554 HEMIPTERA. 



brana subhyalina, fusco-maculata; corpore subtus nigro, griseo- 

 piloso. d* . 

 Long. lin. 3. 



Head and thorax griseous, very thickly and finely punctured 

 with black. Eyes black. Scutellum black, thickly punctured. 

 Coriaceous portion of the elytra testaceous, indistinctly mottled 

 with brown, with the nervures variegated with white and brown ; 

 membrane transparent, with the interstices of the nervures more 

 or less spotted with brown. Wings iridescent. Abdomen above 

 black, with an orange spot behind the middle ; beneath black, 

 thickly clothed with a pale greyish pile, with the anal plate and 

 the centre of the posterior margins of the three last segments 

 brownish, and transverse rows of deep black spots, containing 

 four in each, across the disc of the second and third segments. 

 Breast black, thickly punctured and clothed with a greyish yellow 

 pile, with the margins of the four posterior leg-sockets testa- 

 ceous. Legs testaceous ; coxae and trochanters fulvous ; thighs 

 covered with dark brown points ; tarsi brownish, with the base 

 testaceous. Antennae with the basal and apical joints blackish, 

 the second and third brownish. 



a. Columbia. From M. Goudot's Collection. 



f Second joint of the antenna equal in length to the third. 



7. NYSIUS binotatus. 



Cymus binotatus, Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent. v. 138. 41 (1837). 

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



8. NYSIUS pallens, n. s. 



N. capite, thorkceque testaceis, hoc linea media albida ; scutello 

 nigricanti, linea media lutea; elytrorum corio pallido, mar- 

 gine postico nigro- vel fusco-maculato. <? ? . 

 Long. lin. 2. 



Head brownish testaceous, finely punctured, with a blackish 

 longitudinal line on each side ; central lobe pale. Eyes dark 

 brown. Thorax testaceous, thickly and finely punctured with 

 brown, the punctures forming four more or less distinct longitu- 

 dinal brown bands on the posterior portion ; the disc with a cen- 

 tral longitudinal whitish line ; the anterior portion with two slight 

 blackish transverse impressions. Scutellum blackish, punctured, 

 with a smooth central yellow line. Coriaceous portion of the 

 elytra whitish, with the nervures yellowish ; the posterior margin 

 with two or three brown spots, sometimes forming an interrupted 

 transverse line ; membrane whitish, semitransparent, sometimes 

 with a very faint brown streak down the centre. Abdomen be- 



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