HEMIPTERA HKTKHOPTERA. VJ 



28. MlCTIS CAPUCINA. 



capucina, Stal, Hem. Afr. ii. 45. 



Caffravia. 



29. Mictib Africana. 



Africana, Stal, Hem. Afr. ii. 45. 



Caffraria. 



30. MlCTIt VENTRALI6, C. 11. 307. 



a. South Africa. Presented by the Earl of Derby in 1843. 



b, c. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



d. Cape. From M. Drege's collectiou. 



31. Mictis moesta, C H. 400. 

 a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



32. Mictis luctuosa. 



curvipes, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. Zme Sir. viii. 938 — luctuosa, Stal, Hem. Afr. 

 ii. 27. 



Madagascar. 



33. Mictis Madagascariensis. 

 Madagascariensis, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. 3me Ser. viii. 938. Stal, Hem. Afr. 

 ii. 28. 



This species is sometimes blackish, sometimes ferruginous; the fourth 

 joint of the antennas is sometimes blackish, sometimes luteous ; the angles 

 of the prothorax form more or less slender and acute spiues. It seems to 

 be very closely allied to M. luctuosa. 



a — d. Madagascar. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 



e. Madagascar. Presented by the Rev. — Ellis. 



34. Mictis luteitarsis. 

 Mas et fcem. Nigra, cinereo suhtomentosa ; antenna corpore breviores, 

 apice fulvo bifasciala ; pro thorax subsulcatus, lateribus subserratis, 

 angulis post.icis valde rotundatis ; segmenta ventralia fermgineo 

 marginata ; tarsi lutei. Mas. — Segmentum ventrale 2um uniluber- 

 culalum ; femora postica valde incrassala, subtus apud medium 

 dilatata et angulata ; libice posticce apice subdilatalce . Fcem. — 

 Femora postica subtus apice bidenticulala. 



Male and female. Black, slightly covered with cinereous tomentum. 

 Rostrum tawny towards the base, and with a tawny band, extending 

 nearly to the middle coxse ; second joint longer than the third. Antenna) 

 slender, about three-fourths of the length of the body; joints from the first 

 to the third successively decreasing in length ; fourth a little longer than 

 the first, tawny towards the tip and with a tawny band near the base. 

 Prothorax widening from the fore border to the hind border, with an 

 indistinct longitudinal furrow and with a transverse ridge near the bind 

 border ; sides straight, minutely serrated ; hind angles much rounded, not 

 prominent. Second ventral segment of the male with a large tubercle in 



