404 HEMIPTERA. 



Rather elongate, dark brown, opaque. Thorax thickly and 

 finely punctured, and clothed with very short yellowish hairs ; 

 with the lateral margins denticulated, the lateral angles very pro- 

 minent and acute. Scutellum with the extreme tip pale. Coria- 

 ceous portion of the elytra thickly and finely punctured, and 

 clothed with short golden hairs, with the nervures slightly ele- 

 vated and smooth; membrane blackish. Body beneath dark 

 brown. Abdomen with the basal portion of the disc livid testa- 

 ceous ; second segment with a strong spine on each side close to 

 the posterior margin. Breast with a large white spot on each 

 side close to the insertion of the posterior legs. Legs brown ; 

 posterior thighs in the male much thickened, tubercular beneath 

 about the middle, and with one or two small teeth towards the 

 apex ; tibiae compressed, with a strong spine within behind the 

 middle; the apical portion of the tibiae and the tarsi are fulvous. 

 Posterior thighs in the female clavate, with a broad serrated tooth 

 at the apex beneath ; tibiae slender, simple, with the apical portion 

 fulvous. Rostrum testaceous, with the tip black. Antennae 

 brown, becoming gradually darker to the apex. 



a. Silhet. From the" Rev. J. Stainforth's Collection. 



50. MICTIS fasciata. 



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



a. India. From Archdeacon Clerk's Collection. 



51. MICTIS profana. 



[<?] Lygseus profanus, Fab. S. R. 211. 33 (1803). 

 [# j Mictis crucifera, Leach, Zool. Misc. i. 92. pi. 40 (1814). 

 [#] Anisoscelis abdominalis, Guer. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. Ins. 176 

 (1830). 



E? ] Anisoscelis profanus, Guer. Ic. R. A. ii. Ins. pi. 55. f. 9. 

 <? ? ] Cerbus crucifer, H . Sch. Wanz. vi. 60. t. 200. fig. 622 

 (1842). 

 Myctis profanus, Hope, Cat. 10 (1842). 



a. New Holland. 



b. New Holland. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



c. New South Wales. Presented by Dr. Andrew Sinclair. 



52. MICTIS symbolica, n. s. 



M. praecedenti valde affinis, supra nigra, obscura, punctata, elytris 

 cruce fulva, subtus obscure rufescens, pectore nigro ; thorace 

 utrinque acute spinoso, marginibus denticulatis ; antennis fere 

 corporis longitudine, articulo ultimo fulvo. <? . 

 Long, rf lin. 10, ? lin. 11. 



Above black, obscure, thickly and minutely punctured, and 



