458 HEMIPTERA. 



chestnut-brown, opaque, thickly and finely punctured, with the 

 lateral margins narrowly edged with yellow; the space within 

 the lateral margins and the posterior margin black. Scutellum 

 blackish brown, thickly and finely punctured. Coriaceous por- 

 tion of the elytra deep chestnut-brown, opaque, thickly and 

 finely punctured,, with the outer margin narrowly edged with 

 yellow, the space within the margin black ; membrane brown. 

 Wings transparent, with the nervures black. Back of the abdo- 

 men bright brassy green, with the margins yellow. Body be- 

 neath yellow ; abdomen impunctate ; breast thickly and rather 

 finely punctured. Legs and rostrum yellow. Antennae with the 

 basal joint yellowish white, with a black longitudinal line above ; 

 second and third joints black, with the articulation between them 

 and the apex of the third joint whitish ; fourth joint brown. 

 a. Brazil. Presented by Sir Charles Stewart. 



9. LEPTOSCELIS obscura, n. s. 



L. atra, obscura ; thorace elytrisque obsolete rubro marginatis ; 

 corpore subtus fusco-rufo, nigro-maculato, vel nigro, rufo- 

 irrorato. ? . 

 Long. lin. 74-8. 



Above dull black, obscure, clothed with short yellowish hairs. 

 Thorax thickly and minutely punctured, narrowly margined la- 

 terally with dull red. Coriaceous portion of the elytra minutely 

 punctured, with the outer margin narrowly edged with dull red. 

 Margins of the abdomen black, with a reddish orange spot at the 

 base of each segment. Body beneath either dull red, covered 

 with more or less confluent black spots, or black with a few red- 

 dish points ; in either case clothed with pale hairs. Legs, rostrum 

 and antennae black. 



a, Columbia. From M. Goudot's Collection. 



b. Cayenne. Presented by Mr. H. C. Rothery. 



10. LEPTOSCELIS ventralis, n. s. 



L. supra piceo-nigra, punctata ; subtus fulva, pectore nigro-ma- 

 culato ; thorace maculis 2 anticis flavis, humeris spinosis ; ab- 

 dominis dorso rufo, apice nigro, marginibus nigro- flavoque 

 fasciatis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 8. 



Above pitchy black, thickly and finely punctured. Thorax 

 with a small, acute, upright spine at each lateral angle, and with 

 two yellow spots near the anterior margin. Membrane of the 

 elytra brown, somewhat transparent. Wings brown, semitrans- 

 parent. Back of the abdomen bright red, with the apex black, 

 the margins banded with yellow and black. Abdomen beneath 



