HEMIPTERA IIETEKOPTERA. 529 



BODETKIA SCUTELLARIS. 



Purpureo-cy anea, subfusifonnis, aspcre punctata ; antenna: nigra: ; thoracis 

 spina: acuta, incisce, brevissima: ; scutellum basi coccineum, apice 

 rotundatum ; membrana nigra. 



Purplish blue, nearly fusiform, roughly punctured. Eyes piceous, 

 very prominent. Antennae and rostrum black. First joint of the antenna; 

 not reaching to the front of the head; second shorter than the third; 

 fourth and fifth a little shorter than the third. Thorax with a slight trans- 

 verse furrow, between which and the fore border it is contracted and mostly 

 smooth; spines acute, notched, very short. Scutellum with a triangular 

 very large bright red spot occupying the whole of the fore border; tip 

 rounded. Membrane of the fore wings black. Length of the body 

 2f lines. 



a. Vera Cruz. From M. Salle's collection. 



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OPLOJIUS RUBROP1CTUS. 



rubropictus, Vollcnh. Tijdschr. voor Ent. vi. 121. 

 Mexico. 



Oplomus h^ematicus. 

 hamiaticus, Vullcnh. Tijdschr. voor. Ent. vi. 122. 

 Surinam. 



Oplomus flayoguttatus. 

 flavoguttatus, Vollcnh. Tijdschr. voor Ent. vi. 123. 

 Surinam. 



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Platynopus melacanthus. 



Pentatoma melacanlhum, JJoisd. Voy. Astral, ii. (V28 — Hcleropus mela- 

 canthum, Montr. A. S. E. E. 1861, Gl — Platynopus melacanthus, 

 Maijr. 



Tahiti. 



Platynopus apicalis. 



Canthccona apicalis, Vollcnh. Pent. G, pi. I, f. 3. 



Tcrnale. Glilolo. Batchian. Morotai. Gcbeh. 



a. ? Presented by Sir J. Liddell. 



Platynopus m i i is. 

 Canthccona mitis, Vollcnh. Pent. 7, pi. 1, f. 5. 

 Amboina. Timor. 



