448 HEMIPTERA. 



Above dusky testaceous, thickly and finely punctured. Mem- 

 brane of the elytra semitransparent, brownish, with a brown mark 

 in the inner basal angle. Body beneath bright orange-yellow. 

 Abdomen impunctate. Breast thickly and finely punctured, with 

 two small, smooth tubercles on each side. Legs pale fulvous. 

 Rostrum whitish. Antennae as long as the body, testaceous, with 

 a narrow black ring at the base and apex of the second joint. 



3. ORNYTUS ? brevicornis, n. s. 



0. elongatus, supra testaceus fusco-punctatus, subtus, cum pe- 

 dibus, ochreus ; antennis corpore brevioribus, ochreis. $ . 

 Long. lin. 8. 



Elongate ; above testaceous, thickly and finely punctured with 

 brown. Elytra not reaching the apex of the abdomen; mem- 

 brane semitransparent, brownish. Body beneath ochreous. Ab- 

 domen very minutely punctured with brown. Breast thickly and 

 rather finely punctured, with two minute black points on each 

 side; mesosternum furrowed. Legs and rostrum concolorous 

 with the under side of the body ; rostrum with the tip black. 

 Antennae much shorter than the body, with the fourth joint a 

 little thicker than the third ; ochreous, thickly covered with mi- 

 nute brown points. 



a. N. Bengal. From Lieut. Campbell's Collection. 



Genus 7. PHILONUS, n. g. 



Head square. Antennae shorter than the body, rather stout ; 

 first joint a little longer than the head ; fourth joint shorter than 

 the third. Rostrum short ; third joint longer than the second. 

 Body oblong. Thorax unarmed. Legs moderate. 



Homceocerus, p., Burm. Handb. ii. (1835) ; Am. fy Serv. Hem. 

 (1843). 



1. PHILONUS nigripes. 



Homoeocerus nigripes, Burm. Handb. ii. 316. 3 (1835); Am. & 

 Serv. Hem. 203. 1 (1843). 



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



b. Cape of Good Hope. From M. Drege's Collection. 



2. PHILONUS fuscus, n. s. PI. XIII. fig. 6. 



P. fuscus, opacus, subtus pallidior, fusco-punctatissimus ; pedi- 

 bus castaneis; antennis rufo-fuscis, articulo basali obscuro, 

 secundo et tertio apice, quartoque toto, nigris. $ ? . 

 Long. lin. 7-7i- 



Above brown, opaque ; elytra rather paler than the rest of the 



