466 HEMIPTERA. 



6. HYPSELONOTUS? affinis, n. s. 



H. prsecedenti valde affinis, differt capite antice subtruncato, 

 thorace latiori, postice minus producto ; corpore subtus cocci- 

 neo, nigro-fasciato. S . 

 Long. lin. 7- 



Head less produced in front than in the preceding, somewhat 

 truncate, red, with a large black patch between the eyes, and 

 another on the forehead. Thorax deep blue, thickly and rather 

 strongly punctured, with the anterior and posterior margins scarlet; 

 thorax broader than in the preceding species, with the posterior 

 margin less produced. Scutellum deep blue, transversely wrin- 

 kled. Elytra with the coriaceous portion blue, slightly brassy, 

 very thickly and finely punctured ; membrane brassy black. Ab- 

 domen scarlet, both above and beneath, with a broad black band 

 across the posterior margin of each segment ; anal plate with the 

 disc black. Breast scarlet ; antepectus rather coarsely punctured, 

 with the antero-lateral margins and two spots on each side black ; 

 the two other segments each with a black patch on each side, 

 and the posterior margins punctured. Legs, rostrum and an- 

 tennae black. 



a. S. America. Presented by Edward Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus 8. COPIUS. 



Alydus, p., Fab. Syst. Rh. (1803). 



Copius, Thunb. Diss. Ins. Hem. tria gen. (1825); Burm. Handb. 



ii. 329 (1835); Am. $ Serv. Hem. 222 (1843); H. Sck. Wanz. 



vii. 1 (1844) & ix. 245 (1851) ; Spin. Tav. Sin. Hem. 40 (1850). 

 Holhymenia, LeP. $ Serv. Enc. x. 62 (1825) ; Lot. Cuv. R. An. 



v. 197 (1829); Lap. Hem. 30 (1832); Spin. Hem. 198 (1837). 



1. COPIUS rubescens. 



Copius rubescens, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 222. 1. pi. 4. fig. 8 (1843). 

 a. Para. From Messrs. Wallace and Bates' Collection. 



2. COPIUS maculatus. 



Copius maculatus, Thunb, Diss. Ins. Hem. tria genera (1825). 

 Holhymenia Latreillei, LeP. fy Serv. Enc. x. 62 (1825). 

 Copius Latreillei, Burm. Handb. ii. 330. 4 (1835); Am. fy Serv. 



Hem. 223. 2 (1843). 



Copius intermedius, H. Sch. Wanz. vii. 2. t. 217. fig. 680 (1844). 

 Stall, Pun. 38. pi. 22. fig. 152. 



a. Brazil. From M. Mornay's Collection. 



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



