468 HEMIPTERA. 



1. HYALYMENUS vespiformis. 



Alydus vespiformis, Fab. S. R. 250. 8 (1803); Perty, Del. An- 



Art. 172. t. 34. fig. 5 (1834); Eurm. Handb. ii. 324. 6 (1835). 



Alydus pellucidus, G. R. Gray, in Griff. An. Kingd. xv. pi. 92. 



fig. 5(1832). 

 Hyalymenus vespiformis, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 224. 1 (1843). 



a. . 



b. Para. From Messrs. Wallace and Bates's Collection. 



2. HYALYMENUS dubius, n. s. 



H. dentato valde affinis, differt praecipue capite spinisque thoracis 

 rufis. An H. dentati varietas ? d 1 ? . 

 Long. lin. 8-9. 



Head red, shining, impunctate. Eyes blackish. Thorax red, 

 shining, rather thickly and finely punctured, with the anterior 

 margin impunctate ; the spines of the lateral angles red. Scu- 

 tellum red, with the tip paler. Elytra brownish, transparent, 

 with the nervures of the basal portion blackish or brown ; those 

 of the membrane brownish. Back of the abdomen reddish at 

 the base, the remainder brown, with the sides pale or greenish ; 

 the posterior angles of the last three segments acutely spinous, 

 with the spines slightly recurved, and blackish. Abdomen be- 

 neath pale yellow, smooth, shining and impunctate, with a black- 

 ish or brown band on each side on the third and fourth segments. 

 Breast red, punctured, with the sides of the medi- and postpec- 

 tus smooth. Anterior and intermediate legs red; thighs with 

 two or three concolorous spines beneath towards the apex ; pos- 

 terior legs black ; thighs thickened, especially in the male, with 

 the base red ; posterior tibiae curved at the middle, especially in 

 the male, and with the tip white ; posterior tarsi white. Ros- 

 trum red. Antennae black, with the base of the last joint white. 



a. Para. Presented by Edward Doubleday, Esq. 



b. Para. From Messrs. Wallace and Bates's Collection. 



c. . Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Genus 2. HYPSELOPUS. 



Hypselopus, Eurm. Handb. ii. 328 (1835). 

 Meloza, Am. $ Serv. Hem. 221 (1843) ; H. Sch. Wanz. ix. 243 

 & 273 (1851). 



1. HYPSELOPUS gigas. 



Hypselopus gigas, Eurm. Handb. ii. 329. 1 (1835). 

 Meloza villosipes, Am. $ Serv. Hem. 221. 1 (1843). 

 a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius's Collection. 



