436 



HEMIPTERA. 



lisque pectoris flavis ; antennarum articulo ultimo nigro, annulo 

 lato ante medium fulvo. $ . 

 Long. lin. 9. 



Brown, somewhat opaque. Head impunctate. Thorax thickly 

 punctured, with the lateral angles acutely spinous, the postero- 

 lateral margins denticulated ; the disc with a strong yellow line, 

 bordered with black, down the centre. Scutellum blackish, with 

 a central longitudinal yellow line continuous with that on the 

 thorax. Coriaceous portion of the elytra thickly and finely 

 punctured, with a narrow, transverse, subapical yellow band ; the 

 borders of this band blackish ; membrane dark brown, with the 

 nervures paler. Abdomen with the disc impunctate, the margins 

 coarsely and sparingly punctured, the second and third segments 

 with a large yellow patch on the disc ; anal plate blackish. Breast 

 with five yellow punctured spots on each side, namely two on the 

 antepectus, two on the posterior margin of the medipectus, and 

 one on the postpectus, from the centre of which a small spine 

 arises. Legs pale bi'ownj posterior thighs considerably thick- 

 ened, curved and channelled, with two or three rows of small 

 spines above and two rows of large, divergent, black spines on 

 the lower margin; posterior tibiae compressed, with the inner 

 margin toothed. Rostrum pale brown. Antennae brownish ful- 

 vous, with the tips of the first three joints black ; fourth joint 

 black, with a broad orange ring a little before the middle. 

 a. Para. From Messrs. Wallace and Bates' Collection. 



7. PETALOPS abdominalis, n. s. 



P. niger, opacus, punctatus, thorace acute spinoso; thoracis 

 lateribus, ventreque rubris; antennarum articulo ultimo annulo 

 ante medium fulvo. ? . 

 Long. lin. 9. 



Black, opaque. Head impunctate ; ocelli red. Thorax thickly 

 and rather strongly punctured, with a slightly elevated longitu- 

 dinal line down the centre, the lateral margins dull red, the lateral 

 angles acutely spinous, and the postero-lateral margins denticu- 

 lated. Scutellum and coriaceous portion of the elytra thickly 

 and finely punctured. Abdomen beneath red, smooth, shining 

 and impunctate. Breast black, with the antepectus, and the pos- 

 terior portion of each of the other segments, bluish, shining, 

 coarsely punctured. Legs brassy black. Rostrum pitchy black. 

 Antennae black, with a deep orange ring on the last joint before 

 the middle. 



a. Para. From Messrs. Wallace and Bates' Collection. 



