HEMIPTERA. 465 



2. HYPSELONOTUS interruptus. 



Hypselonotus interruptus, Hahn, Wanz. i. 187. t. 30. fig. 96 

 (1831); Burm. Handb. ii. 320. 2 (1835); Am. $ Serv. Hem. 

 242 (1843). 



Hypselonotus bilineatus, Hope, Cat. 21 (1842). 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



b. Mexico. From M. Hartweg's Collection. 



c. . Presented by Capt. Sir Edward Belcher, R.N. 



d. . 



3. HYPSELONOTUS concinnus, n. s. 



H. supra fulvo nigroque varius, capite rufo, subtus flavus, rufo- 



fasciatus; femoribus rufis; tibiis, tarsis, rostro, antennisque 



nigris. $ ? . 



Long. lin. 5-6. 



Head red. Thorax with the disc black or blackish, the ante- 

 rior portion and the lateral margins orange ; a more or less di- 

 stinct pale line down the centre of the disc; anterior portion 

 sometimes with two irregular yellowish white spots punctured 

 with black. Scutellum orange or reddish. Coriaceous portion 

 of the elytra with the basal half black or blackish, margined both 

 externally and internally with reddish orange ; apical half orange- 

 yellow, with the outer apical angle black; membrane brassy 

 black. Body beneath yellow. Abdomen with the apex, the la- 

 teral margins, and a line across the base of each of the segments, 

 red ; these transverse lines in some specimens are partially re- 

 placed by black lines. Breast with three more or less distinct 

 red patches, and sometimes two transverse black lines, on each 

 side. Thighs, coxse and trochanters red ; tibiae and tarsi black. 

 Rostrum black. Antennae black, without white rings. 



a. Mexico. 



b. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's Collection. 



c. Columbia. From M. Goudot's Collection. 



4. HYPSELONOTUS linea. 



Lygaeus linea, Fab. S. R. 220. 75 (1803). 

 Sioll, Pun. 51. pi. 11. fig. 82. 



a. British Guiana. Presented by Sir Robert Schomburgk. 



5. HYPSELONOTUS? fasciatus. 



Chariesterus fasciatus, Burm. Handb. ii. 317. 2 (1835). 

 Stoll, Pun. 49. pi. ll.f. 76. 



a. Guayaquil. Presented by Dr. Joseph Hooker. 



b. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's Collection. 



c. Columbia. From M. Goudot's Collection. 



d. Rio de Janeiro. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



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