HEMIPTERA. 421 



blackish and strongly rugose posteriorly, with the lateral angles 

 somewhat prominent,, acute. Scutellum shorter than in the pre- 

 ceding species, with the apex emarginate, the lateral margins only 

 slightly incurved about the middle, narrowly reflexed ; colour pale 

 testaceous, thickly and strongly punctured, with a long triangular 

 black patch on the centre of the base, and a small black spot on each 

 lateral margin about the middle. Coriaceous portion of the elytra 

 reddish brown, thickly and finely punctured, with the nervures 

 elevated and a little paler than the rest of the surface ; membrane 

 brown, with the inner basal angle blackish. Margins of the ab- 

 domen banded with yellow and black. Body beneath pale brown, 

 with the sides lighter, and with a few scattered black points and 

 tubercles. Anterior and intermediate legs testaceous, with the 

 tibiae brownish ; thighs with several small black tubercles ; the 

 tips of the tibiae and the tarsi blackish ; posterior thighs much 

 thickened, brownish testaceous, with numerous black spines and 

 tubercles ; posterior tibiae pale testaceous, with a band before the 

 middle and another at the apex black ; tarsi fulvous. Rostrum 

 testaceous, with the tip black. Antennae reddish brown, with the 

 apical joint pale orange, and the tips of the first, second and third 

 joints black. 



a. Mexico. From M. Hartweg's Collection. 



4. ME RO PACK us longicornis, n. s. 



M. virescenti-testaceus, punctatus; antennarum articulo ultimo 

 valde elongate ; femoribus posticis laevibus, fulvis, tibiis nigro- 

 fuscis. <$ . 

 Long. lin. ?! 



Head, thorax and scutellum pale greenish testaceous. Head im- 

 punctate. Thorax very thickly rugose- punctate, lateral angles not 

 prominent, obtuse. Scutellum paler than the thorax, considerably 

 constricted before the middle, with the lateral margins, especially 

 beyond the middle, narrowly reflexed ; the surface rugose at the 

 base ; the basal portion of the lateral margins blackish, the centre 

 of the base with a short brown line. Coriaceous portion of the 

 elytra brownish, with the outer margin pale green, the nervures 

 yellowish white ; membrane dark brown, shining, coppery. Mar- 

 gins of the abdomen greenish, black at the apex. Abdomen 

 beneath pale green, shining, slightly rugose, with the tip blackish 

 or brownish. Breast greenish testaceous, with the sternum 

 brownish, the sides punctured. Anterior and intermediate legs 

 dusky greenish, with the tarsi blackish ; posterior thighs much 

 thickened, smooth, dull fulvous, with the teeth of the under side 

 black; trochanters black; tibiae brownish black; tarsi dusky. 

 Antennae with the basal joint dusky greenish testaceous, the re- 



