HEMIPTERA HETJSBOPTERA. 537 



abdomen roughly punctured. Tarsi luteous. Membrane of the fore wings 

 lurid. Length of the body 4 lines. 



a. Batchian. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



b. Kaisaa. Presented by W. \V. Saunders, Esq. 



Genus MENTISA. 



Corpus ellipticum, depressum. Caput parvuin ; lobi laterales sub- 

 dentati, antice contigui. Ocelli duo, late disjuncti. Antenna; quadri- 

 articulatEe ; thorace perpaullo longiores. Thorax longitudine duplo latior, 

 transverse subsulcatus ; latera rolundata. Scutellum abdominis dimidio 

 longius, apice rotundatum. Abdominis segmentum apicale angulis posticis 

 acutis. Pedes breviusculi, sat validi. Membrana venis pluiimis. 



Body elliptical, very flat. Head small, its breadth including the eyes 

 about one-ihird of that of the thorax in front; lateral lobes slightly dentate 

 in front of each eye, contiguous beyond the middle lobe. Eyes moderately 

 large and prominent. Ocelli two, remote from each other. Antennae four- 

 jointed, very little longer than the thorax; second joint much shorter than 

 the first, about half the length of the third; fourth much longer than the 

 third. Thorax about twice as broad as long, deeply excavated in front, 

 increasing in breadth from the fore border to the hind border, which is 

 straight; sides rounded; a slight furrow across the middle. Scutellum 

 more than half the length of the abdomen, much longer than its breadth 

 at the base, rounded at the tip. Abdomen with the hind angles of the 

 apical segment elongated and acute. Legs rather short and stout. Fore 

 wings with the corium extending rather beyond the tip of the scutellum ; 

 membrane with nine longitudinal veins, extending a little beyond the tip 

 of the abdomen. 



1. Mentis a smaragdixa. 



Late nitidis, aspere punctata; antenna: picea ; thorax antice tcilissime 

 punc talus el ulriinjue transverse slrialus ; pedes picei ; membrana, 

 fuscescenle-cinerea. 



Bright metallic-green, shining. Head minutely punctured. Eyes 

 dark red. Antenna; and legs piceous. Thorax and scutellum roughly and 

 rather thinly punctured; fore part of the former very finely punctured, 

 transversely striated on each side. Corium of the fore wings a little 

 more finely and thickly punctured than the thorax; membrane brownish 

 cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines. 



a. Brazil. Presented by W. \V. Saunders, Esq. 



Genus BLiENA. 



Corpus lineare, longiusculum, valde setosum, antice et postice rotun- 

 datum. Caput sat magnum; lobi laterales disjuncti, antice subtruncati, 

 lobum medium superantes. Oculi parvi. Ocelli obsoleti. llostrum coxas 

 anticas paullo superans. Antenna; quinquc-articulatie, thorace longiores. 

 Thorax transversa, subsulcatus; latera recta, antice rolundata. Scutellum 

 triangulaie, abdominis dimidio brevius, apice subacutum. Pedes sat 

 graeiles; tibia; brcviler sctos;u ; tarsi tiiarliculati. Alffi antics corii 

 margine exteriore bilobato, membrana abdominis apiccm fere altingenle 

 venis paucis. 



