HEMJJPTERA HETEROPTERA. 551 



sculellum apice acutum ; abdomen apice bispinosum, disco dorsali 

 rufo ; pedes rufescenles, nigro conspersi ; membrana lurido fusca. 



Piceous, nearly elliptical, thickly and roughly punctured. Head much 

 shorter than the thorax ; lateral lobes extending much beyond the middle 

 lobe, forming two spines which are slightly curved upward. Rostrum 

 reddish; tip black. Antennae reddish. Thorax serrated on each side in 

 from and with a small spine on each side of the fore border; hind angles 

 forming two spines which are slightly inclined forward and upward and are 

 full twice longer than their breadth at the base. Scutellum much more 

 than half the length of the abdomen, attenuated towards the tip, which is 

 acute. Abdomen armed with two spines at the tip; upper side rosy red, 

 excepting the eonuexivum. Legs reddish, speckled with black. Membrane 

 lurid brown. Length of the body 5 lines. 



The longer and slightly ascending lateral lobes of the head and the 

 slightly oblique spines of the thorax distinguish it from the typical form of 

 Dicerceus. 



Hindustan. In the National Museum at Melbourne. 



Page 252. 



Genus 9. POKIPTUS. 

 Periptus, page 252; Poriptus, page 401. 



1. Poriptus ltjctans. 

 a, b. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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MOKMIDEA LUGENS. 



CiiiKX albipes, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl, 535 — Cimcx punctipes, Pal. 

 Beauv. Ins. pi. 8, f. o*. Say, Joum. Ac. Nat. Sci. iv. 313. 



North America. 



Page 254. 



MoRMIDEA TETIJA. 



Obscure olivaceo-viridis, longi-nvnta, dense et conferte punctata, subtus 

 testacea ; thorax lateribus testaeeis, angulis poslicis subproductis valde 

 rotundatis ; sculellum apice Jluvum ; venter vitlis duabus indeler- 

 minalis e atomis niyris; pedes pa Hide tcslacei, nigro conspersi; alee 

 anlicce cosla basi pallide testacea, membrana fusca. 



Dark olive-green, elongate-oval, thickly and minutely punctured, tes- 

 taceous beneath. Head large, rounded in front. Eyes piceous, prominent. 

 Rostrum with a black tip. Thorax with a transverse callus on each side in 

 front; sides very narrowly testaceous; hind angles much rounded, slightly 

 prominent. Sculellum attenuated towards the tip, which is rounded and 

 yellow. Abdomen beneath with two indistinct stripes of minute black 

 speckles. Legs pale testaceous; femora and tibia; with black speckles; 

 tarsi piceous. Costa of the fore wings pale testaceous at the base; mem- 

 brane brown. Length of the body 3j lines. 



a. Oajaca, Mexico. From M. Salle's collection. 



