4^ HEMIPTERA. 



cles. Scutellum with a small yellow point at the apex. Mem- 

 brane of the elytra pitchy brown. Second segment of the abdo- 

 men beneath with a blackish pit on each side behind the posterior 

 coxae; third segment with three contiguous whitish points on 

 each side of the disc ; posterior margin of the last segment fulvous. 

 Breast with a yellow spot at each aperture of the odoriferous ap- 

 paratus. Four anterior thighs brown, obscure ; tibiae and tarsi 

 fulvous ; posterior legs dark brown, obscure ; thighs not much 

 thickened, with a row of about six spines beneath ; tibiae dilated, 

 but not broad, broadest towards the base, the outer margin di- 

 lated to near the apex, strongly emarginate at about one-third of 

 its length, the remainder oif the dilated portion nearly linear ; 

 inner margin dilated as far as the emargination of the outer mar- 

 gin, the remainder irregularly denticulated ; tarsi fulvous. Ros- 

 trum and antennae brownish fulvous. 



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



12. METAPODIUS parensis, n. s. 



M. capite, thoracis margine postico, elytrisque nigris ; thorace, 

 scutello, venis corii elytrorum, corpore subtus, pedibus, anten- 

 nisque castaneis, his articulo ultimo flavo ; abdomine utrinque 

 fascia longitudinal! pallida ; pectore utrinque maculis 3 luteo- 

 pilosis. $ . 

 Long. lin. 9. 



Head black, shining and impunctate, clothed with a few golden 

 hairs. Eyes pitchy. Ocelli red. Thorax with the lateral mar- 

 gins smooth, with two or three denticulations towards the lateral 

 angles, which are prominent and acute, and have their posterior 

 margins denticulated; deep chestnut-brown, very thickly and finely 

 but irregularly punctured, leaving numerous slightly elevated 

 smooth portions, the posterior margin and lateral angles black. 

 Scutellum chestnut-brown, impunctafe, finely wrinkled trans- 

 versely, narrowly margined at the sides, with a transverse ridge 

 across the base and another across the middle, leaving between 

 them a considerable transverse impression. Coriaceous portion 

 of the elytra black, with the veins reddish chestnut ; the inter- 

 stices very thickly and finely punctured along the borders of the 

 veins, and sometimes clothed on the same parts with very short 

 golden hairs ; membrane black, very slightly shining. Body be- 

 neath pale chestnut. Abdomen with a broad irregular fulvous 

 band down each side within the stigmata ; stigmata black. Breast 

 with three patches of very short golden yellow hairs, of which 

 the middle one is largest, the anterior smallest ; antepectus and 

 the posterior margins of the other segments thickly and finely 

 punctured. Four anterior legs fulvous; thighs darkest at the 



