HEMIPTERA. 585 



7. OPHTHALMICUS griseus, n. s. 



O. supra griseus, nigro-punctatus, subtus niger; capite nigro, 

 oculis pallidis; thorace quadrate, transverse, postice vix la- 

 tiori. <? ? . 

 Long. lin. 1J-H. 



Head black, with a few obsolete yellowish spots. Eyes and 

 ocelli yellowish. Thorax griseous, thickly punctured with black, 

 with an irregular blackish line across near the anterior margin. 

 Scutellum griseous, thickly punctured with black, with the 

 base and a line down the centre black. Coriaceous portion of 

 the elytra griseous, thickly punctured with black; membrane 

 whitish, semitransparent. Abdomen above black. Body beneath 

 black. Breast thickly punctured, with the sutures, the inser- 

 tions of the feet and the apertures of the odoriferous apparatus 

 pale testaceous. Legs brownish ; thighs punctured with brown ; 

 posterior thighs blackish. Rostrum testaceous, with the base of 

 the first joint and the last two joints blackish. Antennae pitchy 

 brown or blackish. 



a. N. America. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 

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8. OPHTHALMICUS borealis, n. s. 



O. supra griseus, nigro-punctatus, capite nigro, punctis nonnullis 

 luteis ; subtus niger, pectore abdominisque marginibus albido- 

 maculatis ; thorace postice latiori. ? . 

 Long. lin. 2. 



Head black, with the apex, the orbits of the eyes and a spot on 

 the centre of the vertex yellow. Eyes pale brown. Thorax griseous, 

 thickly and finely punctured with black, with an irregular black 

 line in which are two minute yellowish spots across the anterior 

 portion of the disc, and with two brown spots on the posterior 

 margin within the lateral angles. Scutellum griseous, thickly 

 punctured with black, and with a black line down the centre. 

 Coriaceous portion of the elytra griseous, thickly punctured with 

 black, with a faint brown line along the posterior margin ; mem- 

 brane white, semitransparent. Abdomen above and beneath 

 black, with the margins variegated with yellow and black. 

 Breast black, thickly punctured, with the anterior and posterior 

 margins, a spot at the base of each leg, and the orifices of the 

 odoriferous apparatus pale yellow. Thighs brown, with the base 

 and apex yellow ; tibiae and tarsi tawny yellow. Rostrum and 

 antennae pitchy. 



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



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