548 HEMIPTERA. 



Head above black, with a red spot on each lateral margin; 

 beneath black, with the edges of the rostral canal pale. Thorax 

 black, with the margins and a central longitudinal line red. 

 Coriaceous portion of the elytra brown, with the base of the 

 outer margin red ; membrane black, with the apex and a trans- 

 verse line near the base white. Abdomen above red, with the 

 apex black, the margins banded with black and red; beneath 

 black, with the base reddish, the margins banded with black and 

 red. Breast black, with the margins of the antepectus and a spot 

 on each side of each segment close to the insertion of the legs 

 reddish. Legs, rostrum and antennae black. 



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



49. LYG^EUS verticalis, n. s. 



L. rufo nigroque varius; capite rufo, vertice nigro ; scutello nigro 

 apice pallido ; elytrorum corio macula media nigra, basi nigri- 

 canti ; membrana nigra apice alba. $ . 

 Long. lin. 3. 



Head red, with a black spot on the vertex. Thorax black, 

 with the margins and a longitudinal central line red. Scutellum 

 black, with the apex pale dull orange. Coriaceous portion of 

 the elytra red, with the basal portion blackish, the disc with a 

 black spot ; membrane black, with the apex white. Wings 

 brownish. Abdomen red, with the apex black. Breast red, 

 rather thickly punctured, with a black point on each side on the 

 first and second segments, and a black band on the anterior por- 

 tion of the second and third segments. Legs, rostrum and an- 

 tennae black. 



50. LYG^EUS melanurus. 



Lygaeus melanurus, Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent. v. 143. 52 (1837). 



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



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



51. LYGAEUS marginellus, n. s. 



L. rufus, capite, thorace, scutello, membrana, pectore, abdominis 

 apice marginibusque, pedibus, rostro antennisque nigris ; tho- 

 racis angulis lateralibus rufis. 

 Long. lin. 3J. 



Head black, with a minute red point on the vertex. Thorax 

 black, with the humeral angles red ; the disc with a shallow, 

 transverse, punctured impression. Scutellum black. Coriaceous 

 portion of the elytra red, with the outer margin blackish ; mem- 

 brane black. Abdomen both above and beneath red, with the 



