518 HEMIPTERA. 



wrinkled transversely ; lateral margins with a few black spines ; 

 lateral angles produced into broad, flat, truncated processes, which 

 are spinous in front. Membrane of the elytra brownish. Thighs 

 tuberculate ; anterior tibiae compressed, denticulated externally ; 

 posterior tibiae dilated at the base on the inside, narrowed towards 

 the apex, with a pale band near the base ; inner margin denti- 

 culated. Antennae with the first two joints brownish, channelled, 

 the apex of the second blackish ; third joint much dilated, black, 

 with the base brown ; fourth joint yellow, with the tip black. 

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



8. ACANTHOCORIS obscurus, n. s. 



A. fuscus, obscurus, hirsutus; thorace, pedibus, articuloque 

 basali antennarum, fascieulato-tuberculatis ; antennarum arti- 

 culo tertio apice valde dilatato, supra crenato, secundo et tertio 

 apice nigris, quarto toto luteo. $ . 

 Long. lin. 6. 



Brown, obscure, clothed with hairs. Thorax with the humeral 

 angles prominent, truncate, the lateral margins with one or two 

 spines, the disc covered with strong tuft-like tubercles. Scutel- 

 lum with two blackish spots at the base. Coriaceous portion of 

 the elytra with a few small tubercles ; membrane brownish, ob- 

 scure, clouded with brown. Abdomen above red, with the mar- 

 gins brown, banded with pale brown ; the last segment with two 

 small tubercles on each edge. Body beneath paler than above. 

 Thighs tubercular ; anterior tibiae compressed, somewhat dilated, 

 with a double row 7 of tubercles on the outer margin ; intermediate 

 tibiae tuberculate externally ; posterior tibiae dilated on the inside 

 near the base into a large somewhat triangular lobe ; the outer 

 margin with a few tubercles ; the inner margin with a row of 

 acute spines. Antennae with the first three joints concolorous 

 with the body, the second and third joints black at the apex ; 

 basal joint tuberculate ; third joint much dilated at the apex, 

 with the upper margin of the dilated portion crenated ; fourth 

 joint yellow. 



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



b. Bombay. Presented by Walter Elliott, Esq. 



Genus 19. CHCEROMMATUS. 

 Choerommatus, Am. fy Serv. Hem. 204 (1843). 



1. CHCEROMMATUS farinosus. 



Chcerommatus farinosus, Am. & Serv. Hem. 204. 1. pi. 4. fig. 4 

 (1843). 



a. Africa. Presented by J. D. Jebbs, Esq. 



