HEMIPTERA. 5?7 



46. RHYPAROCHROMUS pusillus, n. s. 



R. fuscescens ; elytris testaceis, fusco-punctatis ; scutello fusco, 

 lineis 2 luteis ; antennis pallide fulvis articulo ultimo fusces- 

 centi, basi pallido. ? . 

 Long. lin. 1J. 



Head brownish. Thorax rather shorter than the width of its 

 posterior margin, the sides margined, the disc with a transverse 

 impression, the anterior portion brown, the posterior brownish 

 testaceous, punctured with brown. Scutellum brown, rather 

 sparingly punctured, with a fulvous line on each side, and a mi- 

 nute pale spot at the apex. Coriaceous portion of the elytra 

 testaceous, shining, punctured with brown, with an irregular 

 band across the disc behind the middle and a spot on the outer 

 apical angle, brown ; membrane brownish, with the nervures, a 

 spot at the outer basal angle and another at the apex pale. 

 Body beneath brown, with the apex testaceous. Legs, rostrum 

 and antennae yellow, the apical joint of the latter brown, with the 

 base yellow. 



a. ? From Mr. Children's Collection. 



47. RHYPAROCHROMUS nigriceps, n. s. 



R. castaneus; capite nigro; elytrorum corio testaceo, fusco- 

 punctato; pedibus fulvis, femoribus anticis annulo medio 

 nigro. $ ? . 

 Long. lin. 2^. 



Elongate; deep chestnut. Head black. Thorax about as 

 long as its width at the base, rather strongly constricted behind 

 the middle ; the anterior lobe narrower than the posterior, wider 

 behind than before, impunctate ; posterior lobe rather strongly 

 but sparingly punctured, and indistinctly spotted with black. 

 Scutellum finely punctured. Coriaceous portion of the elytra 

 testaceous, finely punctured with brown, with a pale brown spot 

 on the outer margin near the apex and another on the outer 

 apical angle; membrane brown, with the nervures and some 

 spots in the interstices pale. Body beneath pitchy. Legs ful- 

 vous ; anterior thighs thickened, with a blackish band about the 

 middle. Rostrum fulvous, with the tip dusky. Antennae ful- 

 vous ; the apex of the second and third joints dusky ; fourth 

 joint brown. 



a. Sandwich Islands. Presented by the Lords of the Ad- 

 miralty. 



48. RHYPAROCHROMUS cephalotes, n. s. 



R. elongatus, niger ; elytrorum corio fulvo, margine externo basi 

 maculaque magna triangulari apicali albis, margine interno et 



