HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 99 



26. HoiVKEOCERUS MINAX. 



Foem. Fulvus, subtus testaceus; anlennce rufct, corpore breviores, arliculo 

 4o '.in aquilnngo ; prolhorax subtilissime punctatus, picen fasciatus, 

 angiitis posticis lonyis acutis subascendentibus ; membrana nigricans. 



Female. Tawny, testaceous beneath. Eyes at some distance from 

 the fore border of the prothorax. Rostrum extending to the middle coxae. 

 Antennae red, rather shorter than the body; joints from the first to the 

 the third successively decreasing in length ; fourth thicker than the third, 

 which it equals in length. Prothorax very finely punctured ; hind angles 

 forming two long acute diverging slightly ascending spines; a piceous 

 band along the hind border, including the spines. Legs slender. Fore 

 wings with a blackish membrane. Length of the body 5| lines. 



a. Hindostan. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



Eastern Isles. 



A. Prothorax with no pale lines. 



a. Hind angles of the prothorax prominent, acute. - mundus. 



b. Hind angles of the prothorax rectangular or obtuse, 



hardly prominent. 



* Antennae with black bands. - - - puncticornis. 

 •** Antennas with no black bands. 



f Fore wings with no pale marks. 



If Body long. ------ parallelus. 



X Body hardly long. - parvulus. 



f f- Fore wings with a pale costal patch. - - simplex. 



fff Fore wings with a pale dot near the exterior border. lucidus. 



B. Prolhorax with pale lines. - plebeius. 



27. Homceoceeus puncticornis, C. H. 446. 

 Tliponius puncticornis, Stal. 

 a, b. Philippine Isles. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



28. HOMCEOCERUS MUNDUS.j 



Mas et foem. Testaceus ; antennae corpori aquilongm ; prothorax sub- 

 tilissime scaber, nigra bilinealus, angutis poslicis acutis prominulis 

 subascendentibus; aim anticce nigra submarginatce et unislrigata, 

 membrana diaphana. 



Male and female. Testaceous. Rostrum extending to beyond the 

 middle of the mesopectus. Antenna as long as the body ; second joint 

 longer than the first; third shorter than the first. Prolhorax very finely 

 scabrous, with a black line on each side extending from the /ore border to 

 the hind angle, which forms a stout, prominent, acute, slightly ascending 

 spine. Fore wings with a black costa; inner border black from the base 



