HEMIPTERA. 



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ferous tubercles acute, but short. Thorax with the lateral mar- 

 gins smooth, anterior angles somewhat acute, lateral angles un- 

 armed ; the disc with a smooth, slightly elevated, longitudinal 

 central line. Scutellum with the punctures indistinct, the mar- 

 gins slightly raised, the disc with a smooth raised longitudinal 

 line. Coriaceous portion of the elytra with the nervures elevated 

 and smooth, indistinctly spotted with brown ; the -outer margin 

 indistinctly spotted with brown ; membrane whitish. Abdomen 

 beneath impunctate ; stigmata blackish. Breast thickly and finely 

 punctured. Legs pale fulvous; tarsi palest; posterior thighs 

 much thickened, with a row of four strong spines beneath near 

 the apex. Antennae fulvous, with the basal joint granulose ; 

 second and third joints about equal; apical joint brownish. 

 Rostrum reaching the posterior coxae. 



a. Georgia. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



2. HARMOSTES chilensis, n. s. 



H. pallide luteo-virescens, punctatus; thoracis mar^inibus sub- 

 dilatatis ; pedibus antennisque concoloribus, his articulo ultimo 

 fusco. $ . 

 Long. lin. 3. 



Pale yellowish green, thickly and finely punctured. Head 

 minutely punctured. Thorax with the lateral margins slightly 

 dilated and reflexed, the anterior angles acute, slightly projecting 

 forwards, the disc with a narrow smooth central line. Coriaceous 

 portion of the elytra with the outer and inner margins thickly 

 punctured, the two middle cells nearly impunctate, the nervures 

 elevated and smooth ; membrane transparent, colourless. Wings 

 transparent. Back of the abdomen greenish. Abdomen im- 

 punctate. Breast thickly and finely punctured, especially on the 

 posterior margins of the segments. Legs concolorous; claws 

 black; posterior thighs considerably thickened, with a row of 

 spines along the under surface, of which those near the apex are 

 larger. Rostrum not passing the intermediate legs, whitish, with 

 the tip black. Antennae greenish yellow, with the basal joint 

 nearly smooth; the second and third joints nearly equal; the 

 fourth joint brown. 



a. Chili. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



f Membrane covered with brown points. 



3. HARMOSTES perpunctatus, n. s. 



H. griseus, fusco-punctatissimus ; tuberculis antenniferis externe 

 longe spinosis ; antennarum articulo secundo tertio breviore ; 

 rostro abdominis basin attingenti. c? ? . 

 Long. 1m. 3. 



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