HEMTFTERA HETEROPTERA. 555 



Testaceous, elliptical, thickly and minutely black-punctured. Head 

 slightly elongated, blackish above, rounded in front; lobes of equal length. 

 Eyes piceous, prominent. Rostrum extending to the hind coxae; tip black. 

 Antenna? slender ; first joint extending beyond the fore border of the head ; 

 second much longer than the first; third hardly shorter than the second; 

 fourth and fifth piceous; fourth whitish at the lip, longer than the third; 

 fifth whitish at the base, a little longer than the fourth. Thorax blackish 

 in front, dentate on each side very near the fore border; sides, fore border 

 and an irregular transverse line between the hind angles smooth; hind 

 angles elongated, acute, much shorter than their breadth at the base. 

 Scutellum slightly acute, less thickly punctured towards the tip. Pectus 

 almost smooth near the coxaj, partly blackish on each side. Abdomen 

 beneath with a short curved smooth line on each side near the base and 

 with three blackish stripes; tip em alginate. Legs rather stout; femora 

 black-speckled towards the tips. Fore wings with a smooth forked line 

 and some small smooth dots; membrane brownish, pale cinereous about 

 the veins, which are few; one line of transverse veinlets. Length of the 

 body 3\ lines. 



a. Ceram. Presented by W. VV. Saunders, Esq. 



MOBMIDEA EBTTHROSPILA. 



Lulea, fusco aut niyro aspere punctata; capitis lalera submarginala ; 

 antenna pallide luleee, arliculo bo nigricante iasi pallida; thorax 

 snlco tenui transversa, fascia postica nigricante, spinis aculis gracil- 

 limis ; scutellum subcarinulum, rallis duobus parvis hasalibus apicctjue 

 pallide luteis ; pedes pallidi ; ala: antica macula rufa subcoslali, 

 membrana pellucida. 



Luteous, nearly elliptical, roughly punctured ; punctures brown or black. 

 Head large, with a slight rim on each side; its punctures forming three 

 and in front two stripes. Lyes rather prominent. Antennae pale luteous; 

 first joint extending a little beyond the fore border of the head ; second 

 much louger than the first, a little longer than the third; fourth as long as 

 the second, a little longer than the fifth, which is blackish except at the 

 base. Thorax thinly punctured in front, where there is an indistinct trans- 

 verse furrow; a blackish band along the hind border including the spines, 

 which arc acute and very slender. Scutellum indistinctly keeled, with a 

 small pale luteous callus on each side at the base, pale luteous at the tip, 

 which is slightly acute. Pectus thinly punctured. Abdomen with black 

 spiracles. Legs pale luteous. Fore wings more finely punctured than the 

 thorax; a red subcostal spot on each near the tip; membrane diaphanous. 

 Length of the body 2} lines. 



Very distinct in structure from all the described Asiatic species. 



a. Tondano, Celebes. Presented by \V. \V. Saunders, Esq. 



MORMIDEA VENIKALIS. 



Teslacea, dense el subliliter nigro punctata; oculi magni ; antenna arliculo 

 :\o apice piceo ; thorax villa strigisque quatuor obliquis sparse punc- 

 tatis, lateribut unidentalis, angiitis posticit subproductis tubacutis; 



