HEMIPTERA. 399 



shining. Thorax finely wrinkled, with the lateral margins ser- 

 rated, the lateral angles very prominent, terminated by an acute 

 spine directed backwards ; posterior margin produced, forming 

 the segment of a circle. Scutellum faintly wrinkled. Coriaceous 

 portion of the elytra rather sparingly and very finely punctured ; 

 membrane black. Posterior angles of the breast produced on 

 each side above the base of the posterior legs into a spine, which 

 projects beyond the elytra. Anterior and intermediate legs deep 

 orange ; thighs with a double row of small black spines beneath ; 

 knees, and the tips of the tibiae black ; posterior legs black ; thighs 

 much thickened, spinous beneath, and with a few minute spines 

 on the upper surface; tibiae much dilated internally, with the 

 inner margin serrulated, the second tooth placed considerably 

 behind the middle, with a smaller tooth behind it, and four 

 smaller ones from this to the apex ; tarsi orange, with the apical 

 joint, the apex of the second and the claws black or blackish. 

 Rostrum and antennas black; the latter with the base of the 

 third joint orange ; last joint wanting. 



a. Ceylon. From. Capt. Parry's Collection. 



b. Lateral angles of the thorax much produced and directed 

 forwards; posterior tibia dilated near the base into a 

 denticulated lobe, the remainder simple or nearly so. 



36. MIGTIS tragus. 



Lygseus tragus, Fab. E. S. iv. 135. 5 (1794) fy S. R. 204. 4 (1803). 

 Cerbus tragus, H. Sch. Wanz. vi. 73. t. 205. fig. 641 (1842). 



a. . Presented by the Dowager Lady East. 



b. . 



37. MICTIS lobipes. 



Myctis lobipes, Hope, Cat. 11 (1842). 

 a. . 



IV. Posterior tibia in the male with a strong tooth or spine on the 

 inner margin j in the female simple, or slightly dilated in the 

 place where the tibiae of the male are spinous. (PI. XII. fig. 7 '.) 



a. Lateral angles of the thorax unarmed. 



38. MICTIS tenebrosa. 



Lygaus tenebrosus, Fab. E. S. iv. 145. 38 (1794) % S. R. 215. 

 49 (1803) (nee Burm. &c.). 



a. . Presented by General Thomas Hardwicke. 



b. Tenasserim. Presented by J. D. C. Packman, Esq. 



c. Silhet. From the Rev. J. Stainforth's Collection. 



d. China. Presented by G. T. Lay, Esq. 



