494 HEMIPTERA. 



thickly and finely punctured, with a reddish patch on each side of 

 each segment, and a small black spot on each side of the medi- 

 and postpectus. Coxae and trochanters reddish ; thighs brown, 

 becoming paler towards the base ; tibiae pale brown, with the apex 

 blackish ; tarsi blackish. Rostrum pale fulvous, with the apex 

 brown. Antennae with the basal joint black, reddish beneath ; 

 second and third joints dull red, with the apices flattened, slightly 

 dilated, black ; fourth joint wanting. 



a. S. Africa. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



2. GONOCERUS bipunctatus. 



Coreus bipunctatus, Hope, Cat. 23 (1842). 



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

 b. . Presented by General Thomas Hardwicke. 



3. GONOCERUS punctiger, n. s. 



G. prsecedenti affinis, supra griseo-testaceus, fuseo-punctatus, 

 puncto albido in singulo elytro ; thorace acute spinoso, spinis 

 nigris ; antennis ferrugineis, articulo ultimo fusco. S ? . 

 Long. lin. 5. 



Above greyish testaceous, thickly and finely punctured with 

 brown. Thorax with the lateral angles acutely spinous, more 

 produced than in the preceding species ; spines black. Coria- 

 ceous portion of the elytra with the outer margin and a small 

 spot in the inner apical angle white ; membrane brownish, semi- 

 transparent, with the outer margin very narrowly edged with 

 black. Wings brown, with the nervures blackish. Back of the 

 abdomen red, with the margins whitish. Body beneath pale 

 yellow ; breast thickly and finely punctured, and with three black 

 points on each side ; abdomen with three rows of black points on 

 each side. Legs ochreous, with the tips of the thighs, the tibiae 

 and tarsi dusky. Rostrum yellow, with the tip black. Antenna? 

 ferruginous, with the apical joint brown. 



a. China. Presented by G. T. Lay, Esq. 



4. GONOCERUS punctulatus. 



Coreus punctulatus, Hope, Cat. 23 (1843). 

 An Coreus calumniator, Fab. E. S. iv. 131. 16 (1794) fy S. 

 198. 29 (1803) ? 



a. India. Presented by General Thomas Hardwicke, 



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



