580 HEMIPTERA. 



Genus 9. ORTH^EA, n. g. 



Head triangular, narrowed behind the eyes, which are a good 

 deal wider than the anterior margin of the thorax. Eyes mode- 

 rate. Ocelli placed behind the eyes. Antennae elongate, as long 

 as the body, or nearly so ; basal joint shortest, as long as, or 

 longer than, the head; second joint longest; third longer than 

 the fourth. Body elongate. Thorax narrowed in front. Scu- 

 tellum triangular, longer than broad. Membrane with five ner- 

 vures, of which the two inner are much crooked near the base, 

 the remainder springing apparently from a common point, the 

 outer one being very short. Legs very long ; anterior thighs 

 slightly thickened, with a row of acute teeth along the lower 

 surface ; tarsi three-jointed, with the basal joint about twice as 

 long as the other two together, second joint shortest. 



1. ORTH^EA consuta, n. s. PI. XV. fig. 4. 



O. nigra; elytrorum corii marginibus maculaque apicali, femo- 

 ribus rostroque basi, luteis ; antennarum articulo ultimo basi 

 albido. $ . 

 Long. lin. 4. 



Black. Head and anterior lobe of the thorax impunctate ; 

 posterior lobe rather finely punctured, with its lateral margins 

 orange. Scutellum with the tip orange. Coriaceous portion of 

 the elytra rather thickly punctured, with the outer margin, a 

 small spot in the outer basal angle, and a larger one in the outer 

 apical angle, yellow, the latter punctured with black ; membrane 

 black. Abdomen clothed with a short pubescence, with its disc 

 reddish, its lateral margins yellow in the middle. Breast rather 

 thickly and finely punctured. Anterior thighs dusky brown, yel- 

 lowish white at the base ; intermediate and posterior thighs pale 

 yellow, with their apical half brown; tibiae testaceous, brownish 

 towards the base; tarsi testaceous. Rostrum testaceous, with 

 the last two joints brown. Antennae brown, with the basal half 

 of the last joint yellowish white. 



a. Columbia. From M. Goudot's Collection. 



2. ORTH^EA ? guttata, n. s. 



O. supra fusca, luteo-maculata, capite, thorace antice, scutello 

 corporeque subtus piceis ; antennis pedibusque luteis, anten- 

 narum articulo primo et femorum apicibus fuscis. ? . 

 Long. lin. 3. 



Head and anterior portion of the thorax pitchy, impunctate ; 

 posterior portion of the thorax brown, punctured, with two short, 

 yellow, longitudinal lines on the disc. Scutellum pitchy, with 



