HEMIPTERA. 56? 



the third dark brown, the fourth yellowish white at the base* 

 black at the apex. 



a. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



21. RHYPAROCHROMUS albostriatus. 



Lygjeus albostriatus, Fab. S. R. 229. 122 (1803). 

 Pachymerus albostriatus, Burm. Handb. ii. 295. 5 (1835). 



22. RHYPAROCHROMUS pallens, n. s. 



R. supra testaceus, fusco-punctatissimus ; capite, thorace antice 

 scutelloque basi castaneis ; corpore subtus fusco ; pedibus 

 luteis ; antennis testaceis, articulo ultimo fusco, basi albido. ? . 

 Long. lin. 4^. 



Rather elongate, above testaceous, thickly and finely punc- 

 tured with brown. Head pale chestnut-brown, impunctate, with 

 the tip of the central lobe pale. Thorax with the anterior por- 

 tion of the disc pale chestnut-brown, thickly and finely punc- 

 tured ; lateral margins slightly reflexed, impunctate. Scutellum 

 with a large tridentate chestnut patch at the base, and with a 

 minute pale point at the apex. Membrane of the elytra opaque, 

 brownish, with a large brown patch at the base near the inner 

 angle. Abdomen beneath dark brown, opaque, clothed with a 

 fine pale pubescence ; the margins spotted with yellow. Breast 

 pitchy, thickly and minutely punctured, with the posterior mar- 

 gins of the ante- and postpectora testaceous, and with a testa- 

 ceous spot at the base of each leg. Legs yellow ; thighs more 

 or less punctured with brown ; tibiae with several brown spines. 

 Rostrum short, not reaching the intermediate coxse, testaceous, 

 with the tip brown. Antennae with the first three joints testa- 

 ceous, the basal joint with a few brown bristles; last joint brownish, 

 with the base whitish. 



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



23. RHYPAROCHROMUS acuminatus, n. s. 



R, niger, nitidus, punctatus ; capite elongato, antice acuminato ; 

 elytrorum corio macula subapicali alba; antennis pedibusque 

 piceis. $ , 

 Long. lin. 2. 



Somewhat elongate, a little wider behind the middle, blatfk, 

 shining. Head longer than broad, pointed in front, impunctate. 

 Thorax nearly square, slightly narrowed in front, lateral margins 

 narrowly reflexed ; the disc with a transverse impression behind 

 the mid'dle ; the portion in front of this furrow somewhat convex, 

 smooth and impunctate, the posterior portion rather thickly 

 punctured. Scutellum finely punctured, Coriaceous portion of 



