HEMIPTERA. 505 



t Lateral angles of the thorax more or less prominent. 



2. ANASA moesta, n. s. 



A. fusca, punctata, humeris prominentibus rotundatis ; antennis 

 testaceis, vel pallide fuscis, articulo ultimo obscuriori ; abdo- 

 minis marginibus fulvo nigroque variegatis ; pedibus albidis 

 vel fulvis, nigro-purictatis, femoribus apice fuscis. $ . 

 Long. lin. 6. 



Brown, thickly punctured. Head with the spines tipped with 

 black. Thorax with the lateral angles prominent, rounded; 

 lateral margins blackish ; posterior angles acute. Scutellum 

 rather coarsely punctured with black. Coriaceous portion of the 

 elytra very thickly and finely punctured, with the clavus rather 

 strongly punctured ; membrane blackish brown. Abdomen above 

 bright red, with the apex black ; margins black or dark brown, 

 with an orange band at the base of each segment. Body beneath 

 reddish brown ; abdomen very thickly and minutely punctured 

 with brown, and with a few scattered black points. Breast 

 thickly punctured. Thighs pale yellow or fulvous, with nume- 

 rous black points ; the apex brownish ; tibiae pale yellow or ful- 

 vous, with several black points ; tarsi fulvous or brownish. Ros- 

 trum fulvous, with the tip black. Antennae testaceous or pale 

 brown, with the last joint dusky. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's Collection. 



b. Columbia. From M. Goudot's Collection. 



3. ANASA obscura, n. s. 



A. fusca, punctata ; humeris prominulis, rotundatis ; pedibus an- 

 tennisque ferrugineis, femoribus basi fulvis, punctis nonnullis 

 fuscis ; abdominis marginibus fusco fulvoque variegatis. $ . 

 Long. lin. 5. 



Brown, thickly and finely punctured. Head reddish, with the 

 tips of the spines blackish. Thorax with the lateral angles some- 

 what prominent, rounded; lateral margins waved, pilose; posterior 

 angles slightly spinous ; surface thickly and finely punctured, 

 with a narrow, subimpunctate line down the middle. Scutellum 

 rather coarsely punctured. Coriaceous portion of the elytra 

 rather thickly and finely punctured, with the clavus more coarsely 

 punctured; membrane dark brown. Wings transparent. Back 

 of the abdomen bright red, with the apex black ; margins brown, 

 with a fulvous band at the base of each segment. Body beneath 

 reddish brown. Abdomen minutely punctured, and clothed with 

 short golden hairs; stigmata black. Breast thickly punctured. 

 Legs somewhat ferruginous; the base of the thighs yellow or 



