HEMIPTERA. 555 



neath pale ochreous, with the base and a band on each side within 

 the lateral margins black, or blackish. Breast testaceous, rather 

 thickly punctured, with the disc black, impunctate. Legs pale 

 testaceous, with the tarsi dusky at the apex. Rostrum pale 

 testaceous, with the apical joint blackish. Antennae pale testa- 

 ceous. 



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



9. NYSIUS albidus, n. s. 



N. praecedenti valde affinis ; scutello nigro, punctis 2 fulvis, apice 

 albido ; elytrorum corio albido, subdiaphano, nervis fusco - 

 punctatis ; femoribus, praecipue posticis, fusco-punctatis. 

 Long. lin. H. 



Head brownish, thickly punctured, with a blackish longitudinal 

 line on each side. Eyes pitchy brown. Thorax griseous, thickly 

 and rather strongly punctured with brown, with a slightly raised 

 central line on the anterior portion, and a little way from the an- 

 terior margin a faint transverse blackish impression. Scutellum 

 black, with a dull orange spot on each side about the middle, and 

 a minute whitish point at the apex. Coriaceous portion of the 

 elytra whitish, somewhat diaphanous, with the nervures of the 

 disc and the posterior margin spotted with brown ; membrane 

 whitish, semitransparent. Body beneath black ; abdomen with 

 a yellow spot near the apex. Legs pale testaceous ; anterior and 

 intermediate thighs with a few brown points, which are more 

 numerous and somewhat confluent on the posterior pair. An- 

 tennae brownish testaceous, with the basal joint brown ; apical 

 joint wanting. 



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



10. NYSIUS jamaicensis, n. s. 



N. testaceus, fusco-punctatus ; scutello fusco ; elytrorum corio 

 pallido, macula apicali fusco ; femoribus fusco-punctatis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 2|. 



Head somewhat produced in front, dusky testaceous, punc- 

 tured, with a large blackish spot on each side of the vertex, 

 separated from one another by a short whitish line. Eyes 

 blackish brown. Thorax testaceous, thickly punctured with 

 brown, with the anterior portion and some indistiuct bands on 

 the posterior portion brownish. Scutellum brown, rather strongly 

 punctured. Coriaceous portion of the elytra pale testaceous, 

 with the nervures sparingly spotted with pale brown, and with a 

 reddish brown patch in the outer apical angle ; membrane trans- 

 parent, slightly tinged with brown. Margins of the abdomen 

 banded with dull yellow and brown. Abdomen beneath testa- 



