440 HEMIPTERA. 



4. PARYPHES? coccocinctus. 



Coreus (Dasynus) coccocinctus, Burm. Nova Acta Acad. Leop. 

 xvi. Supp. 297. 24 (1834). 



a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



5. PARYPHES linea, n. s. 



P. luteus, nigro-punctatus, subtus fulvus ; membrana nigro-fusca, 

 subaenea; ano rubro ; lineis tribus utrinque in pectore, antennis, 

 tibiis, tarsis, femoribusque superne, nigris. $ . 

 Long. lin. 10. 



Above dull yellow, thickly and finely punctured with black. 

 Head impunctate. Membrane of the elytra blackish brown, 

 somewhat brassy. Wings blue-black, shining, iridescent. Ab- 

 domen above black. Body beneath orange-yellow ; breast with 

 three, somewhat oblique, black lines on each side; anus red. 

 Thighs dull yellow, with a black line along the upper surface ; 

 tibia? and tarsi black. Rostrum black, with the base yellow. 

 Antennae black ; last joint wanting. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



6. PARYPHES ? dubius, n. s. 



P. supra ferrugineo-fuscus, punctatus, subtus albidus ; elytrorum 

 corii margine externo nigricanti, venis luteis; pedibus vi- 

 rescentibus ; antennis fuscis, basi pallidis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 7- 



Above ferruginous brown, thickly and finely punctured. Head 

 pale, impunctate. Thorax with the lateral margins dusky. Co- 

 riaceous portion of the elytra with the outer margins blackish, 

 the nervures yellowish ; membrane brownish, semitransparent. 

 Body beneath yellowish white ; abdomen impunctate ; breast 

 finely punctured. Legs pale greenish. Antennas dusky, with the 

 basal joint pale. 



a. Para. Presented by Gordon Graham, Esq. 



Genus 2. GAL^ESUS, n. g. 



Head square, nearly truncated in front, the space between the 

 antenniferous tubercles being completely filled up. Ocelli small, 

 rather distant. Antennae of four joints, nearly as long as the 

 body; basal joint longer than the second; second and third 

 about equal in length ; third joint dilated towards the apex into a 

 broad flat plate, the basal portion remaining slender ; fourth joint 

 longest, about as thick as the first. Rostrum rather long, reach- 

 ing the posterior coxa3 ; basal joint reaching the base of the head ; 

 second joint longest ; third shortest ; fourth a little shorter than 



