406 HEMIPTERA. 



c. Lateral angles of the thorax produced into broad flat processes . 



54. MICTIS albiditarsis. 



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



a. Nepal ? Presented by General Thomas Hardwicke. 



55. MICTIS heros. 



Lygseus heros, Fab. E. S. iv. 136. 9 (1794) 8f S. R. 205. 9 (1803). 



a. Silhet. 



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



Genus 11. MACHTIMA. 



Lyganis, p., Fab. Ent. Syst. iv. (1794) # Syst. Rh. (1803). 



Myctis, Spin. Hem. 134 (1837). 



Machtima, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 215 (1843). 



Mictis, p., Spin. Tav. Sin. Hem. (1850). 



Crinocerus, p., H. Sch. Wanz. ix. 238 (1850) & 253 (1851). 



1. MACHTIMA crucigera. PI. XII. fig. 2 (Head). 



Lygseus cruciger, Fab.E. S. iv. 140. 22 (1794) $ S. R. 211. 32 



'(1803). 



Machtima crucigera, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 215. 1 (1843). 

 Stoll, Pun. 98. pi. 25. fig. 175. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



b. Brazil. From M. Mornay's Collection. 



c. . 



2. MACHTIMA tenuicomis, n. s. 



M. prsecedenti valde affinis, differt statura graciliori, antennis fe- 

 moribusque posticis tenuioribus. ? . 

 Long. lin. 9. 



Head red. Thorax light fulvous, thickly and finely punctured, 

 with three longitudinal black bands becoming wider posteriorly, 

 as in the preceding species. Scutellum black, with the lateral 

 margins fulvous. Elytra black, thickly and finely punctured, with 

 a large ochreous cross. Abdomen above red, with some trans- 

 verse black bands on the disc. Body beneath reddish orange ; 

 abdomen impunctate ; breast thickly and finely punctured, and 

 with several transverse black lines on each side. Legs more 

 slender than in the preceding species ; thighs red ; tibia? and tarsi 

 black ; posterior thighs not much thickened, ( ? ) less so than in 

 the female of the preceding, and with only three spines in each 

 row of the under surface. Antennae much more slender than in 

 the preceding species, black. 



a. Columbia. From M. Goudot's Collection. 



