396 HEMIPTERA. 



of the abdomen banded with testaceous ; the margins of the last 

 two segments slightly dilated and rounded. Abdomen covered 

 with minute granulations, and with a long acute tubercle on each 

 side on the second and third segments, visible from above. Breast 

 opaque, with an oblique band of fulvous hairs on each side. 

 Anterior and intermediate legs dark brown, with the apex of the 

 thighs blackish ; posterior legs pitchy black ; thighs much thick- 

 ened, clavate, with a large swelling on the inside, which is co- 

 vered with small tubercles ; posterior tibiae broad, with the mar- 

 gins undulated, and a small tooth on the inner margin near the 

 apex ; all the tarsi fulvous, with the tips of the claws brown. 

 Rostrum brownish testaceous, with the tip black. Antennae ful- 

 vous, with the basal joint brownish, the apical joint orange. 

 a. Port Natal. From Dr. Gueinzius' Collection. 



30. MICTIS terminalis, n. s. 



M. fusca, opaca, humeris prominentibus, subobtusis; antennis 

 nigris articulo ultimo flavo ; pedibus saturate fuscis, tibiarum 

 dimidio apicali, tarsisque luteis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 12. 



Brown, opaque, more or less clothed with short golden hairs. 

 Thorax very thickly and finely punctured, with the lateral angles 

 prominent, somewhat obtuse, the lateral margins irregularly and 

 indistinctly denticulated. Scutellum with a small whitish point 

 at the apex. Coriaceous portion of the elytra rather thickly and 

 finely punctured; membrane dark brown, somewhat obscure. 

 Abdomen beneath with numerous small elevations, the disc 

 clothed with very short whitish hairs; posterior margin of the 

 second segment waved. Legs dark brown, with the apical half 

 of the tibiae and the tarsi yellow; posterior thighs not much 

 thickened ; posterior tibiae broad, with the base slender, the outer 

 margin curved. Rostrum testaceous, with the basal joint brown. 

 Antennae slender, black, with the apical joint orange-yellow, black 

 at the base. 



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



31. MICTIS cruciata, n. s. 



M. fusca, subopaca, humeris prominulis, obtusis ; scutello nigro ; 

 capite, thorace, elytrorum cruce, pectore, pedibus antennisque 

 fulvo-testaceis. S ? . 

 Long. lin. 9. 



Head pale fulvous. Thorax pale fulvous, very thickly and 

 finely punctured, with the lateral angles prominent, obtuse. 

 Scutellum black, thickly punctured, with the tip testaceous. Co- 

 riaceous portion of the elytra with the inner and apical margins 



