400 HEMIPTERA. 



39. MICTIS umbilicata. 



Cerbus umbilicatus, H. Sch. Wanz. vi. 29. t. 190. fig. A ( <?abd.) 

 &51.t. 197. fig. 611 (?)(1842). 



a. China. 



b. China. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



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



40. MICTIS nigricornis, n. s. 



M. praecedenti affinis ; castaneo-fusca, opaca ; thoracis humeris 

 prominulis, obtusis ; antennis nigris, articulo basali fusco ; 

 tarsis fulvis. ? . 

 Long. lin. ll. 



Rather broad, above chestnut-brown, opaque, and clothed with 

 fine yellowish hairs. Thorax with the lateral margins denticu- 

 lated, the lateral angles somewhat prominent, obtuse. Scutellum 

 finely wrinkled transversely, with the extreme tip yellowish. 

 Membrane of the elytra nearly black. Margins of the abdomen 

 pitchy black. Body beneath brown, thickly clothed with short, 

 pale hairs ; abdomen covered with minute tubercles, which appear 

 amongst the pile like small brown points. Breast with a small 

 patch formed of longer yellow hairs on each side at the base of 

 the posterior legs. Legs chestnut-brown, the posterior pair 

 darker ; tarsi somewhat fulvous. Posterior thighs considerably 

 thickened, slightly curved, with a single acute tooth near the 

 apex beneath, the posterior produced margin of which is denticu- 

 lated ; tibiae slightly dilated on the inner margin near the base. 

 Rostrum pale fulvous, with the extreme tip black. Antennae 

 black, with the basal joint chestnut, becoming pitchy towards the 

 apex. 



a. Silhet. 



41. MICTIS mcesta, n. s. 



M. fusca, opaca, capite, thorace et scutello obscurioribus ; elytro- 

 rum membrana nigricanti ; antennarum articulis 2-4 fulvis. <? . 

 Long. lin. 9. 



Head, thorax and scutellum dark brown, opaque, thickly clothed 

 with very short pale hairs. Thorax with the lateral margins 

 straight, lateral angles rounded. Scutellum with the extreme tip 

 paler. Coriaceous portion of the elytra pale brown, opaque, 

 sparingly clothed with short golden hairs ; membrane blackish 

 brown. Back of the abdomen red, with the margins and the 

 apex blackish brown. Body beneath brown, thickly clothed with 

 short golden or brownish hairs. Abdomen covered with nume- 

 rous small elevations, which appear through the pile as small 

 brown points ; the suture between the second and third segments 



