HEMCPTERA HETEROPTERA. 171 



15. PyRRHOCORTS CARDUELIS. 



Pyrrhocoris carduelis, Stal, Berl. Ent. Zeit. vii. 404 — Pyrrhopeplus 

 carduelis, Stal, K. Sv. Vet. Ah. Handl. 1870, 115. 



a — d. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



16. Pyrrhocoris vittiventris. 



Foem. Niger, longi-ovalis ; rostrum coxas posticus attingens; antenna 

 corporis dimidio longiores, articulo 4o luteo apice nigro; prolhora.v 

 rufo antice et ulrinque marginatus ; abdomen rufum, sub tits nigro- 

 biviltatum ; pedes rufi, femoribus anticis vi.v incrassatis subtus 

 spinulosis; corium album, rufo submarginatum, nigro uniplagiatuin 

 et uniguttalum. 



Female. Black, elongate-oval, flat, punctured. Head triangular. 

 Eyes piceous, not prominent. Rostrum extending to the hind coxae. 

 Antennas more than half the length of the body; first joint longer than the 

 head; second very much shorter than the first; third much shorter than 

 the second; fourth luteous, black at the tip, longer than the third. Pro- 

 thorax with a well-defined transverse furrow at somewh it before the 

 middle; fore border and sides red. Abdomen red, with a black stripe on 

 each side beneath. Legs red ; fore femora hardly incrassated, with some 

 minute spines beneath. Corium of the fore wings white; costa and 

 interior border red ; a large black patch in the disk and a black apical dot. 

 Length of the body 4^—5 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Capt. Boyes' collection. 



b. North Hindostan. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



c. North Hindostan. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 



17. PYRRHOCORIS MACUI.ICOLLIS. 



Fcem. Lulescens, elliplicus, nigro punctatus, sublus nigcr ; caput luleo 

 bittrigatum ; rostrum coxas intermedins attingens ; antenna nigra;, 

 corporis dimidio non longiores ; prolhorax luteus, later ibus catloque 

 nigro-bimaculato p/illidioribus ; pectoris segmenta albo maculata et 

 marginata ; abdominis dorsum nigrum, segmentis luleo marginatis ; 

 connexivum luteum ; inembrana cinerea, fusco venosa. 



Female. Dull testaceous, elliptical, black-punctured, black, smooth 

 and shining beneath. Head triangular, with two luteous streaks on the 

 vertex; middle lobe pale luteous. lives not prominent. Rostrum extend- 

 ing to the middle coxa?. Antenna' black, hardly half the length of the 

 body ; first joint nearly as long as the bead ; second shorter than the first ; 

 third much shorter than the second ; fourth a little shorter than tin' second. 



Prolhorax luteous, paler along each sole I having at somewhat before 



the middle a paler transverse callus which includes iwo black spots. 

 Pectoral segments with three white BpotS on each side and with while hind 

 borders. Abdomen black above; hind borders of the segments luteous. 

 Connexivum luteous. Fore femora slightly incrassated. Wings not 



