500 HEMIPTERA. 



minutely punctured with brown. Rostrum pale testaceous, with 

 the tip black. Antennae black, with the apical joint orange. 

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



Genus 8. CERATOPACHYS. 



Homceocerus, p., Burm. Handb. ii. (1835). 

 Ceratopachys, Westw. in Hope's Cat, 22 (1842). 

 Prismatocerus, Am. & Serv. Hem. 184 (1843); H. Sch. Warn. ix. 

 236 (1850); Spin. Tav. Sin. Hem. 41 (1850). 



* Thorax not produced on each side into aflat elevated process. 

 (CERATOPACHYS pr.) 



1. CERATOPACHYS ruficornis, n. s. 



C. virescenti-luteus, punctatus; antennis, articulo ultimo luteo 

 excepto, elytrorum corio, margine externo excepto, abdomi- 

 nisque dorso, runs. ? . 

 Long. lin. 8. 



Head, thorax and scutellum pale greenish yellow; thorax 

 thickly and finely punctured; scutellum very finely wrinkled 

 transversely, and with a few fine punctures. Coriaceous portion 

 of the elytra reddish, thickly punctured, with the outer margin 

 pale greenish ; membrane semitransparent, brownish. Wings 

 semitransparent. Back of the abdomen bright red, with the 

 margins whitish. Body beneath yellow ; breast greenish, thickly 

 and finely punctured ; abdomen very minutely punctured. Thighs 

 fulvous ; tibirc and tarsi greenish yellow. Rostrum pale green- 

 ish. Antennae rather long, somewhat prismatic ; first three joints 

 red, finely granulose; last joint dull yellow, smooth. 

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



2. CERATOPACHYS virescens, n. s. 



C. virescenti-luteus, punctatus; elytris basi nigro-punctatis ; an- 

 tennarum articulis 2 ultimis viridi-aureo tinctis. cf ? . 

 Long. $ lin. 6, ? lin. 7- 



Greenish yellow above, thickly and finely punctured. Coria- 

 ceous portion of the elytra with the punctures of the basal por- 

 tion black ; sometimes with the base and apex reddish, and with 

 a whitish spot in the centre of the apical margin. Back of the 

 abdomen generally more or less tinged with red, sometimes en- 

 tirely greenish yellow. Breast thickly and finely punctured ; 

 abdomen very thickly and minutely punctured. Thighs yellow ; 

 tibiffi greenish, with their apices and the tarsi dusky or reddish. 



