HEMIPTERA. 437 



8. PETALOPS Megsera. 



Paryphes Megaera, Burm. Hwidb. ii. 336. 3 (1835). 

 Stdll, Pun. 76. pi. 19. fig. 130. 



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



9. PETALOPS dimidiatus, n. s. 



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



corio, apice maculaque media exceptis, ochreo ; ventre fulvo ; 



antennarum articulo ultimo annulo ante medium fulvo. ? . 



Long. lin. 9. 



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

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

 lateral margins ochreous and denticulated. Scutellum punctured 

 and transversely wrinkled. Coriaceous portion of the elytra 

 ochreous, thickly and rather finely punctured, with the apical 

 portion and an oblong spot on the disc black; membrane black. 

 Abdomen beneath reddish orange, smooth and impunctate. 

 Breast black, with the antepectus and the posterior portion of 

 each of the other segments coarsely punctured. Legs, rostrum 

 and antennae black ; the fourth joint of the latter with an orange 

 ring before the middle. 



a. Para. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



b. Para. From the Collection of Messrs. Wallace and Bates. 



Genus 24. PLAXISCELIS. 



Diactor, p., Burm. Handb. ii.? (1835). 

 Plaxiscelis, Spin. Hem. 142 (1837). 

 Stenoscelidea, Westw. Hope's Cat. 17 (1842). 



1. PLAXISCELIS pagana. 



P.virescenti-nigra, punctata; thoracis marginibus, lineaque media 

 longitudinali, scutelli linea media, et elytrorum marginibus 

 albis ; corpore subtus albido, nigro-muculato ; femoribus pos- 

 ticis et intermediis basi, tibiisque posticis apice, fulvis. $ . 

 Long. lin. 8. 



Diactor paganus, Burm. Handb. ii. 335. 6? (1835). 

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



Family 3. HOMCEOCERID^. 



Head square, the antenniferous tubercles forming the anterior 

 superior extremities of the lateral lobes of the head. Antennae 

 with the last joint as long, or nearly as long as the preceding, 

 not thicker than that joint. Thighs unarmed ; posterior thighs 



