5J2 HEMIPTERA. 



coxae, brown, with the basal and apical joints blackish. Antennae 

 pitchy black, with the base of the fourth joint whitish. 



a. Van Diemen's Land. From Mr. Hooker's Collection. 



34. RHYPAROCHROMUS bengalensis, n. s. 



R. elongatus, niger; thorace elongate, subnitido, pone medium 

 constricto, lobo postico latiori, fortiter punctato; elytrorum 

 corio testaceo, nigro-punctato et maculato, macula subapicali 

 albida. <? . 

 Long. lin. 5. 



Elongate. Head black, finely punctured, a little longer than 

 broad ; eyes considerably wider than the anterior portion of the 

 thorax. Thorax black, somewhat shining, longer than broad, 

 strongly constricted behind the middle, with a slightly elevated 

 line down each lateral margin; anterior lobe rounded, rather 

 convex, minutely punctured, with the anterior margin rather 

 strongly punctured; posterior lobe broader than the anterior, 

 rather thickly and strongly punctured, with the posterior angles 

 smooth and tubercular. Coriaceous portion of the elytra with 

 its basal portion testaceous, punctured and streaked with brown ; 

 the clavus black ; the apex black, enclosing a large white patch, 

 punctured with brown. Membrane brown, with the nervures 

 darker ; the second nervure from the inside whitish towards the 

 base. Body beneath black, somewhat opaque ; breast finely 

 punctured. Legs black, with the base of the thighs yellow ; 

 anterior tibiae testaceous at the base. Rostrum brownish fulvous, 

 with the back of the second joint whitish. Antennae pitchy, with 

 the base of the last joint whitish. 



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



35. RHYPAROCHROMUS assimilis, n. s> 



R. precedent! valde affinis; differt thorace opaco, lobo antico 

 minus convexo, linea media obsoleta elevata, lobo postico te- 

 nuiter punctato. ? . 

 Long, lin, 6. 



This species very closely resembles the preceding, from which 

 it differs principally in the form of the thorax, which is rather 

 shorter in proportion to its length, and less strongly constricted 

 behind the middle ; the whole thorax is black and opaque ; the 

 anterior lobe has its sides less rounded, and its disc less convex, 

 than in R. bengalensis, with the surface finely punctured; the 

 posterior lobe is also finely punctured, and has a short, orange, 

 central line. 



a. Bombay. Presented by Walter Elliott, Esq. 



