394 HEMIPTERA. 



Elongate, pitchy, obscure. Thorax rugose, with the anterior 

 portion thickly clothed with pale brown hairs ; lateral angles pro- 

 duced into large flat processes, directed upwards and forwards, 

 acute at the apex, and with the margins strongly toothed. Scu- 

 tellum transversely wrinkled. Coriaceous portion of the elytra 

 thickly and finely punctured ; membrane brown, semitransparent. 

 Back of the abdomen dull red, with the margins black. Abdo- 

 men beneath rather smooth, with a spine or tubercle on each side 

 on the second, third, fourth and fifth segments in the male, on 

 the second and third segments in the female ; in the female the 

 tubercles are small ; in the male the second tubercle is the largest, 

 the third smaller than the first, and the fourth smallest. Legs 

 pitchy, with all the tibiae dilated; tarsi reddish. Rostrum brown, 

 with the extreme tip black. Antennae pitchy black, with the 

 last joint, the base of the second and the articulation between the 

 second and third orange. 



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



27. MICTIS cornuta, n. s. 



M. supra bmnnea, capite, corporeque subtus laete fulvis ; tho- 

 race cornuto, marginibus serratis ; pedibus antennisque ful- 

 vis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 11. 



Rather elongate ; above dark brown, opaque, more or less 

 clothed with short golden hairs. Head light orange, smooth, 

 with an indistinct triangular brownish patch on the vertex. , Eyes 

 brown. Thorax nearly perpendicular in front, with the lateral 

 angles produced into long acute spines, which are directed up- 

 wards and have the apex curved backwards ; the margins strongly 

 and acutely serrated both before and behind the lateral spines, 

 the teeth separate at their bases ; the disc dark brown, thickly 

 clothed with short yellow hairs ; the lateral margins and spines 

 and the posterior margin blackish. Scutellum brown, clothed 

 with short yellow hairs. Coriaceous portion of the elytra brown, 

 clothed with short yellow hairs; membrane slightly brassy, 

 somewhat opaque. Body beneath light orange, smooth and 

 slightly shining. Breast rather thickly and finely punctured ; 

 antepectus margined externally with black. Legs fulvous ; an- 

 terior and intermediate tibiae prismatic, with the outer angles 

 prominent, forming a longitudinal furrow ; posterior thighs a 

 little thickened ( ? ), with a moderate tooth close to the apex ; 

 posterior tibiae slightly dilated both internally and externally; 

 claws blackish. Rostrum fulvous. Antennae fulvous, with the 

 apical joint paler. 



a. . From Mr. Shuckard's Collection. 



