the apex ; posterior tibiae broad, com- 

 pressed, widest near the base, with the inner apical angle sub- 

 acute. Rostrum brown, with the tip black. Antennae more than 

 half the length of the body ; basal joint brown ; second and third 

 joints black ; fourth orange, dusky about the middle. 

 a. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



16. MICTIS tristator. 



Lygjeus tristator, Fab. S. R. 206. 13 (1803). 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



17. MICTIS scutellaris, n. s. 



M. nigro-picea, obscura, punctata, luteo-pilosa ; scutello pilis 

 luteis dense vestito ; corpore subtus utrinque fascia longitudi- 

 nali e pilis luteis ; antennis corporis dimidii longitudine, nigris, 

 articulo ultimo fulvo, medio nigricanti. ? . 

 Long. lin. 11|. 

 Pitchy black, obscure, thickly punctured, and clothed with 



