HEMIPTERA. 553 



3. NY si us Senecionis. 



Heterogaster Senecionis, Schill Beitr. i. 87. 5. t. 8. fig. 1 (1829) ; 

 H. Sch. Cont. Panz. F. G. 135. 14. fy Norn. Ent. i. 46 & 81 

 (1835); KoL Mel. Ent. ii. (1845). 



a. S. of France. 



b. Europe. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



4. NYSIUS basalis, n. s. 



vN. fusco-griseus, fusco-punctatus ; elytris pallidis, membrana 

 hyalina ; ventre basi nigro, $ $ . 

 Long. lin. 2-2. 



Head and thorax pale greyish brown, finely punctured with 

 brown, with a longitudinal pale line down the centre. Coria- 

 ceous portion of the elytra whitish, with two indistinct brownish 

 longitudinal streaks on the disc ; membrane transparent. Body 

 beneath brownish testaceous ; abdomen with the basal portion 

 black ; breast thickly punctured, with the centre black, and an 

 indistinct blackish band on each side. Legs testaceous ; thighs 

 punctured with brown; tarsi brown or blackish at the apex. 

 Rostrum testaceous, with the tip brown. Antennae brownish 

 testaceous, with the basal joint brown, the apical joint blackish. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



b. Brazil. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



5. NYSIUS scutellatus, n. s. 



N. supra griseus, capite thoraceque fusco-punctatis, nigro- varie- 

 gatis ; scutello nigro ; corpore subtus nigro, albido fulvoque 

 variegato. $ ? . 

 Long. lin. H-lf. 



Head and thorax griseous punctured with brown ; head with 

 a black streak on each side ; thorax blackish in front. Scutel- 

 lum black. Coriaceous portion of the elytra pale, with a brown 

 line near the outer margin and the apical margin brown ; mem- 

 brane brownish, with the nervures transparent. Head beneath 

 black, with the walls of the rostral canal yellow. Breast black, 

 punctured, with a yellow spot at the base of each leg. Abdomen 

 black, with a large orange spot at the apex in the female, imma- 

 culate in the male. Legs orange, with the thighs brownish or 

 punctured with brown. Rostrum brownish, with the apex black. 

 Antennae brownish, with the basal and apical joints blackish. 

 a. Jamaica. From Mr. Children's Collection, 



6. NYSIUS nubilus, n. s. 



N. capite thoraceque griseis, nigro-punctatis, scutello nigro ; 

 elytrorum corio testaceo, nervis fuscis albo-variegatis, mem- 



