HEM1PTERA. 441 



the first. Body elongate, oblong. Scutellum rather small. Mem- 

 brane of the elytra with numerous nervures. Legs long and 

 slender. Tarsi three-jointed ; basal joint very long, forming more 

 than half the tarsus ; second joint shortest. 



1. GAL^ESUS hasticornis. PI. XIII. fig, 2. 



Cimex hasticornis, Thunb. Nov. Ins. Sp. 53. f. 64 (1784). 

 Coreus bicolor, G. R. Gray in Griff. An. Kingd. xv. pi. 92. f. 4. 

 (1832). 



a. S. Africa. Presented by Dr. Andrew Smith. 



b. Cape of Good Hope. From Dr. Krauss' Collection. 



2. GAL.ESUS rufifemoratus, n. s. 



G. praecedenti affinis, differt praecipue femoribus rufis, corpore 

 subtus albido rufoque fasciato, absque fasciis nigris. ? . 

 Long. lin. 9. 



Above pale yellow, with the head, the lateral margins and the 

 scutellum red. Head impunctate. Thorax, scutellum and coria- 

 ceous portion of the elytra thickly and finely punctured with 

 brown. Membrane of the elytra deep pitchy brown. Body be- 

 neath red, with a broad band on the anterior portion of each 

 thoracic segment, the basal segment of the abdomen, and a band 

 on the posterior margin of each of the succeeding segments, 

 white. Coxae, trochanters and thighs red ; tibiae black, reddish 

 towards the base; tarsi black. Rostrum red, with the apex 

 black. Antennas with the two basal joints black ; the remainder 

 wanting. 



a. Gambia. From Mr. Kendall's Collection. 



Genus 3. CARPIA, n. g. 



Head square, with the antenniferous tubercles distinctly pro- 

 jecting, and leaving a broad emargination between them, the 

 centre of which is occupied by a small distinct point, or tooth. 

 Eyes prominent. Ocelli about as far from one another as from 

 the eyes. Antennae as long as the body, slender ; basal joint 

 stoutest; second joint a little longer than the third, which is 

 about equal to the first ; fourth longest. Rostrum reaching the 

 intermediate coxae ; basal joint reaching the base of the head ; 

 third joint shortest. Body oblong. Thorax unarmed. Scutel- 

 lum rather short. Membrane of the elytra with about nine 

 more or less branched nervures. Legs slender ; tarsi of three 

 joints; basal joint as long as the others together; second joint 

 shortest. 



