576 HEMIPTERA. 



punctured with brown, with an irregular brownish band behind 

 the middle, and with a small brown spot on the outer apical 

 angle ; membrane brown, with the nervures pale, and with a more 

 or less distinct whitish patch at the apex. Abdomen beneath 

 red, with the anal plate black. Antepectus reddish brown ; the 

 two other segments black, with a whitish spot at the base of each 

 leg. Anterior thighs black or brown, with the apex pale ; inter- 

 mediate and posterior thighs yellow, with the apex blackish; 

 tibiae and tarsi testaceous. Rostrum pale brown. Antennae pale 

 yellowish testaceous, with the last joint brown. 



a. N. America. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



44. RHYPAROCHROMUS vicinus, n. s. 



R. praecedenti valde affinis ; capite, thoracisque lobo antico nigris; 

 elytris sine puncto albo ; scutello elongato, apice rufescenti ; 

 antennis fulvis, articulo tertio apice, quartoque toto, nigrican- 

 tibus. ? . 

 Long. lin. 3. 



This species very closely resembles the preceding, but the 

 white spot of the inner apical angle of the corium of the elytra is 

 wanting, and the apex of the third joint of the antennae is 

 blackish, as well as the last joint. 



a. N. America. From Lieut. Redman's Collection. 



45. RHYPAROCHROMUS parvulus, n. s. 



R. praecedenti affinis, niger, thorace postice castaneo ; elytrorum 

 corio pallide testaceo, fusco-punctato, apice fusco-nigro, ma- 

 cula parva alba; membrana fusca, nervis pallidis. c? ? . 

 Long. <? lin. H, ? lin. If. 



Head black. Thorax strongly constricted near the middle ; 

 the anterior lobe convex, black, impunctate ; the posterior dark 

 chestnut or pitchy, with the lateral angles and a more or less 

 distinct central spot black. Scutellum small, black. Coriaceous 

 portion of the elytra pale testaceous, finely punctured with 

 brown, with the outer margin whitish and impunctate ; the apex 

 brownish black, with a small white spot near the inner angle ; 

 membrane brown, with whitish nervures. Body beneath black, 

 with the centre of the abdomen sometimes reddish; posterior 

 margin of the breast whitish. Legs fulvous. Rostrum pale brown. 

 Antennae testaceous, with the last joint brown. 



a. N. America. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



b. Jamaica. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



