HEMIPTERA. 543 



Black, opaque. Head with a scarlet spot on the vertex. Tho- 

 rax with a central, longitudinal scarlet line running from the 

 posterior margin to near the anterior margin, and an irregular 

 scarlet line on each side within the lateral margins; posterior 

 margin nearly straight. Coriaceous portion of the elytra with 

 three red lines, of which the first runs along the inner margin of 

 the clavus, the second along the suture of the clavus at the 

 apical portion, and the third within the outer margin ; membrane 

 whitish, with a black line across the base. Abdomen beneath 

 banded with red and black, the basal portion of each segment 

 being black, and with a black band down each side within the 

 margin. Breast black, with a large red spot on each side of each 

 segment. Legs, rostrum and antennae black. 



a. Cape of Good Hope. From M. Drege's Collection. 



33. LYGJSUS trimaculatus, n. s. 



L. rufo-nigroque varius ; capite macula bifurca, thorace maculis 

 tribus anticis, pectore nigro maculis tribus utrinque, fulvis ; 

 ventre nigro-fasciato ; meinbrana nigra. $ . 

 Long. lin. 5. 



Head with the apex and a spot on each side within the eyes 

 black, leaving a large, anteriorly bifurcate spot on the disc orange ; 

 beneath black, with a reddish orange spot on each side at the 

 base of the antennae. Eyes brown; ocelli reddish. Thorax with 

 the anterior margin and two broad longitudinal bands on the 

 posterior portion of the disc united with the anterior margin by 

 a narrow line, black ; three orange spots on the anterior portion, 

 of which the central one is transverse and elevated ; the lateral 

 margins and a line on the disc of the posterior portion red. 

 Scutellum black, with the apex red, with a deep triangular im- 

 pression on each side behind the middle. Coriaceous portion of 

 the elytra red, with a streak on the suture of the clavus, and a 

 large triangular spot on the outer margin, black; membrane 

 black. Abdomen red, with a broad band across the base of the 

 third, fourth and fifth segments, a spot on each side of the second 

 segment, and the disc of the last segment black; posterior 

 margin of the fifth segment yellowish. Breast black, with three 

 orange spots on each side. Legs, rostrum and antennae black, 

 a. N. America. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



34. LYG^EUS furcula. 



Lygaeus furcula, H. Sch. Wanz. ix. 197 (1850). 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



b. Port Natal. From Dr. Gueinzius's Collection. 



