502 HEMIPTERA. 



5. CERATOPACHYS variabilis, n. s. 



C. viridis, vel fulvus, rubro-varius ; macula parva flava in angulo 



apicali interno singuli elytri ; antennis nigris, articulis 2 et 3 



basi flavis vel viridibus, tertio dilatato. <? ? . 



Long. lin. 7- 



Var. a. S . Head, thorax and body beneath pale green. 

 Eyes and ocelli red. Thorax thickly and finely punctured, with 

 the posterior margin reddish. Coriaceous portion of the elytra 

 thickly punctured, red, with the outer margin green, a narrow 

 fulvous line on the apical margin, and a small yellow spot in the 

 inner apical angle ; membrane blackish brown. Margins of the 

 abdomen pale green, with indistinct blackish bands at the pos- 

 terior margins of some of the segments. Thighs greenish, with 

 the apex brown ; tibiae and tarsi brown. Rostrum greenish, with 

 the tip black. Antennae black, with the second and third joints 

 pale green at the base ; third joint much dilated at the apex. 



Var. )3. $ . Head, thorax and body beneath orange. Head 

 reddish in front. Thorax with the lateral margins and a broad 

 band across the posterior margin red. Scutellum yellow, tinged 

 with green. Coriaceous portion of the elytra thickly and finely 

 punctured, greenish testaceous, with the basal portion of the 

 outer margin yellow, and a broad red band running along the 

 whole inner and apical margin ; inner apical angle with a yellow 

 spot. Margins of the abdomen very indistinctly marked with red 

 at the posterior margins of some of the segments. Breast 

 greenish. Basal portion of the thighs fulvous. Base of the 

 second and third joints of the antennae pale yellow. In other 

 respects like var. a. 



Var. y. Head red. Thorax and under side of the body as in 

 the preceding. Scutellum deep orange. Coriaceous portion of 

 the elytra pale olive, thickly and finely punctured with black, 

 with the nervures blackish ; the basal portion of the outer mar- 

 gin and a spot in the inner apical angle yellow. Margins of the 

 abdomen reddish, with a black band at the posterior margin of 

 each segment. Thighs orange, with the apex pitchy ; tibiae and 

 tarsi pitchy black. Rostrum orange, with the apical joint brown. 

 Antennae as in var. j8. 



a. N. India. From Capt. Boys' Collection. 



6. CERATOPACHYS plagiatus. 



Homceocerus plagiatus, Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent. v. 147. 63 (1837). 

 Gonocerus marginellus, Hope ? 



a. S. Africa. Presented by Dr. Andrew Smith. 



