392 HEMIPTERA. 



20. MICTIS curvipes. 



Lygseus curvipes, Fab. E. S. iv. 13?. 11 (1794) & S. R. 206. 14 



(1803). 

 Myctis apicalis, Hope, Cat. 12 (1842). 



a. Africa. Presented by J. D. Jebbs, Esq. 



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



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



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



e. Congo. Presented by Capt. Sir Edward Belcher, R.N. 



21. MICTIS Libyssa, n. s. 



M. praecedenti valde affinis, differt statura graciliori, femoribus 



posticis minus incrassatis et incurvis. <? . 



Long. lin. 11. 



Rather elongate, dull black. Eyes reddish; ocelli yellowish. 

 Thorax with the lateral angles spinous, acute, slightly directed 

 forwards and upwards ; the surface granuloso-punctate. Scutel- 

 lum finely rugose-punctate, the sides narrowly margined. Cori- 

 aceous portion of the elytra very thickly and finely punctured, 

 with the nervures elevated and smooth. Abdomen above black; 

 beneath dull red, with the margins and apical portion pitchy ; 

 the surface finely granulated. Breast black, finely granulated 

 and more or less clothed with short yellowish hairs, with a dull 

 orange spot on each aperture of the odoriferous apparatus. Legs 

 black ; tarsi with the last joint and the tip of the basal one pitchy 

 red ; posterior thighs thickened, moderately curved, with a minute 

 spine at the base, a large triangular tooth a little behind the 

 middle and two smaller ones near the apex ; the surface covered 

 with fine granulations; posterior tibiae compressed, with the 

 inner apical angle obtusely spinous. Rostrum brown, with the 

 tip black. Antennae black, with the apical joint orange. 

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



22. MICTIS gracilis, n. s. 



M. prsecedenti valde affinis, statura multo graciliori; fusca, 



opaca ; thorace acute spinoso ; scutello apice puncto minuto 



pallido ; ventre nigricanti. $ . 



Long. lin. 10. 



Rather elongate, brown, opaque. Head dusky; eyes and 

 ocelli pale. Thorax very thickly and finely punctured, with the 

 lateral margins straight, the lateral angles produced into acute 

 slender spines, turned a little forwards and upwards. Scutellum 

 blackish, indistinctly and sparingly punctured, and very faintly 

 rugose, with the sides narrowly margined and a minute yellowish 

 point at the apex. Coriaceous portion of the elytra very thickly 



