HEMIPTERA. 



529 



acuminate, apice subimpunctato ; abdominis dorso nigro, fulvo- 



maculato, marginibus luteis, ferrugineo-variegatis. $ . 



Long. lin. 3J. 



Testaceous. Head with several black points and lines. Tho- 

 rax thickly and finely punctured with black, with the anterior 

 and lateral margins impunctate, and with a transverse black line, 

 interrupted in the middle close to the anterior margin. Scutel- 

 lum somewhat acute at the apex, punctured with black and 

 clothed with long whitish hairs ; the apex very minutely punc- 

 tured, whitish. Elytra transparent ; nervures of the basal por- 

 tion yellowish. Wings transparent, iridescent. Back of the ab- 

 domen black, thickly and minutely punctured, with the apical 

 segment impunctate ; the disc with two fulvous spots placed one 

 behind the other, and on each side of the penultimate segment at 

 its posterior margin a smaller yellowish spot ; the last segment 

 has the margins and a short central streak yellow; margins 

 yellow, indistinctly banded with ferruginous. Body beneath 

 ochreous. Abdomen impunctate, clothed with short pale hairs. 

 Breast thickly punctured ; centre of the mesosteraum black, with 

 a distinct canal. Legs pale yellow, very minutely punctured with 

 brown ; tarsi with the tips of the first and third joints and the 

 claws blackish. Rostrum pale yellow, with the apex black. An- 

 tennae pale yellow, with a brown line along the upper surface of 

 the first three joints. 



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



13. RHOPALUS chinensis, n. s. 



R. prsecedenti affinis, griseo-testaceus, punctatus ; scutello acu- 



minato ; abdominis dorso testaceo, serie utrinque punctorum 



nigrorum ; ventre nitido, serie utrinque punctorum nigrorum ; 



antennis ferrugineis. $ . 



Long. lin. 3J. 



Head, thorax and scutellum dusky testaceous, thickly and 

 rather coarsely punctured. Head with a reddish tubercle behind 

 each eye. Scutellum with the apex pointed and concolorous. 

 Coriaceous portion of the elytra semitransparent, testaceous, with 

 the outer margin reddish, punctured; the nervures and outer 

 margin with numerous black points; membrane transparent, 

 colourless. Wings transparent, iridescent. Abdomen above yel- 

 lowish ; the disc thickly and finely punctured, with the apical 

 segment impunctate, and with a row of black points down each 

 side ; the margins impunctate, with a minute black point at the 

 edge of each segment. Body beneath testaceous. Abdomen 

 smooth, impunctate, very minutely wrinkled transversely, with a 

 row of black points on each side within the stigmata. Breast 



