HEMIPTERA* 579 



elytra testaceous, thickly and finely punctured with brown, with 

 a brown line on the apical margin ; membrane brownish, semi- 

 transparent, with the nervures paler. Body beneath blackish 

 brown, thickly clothed with a silvery pile. Thighs black, with 

 the apex yellow ; tibiae and tarsi yellow, with the tips of the 

 latter blackish. Rostrum brownish. Antennae testaceous, with 

 the apical joint brown. 



a. ? From Mr. Children's Collection. 



51. RHYPAROCHROMUS proximus, n. s. 



R. prascedenti valde affinis, differt statura majori, capite thorace- 

 que magis elongatis, pedibus antennisque totis fulvis. $ ? . 

 Long. tin. 3j-3f. 



Elongate. Head brown, obscure. Thorax elongate, mode- 

 rately constricted behind the middle ; the anterior lobe brown, 

 gradually attenuated in front, with a very distinct collar at the 

 anterior margin ; the posterior lobe testaceous, finely punctured 

 with brown. Scutellum brownish, finely punctured, with the 

 apex whitish. Coriaceous portion of the elytra testaceous, finely 

 punctured with brown, the punctures on the disc placed in lines ; 

 membrane brownish, with the nervures pale. Wings transparent. 

 Abdomen above red, with a black band down each side within 

 the lateral margins ; beneath dull red. Legs fulvous, with the 

 tips of the tarsi black. Rostrum with the first two joints fulvous, 

 the third and fourth black. Antennse fulvous. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



b. Cape of Good Hope. From M. Dre^e's Collection. 



c. China? Presented by G. T. Lay, Esq. 



52. RHYPAROCHROMUS attenuatus, n. s. 



R. prsecedentibus valde affinis ; antennis nigricantibus, articulo 

 primo fulvo ; pedibus fulvis, femoribus brunneis ; ventre nigro, 

 margine maculisque 5 utrinque rubris. ? . 

 Long. lin. 4. 

 a. Port Natal. From Dr. Krauss's Collection. 



III. Thorax square, not wider than the head. Body linear, 

 (PTEROTMETUS, A. 4- 8.) 



53. RHYPAROCHROMUS hemipterus. 



Pachymerus hemipterus, Schill. Beitr. i. 77- 20. t. 6. fig. 11 (1829). 

 Pachymerus staphiliniformis, Hahn, Wanz. i. 61. t. 9. fig. 37 



(1831). 



Tynopteryx, Amyot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2 me ser. iv. 103, 

 a. Geneva. Presented by M. Goureau. 



