HEMIPTERA. 431 



S. METAPODIUS consobrinus. 



Metapodius consobrinus, Hope, Cat. 15 (1842). 

 a. . 



9. METAPODIUS apicalis. 

 Metapodius apicalis, Hope, Cat. 15 (1842). 



10. METAPODIUS terminalis, n. s. 



M. nigro-fuscus, opacus, pilosus; antennis piceis, articulo ultimo 

 aurantio ; tarsis aurantiis, articulo ultimo unguiculisque fus- 

 cis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 10. 



Above dark brown, opaque, clothed with very short yellowish 

 hairs, and very thickly and finely punctured. Thorax with the 

 lateral margins smooth, the lateral angles somewhat prominent 

 and obtuse. Scutellum reddish brown. Margins of the abdo- 

 men with a small spot at the apex of each segment. Abdomen 

 beneath blackish, somewhat shining, sparingly clothed with 

 short yellow hairs ; second and third segments with three small 

 impressed pale approximated points on each side of the disc. 

 Breast with a reddish orange spot at each aperture of the odori- 

 ferous apparatus ; antepectus and the posterior margin of each 

 of the other segments punctured. Legs pitchy, with the four 

 anterior tibise brown ; thighs serrated beneath ; posterior tibiae 

 not very broad, dilated on the outside to within about one-fourth 

 of their length from the apex, on the inside to about the middle ; 

 the margin of the outer dilatation strongly emarginate at the 

 middle ; the apical portion of the inner margin of the tibia with 

 a few minute teeth ; tarsi reddish orange, with the apical joint 

 and the claws brown. Rostrum brown, becoming paler towards 

 the apex. Antennce pitchy black, with the apical joint bright 

 orange. 



N. America. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



11. METAPODIUS unicolor, n. s. 



M. fuscus, opacus, pilosus ; thoracis angulis prominulis, subob- 

 tusis, disco tuberculis elevatis sparsis ; scutello apice puncto 

 luteo ; pedibus posticis obscurioribus, tibiis minus dilatatis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 9J. 



Brown, opaque, clothed, especially on the upper surface, with 

 fine yellowish hairs. Thorax with the lateral margins nearly 

 straight, with one or two indistinct teeth ; the lateral angles 

 slightly prominent, obtuse ; the disc with a very few raised tuber- 



