HEMIPTERA, 517 



tnembrana albida, punctis nonnullis fuscis ; antennis obscure 

 ferrugineis. 3 

 Long. lin. 5. 



Brown, opaque, hirsute. Thorax with the disc covered with 

 strong tuft-like tubercles ; lateral margins strongly spinous ; 

 lateral angles prominent, truncated. Scutellum with two black 

 triangular spots at the base ; its disc with a few small tubercles. 

 Coriaceous portion of the elytra covered with small tubercles, the 

 basal portion of the outer margin blackish ; membrane whitish, 

 semitransparent, with a few scattered dark brown points. Back 

 of the abdomen red, with the margins blackish, tuberculate. 

 Legs tuberculate ; anterior tibiae compressed, somewhat dilated, 

 canaliculate and denticulated on the outer margin; posterior 

 tibiae compressed, somewhat dilated, narrowed towards the apex ; 

 the inner margin denticulated and with a strong tooth about the 

 middle. Antennae entirely pale yellowish ferruginous ; first three 

 joints rough, hairy; third joint slightly dilated at the apex. 

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



6. ACANTHOCORIS apicalis, n. s. 



A. praecedenti aifinis, fuscus, opacus, hirsutus, fasciculato-tuber- 

 culatus ; antennis fusco-testaceis, hirsutis, articulo tertio spa- 

 tulato apice, et quarto, basi excepto, nigris ; elytrorum mem- 

 brana fuscescenti. (? ? . 

 Long. lin. 4-5. 



This species closely resembles the preceding in colour and tex- 

 ture. The antennae are brownish testaceous, with the apex of 

 the third joint, and the fourth joint, except at the base, black ; 

 the first three joints are covered with strong hairs; the third 

 joint considerably dilated at the apex ; fourth joint clothed with 

 fine hairs. The posterior tibiae are more strongly denticulated in 

 the male than the preceding species ; those of the female dilated 

 before the middle into a broad, somewhat lozenge-shaped plate. 

 Membrane of the elytra brownish, somewhat opaque. 

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



1. AGANTHOCORIS thoracicus, n. s. 



A. pallide fuscus, opacus ; thorace postice albido, transverse ru- 

 goso, humeris prominentibus, truncatis ; antennis fuscis, arti- 

 culo tertio valde dilatato, basi excepto nigro, quarto luteo, 

 apice nigro. ? . 

 Long. lin. 4^. 



Pale brown, opaque. Head with three whitish longitudinal 

 lines ; central lobe projecting into a small spine between the an* 

 tennae. Thorax with the posterior portion white, rather strongly 



