HEMIPTERA. 571 



31. RHYPAROCHROMUS crassicornis, n.s. 



R. niger, thorace postice elytrisque griseis, fusco-punctatis ; 

 antennis incrassatis, hirtis ; pedibus fulvis, femoribus apice 

 nigris. $ . 

 Long. lin. 2. 



Head black, rather strongly punctured; eyes prominent. 

 Thorax black, opaque, with the posterior margin griseous, punc- 

 tured with brown. Scutellum black, with the tip pale. Coria- 

 ceous portion of the elytra griseous, thickly punctured with 

 brown; membrane brown, with the nervures pale. Body be- 

 neath black ; abdomen shining ; breast opaque, thickly and finely 

 punctured. Legs fulvous ; thighs black at the apex ; tibiae 

 brownish ; tarsi dusky at the tip. Rostrum fulvous. Antennae 

 very stout, black, covered with stiff hairs. 



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



32. RHYPAROCHROMUS lacertosus. 



Pachymerus lacertosus, Erichs. Arch, fur Naturg. viii. 27^. 265 

 (1842). 



a. New Holland. Presented by Sir John Richardson, M.D. 



33. RHYPAROCHROMUS pictipennis, n. s. 



R. subelongatus, niger, thorace postice elytrisque testaceis, nigro- 

 maculatis ; thorace elongato, antice angustato, lateribus sub- 

 rectis. $ . 

 Long. lin. 3. 



Somewhat elongate. Head black, impunctate, not broader 

 than the anterior angles of the thorax. Thorax longer than 

 broad, considerably narrowed in front, with the lateral margins 

 not reflexed, nearly straight; the disc with a slight transverse 

 impression behind the middle ; the anterior portion slightly con- 

 vex, black, finely punctured; the posterior portion testaceous, 

 covered with more or less confluent black spots ; posterior mar- 

 gin considerably emarginate. Scutellum black, with a minute 

 whitish point at the tip. Coriaceous portion of the elytra testa- 

 ceous, punctured with brown, with the outer apical angle, and 

 an irregular, band-like patch on the disc behind the middle, 

 blackish ; membrane brown, with the nervures, and a number of 

 confluent points in the interstices, whitish. Body beneath black ; 

 abdomen shining, impunctate ; breast opaque, minutely punc- 

 tured, with a fulvous spot at the base of each leg. Thighs black ; 

 tibiae fulvous, with the apex black, the anterior pair much curved ; 

 tarsi blackish. Rostrum short, scarcely passing the anterior 



