HEMIPTERA HETEEOPTEEA. 54.'} 



Chi.orocokis Tau. 



Tau, Spin. Hem. 



Chlokocoris rufidens. 



Pallide viridis, subtiliter punclatus ; caput acutum, laleribus tenuiler 

 nigris ; anlennarum articuli 2us 3 us et 4ms apice nigri ; thorax 

 laleribus rufis serratis, spirits longis allenuatis ; connexivum latum, 

 fulvo marginatum, transverse striatum nigroque lintolatum ; alee 

 anticce costa basi rufa, membrana limpida. 



Pale grass-green, finely punctured, mostly pale testaceous beneath. 

 Head black along each side. Rostrum extending to the fore part of the third 

 abdominal segment. Antenna; much shorter than the body; first joint 

 extending a little beyond the front of the head; second and third with 

 black tips ; second much shorter than the third ; fourth black for half the 

 leuglh from the lip, longer than the third ; fifth as long as the fourth. 

 Thorax bright red and serrated along each side; spines bright red, long, 

 slender, hardly ascending. Abdomen with a broad connexivum, which is 

 longitudinally and finely striated, and is bordered with tawny and has a 

 black transverse line on the hind border of each segmeut; under side with 

 a furrow extending from the base to the fore part of the third segment. 

 Fore wings with a short red costal stripe extending from the base; mem- 

 brane and hind wings pellucid. Length of the body 10i lines. 



The black-bordered head, the rosy sides of the thorax and the some- 

 what longer spines distinguish it from C. alrispinus. 



a. • ? From the Voyage of H. M. S. Herald. 



Chlorocoris rubescens. 



Viridescente testaceus, subtiliter punctatus ; caput transverse striatum, 

 antice rolundatum, lobis laterulibus lobum medium paullo superanti- 

 bus ; antenna rosea; thorax postice subrugulosus, roseo fasciatus, 

 spinis longiusculis peracutis, laleribus roseis subserraiis; scutellutn 



roseo sup usum, apice late roseum ; alee antica rosac, apice lestaevtc, 

 tuberculuto discoidali rufo, membrana pellucida. 



Pale greenish testaceous. Head rounded in front; lateral lobes trans- 

 versely and finely striated, extending a little beyond the middle lube. 

 Antennae rosy red ; second joint longer than the third. Thorax minutely 

 punctured, with a transverse callus on each side in front; hind part trans- 

 versely and slightly rugulose, with a rosy red baud which includes the very 

 acute spines, the latter as long as their breadth at the base; sides rosy red, 

 slightly serrated. Scutelluiu finely punctured, with a slight keel which is 

 forked towards the base, tinged with rosy red, much attenuated towards the 

 tip, which is bright rosy. Anal appendages of the male very large. Legs 

 tinged with rosy. Fore wings with a rosy tinge, which does not extend to 

 the tips; apical pait more finely punctured than ihc other part ; a bright red 

 tubercle in the disk ; membrane colourless. Length of the body ft! lines. 



This species and ('. rujispinus differ from C. alrispinus, C. com- 

 nlanalus and ('. rufidens in the less acute lateral lobes of the head. 



