HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 127 



22. Anisoscelis ingens. 



Theognis ingens, Mayr, Verh. Zool. Bot. Gesell. Wien. xv. 434. Hem. 108, 

 pi. 3, f. 26. 



Brazil. 



23. Anisoscelis Santarema. 



Foem. Nigro-rufa, sublus nigro guttata; antenna vufa, articulis 2o 

 3oque apice nigricantibus; prothoracis anguli postici prominuli, 

 lali, subascendentes, vix aeuti ; tibia posticce intus subdilalata luteo 

 uninotatce, extus quadridcntalo dilatatce ; alee antica nigra, rufo 

 venosa, luteo angulatim unifasciata. 



Female. Blackish red, with many black dots beneath. Head slightly 

 lanceolate, as long as the first joint of the antennae. Rostrum extending 

 to the second ventral segment. Antenna? red ; second and third joints with 

 blackish tips. Prothorax very finely scabrous; hind angles prominent, 

 broad, hardly acute, slightly ascending. Femora dentate beneath towards 

 the tips. Hind tibiae membranous on both sides; dilatation on the inner 

 side including a small indistinct luteous mark, widening from the base to 

 the middle, where it terminates obliquely ; dilatation on the outer side 

 broader, quadridentate, occupying nearly the whole length. Fore wings 

 black, with a slender zigzag luteous band; veins of the corium red. Hind 

 wings pellucid. Length of the body 9 lines. 



The black tarsi will distinguish it from the other nearly-allied 

 species. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



24. Anisoscelis selecta. 



Mas. Ferruginea, sublus nigro punctata; caput nigrum, flavo trivittatum, 

 sublus bivittatum; antenna rufa, articulo 3o basijlavo ; prothorax 

 flavo bifascialus, fascia antica lata nigro conspersa, fascia poslica 

 tenui, angulis posticis acutis subprominulis subascendentibus ; tibia 

 poslica apices versus fiava, intus subdilalata albido nolala, extus 

 tridenlato dilalata albido punctata ; tibia quatuor anteriores fiava, 

 apice rufescentes ; ala antica albo integriter unifusciata. 



Male. Ferruginous. Head black, a little longer than the first joint 

 of the antenna?, with three yellow stripes above and with two beneath. 

 Rostrum extending to the second ventral segment. Antennas red, as long 

 as the body; first joint slightly curved; second longer than the first; 

 third yellow towards the base, a little shorter than the first; fourth longer 

 than the second. Prothorax very finely scabrous, with two yellow bands; 

 first band broad, tbin'y and minutely black-speckled ; second narrow, near 

 the hind border; hind angles acute, slightly prominent and ascending. 

 Pectus and ventral segments with many black points. Femora dentate 

 beneath towards the tips. Hind tibiae yellow beyond the dilated part; 

 membrane on the inner side very narrow, occupying a little less than half 

 the length from the base, with an irregular white mark and two whitish 

 points; membrane on the outer side broad, a little longer than that on the 



