HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 165 



Genus 18. SPHINCTOTHORAX. 



Sphinctotborax, Slal, Ofv. Vet. Ak. Fork. 1853, 260; Hem. Afr. iii. 17. 



1. SPHINCTOTHORAX LEUCOPH/EUS. 



Cyllocoris leucophaeus, Germ. Silb. Rev. Enl. v. 135— Sphinctotborax 

 leucophaeus, Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 18. 



Caffraria. 



Genus 19. HELOPELTIS. 



Helopeltis, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. 3me Ser. vi. 502 — Aspicelus, Costa, Ann. 

 Mus. ZooL. Nap. ii. 146. 



1. Helopeltis Antonii. 

 Antonii, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. 3me Ser. vi. 502, pi. 12, f. 2. 

 Ceylon. 



2. Helopeltis podagrtcus. 

 Aspicelus podagricus, Costa, Ann. Mus. Zool. Nap. ii. 147, pi. 2, f. 6. 



3. Helopeltis niger. 



Mas. Niger; rostrum coxas intermedias attingens ; antenna; gracillima:, 

 corpore plus duplo longiores ; scutelli vornu capitatum, crectum ; alee 

 nigricantes. 



Male. Black, slender, shining, nearly linear. Head small, short. 

 Eyes very prominent. Rosirum extending to the middle coxae. Antennae 

 very slender, more than twice the length of the body; first joint rather 

 shorter than the body ; second much longer than the first. Prothorax 

 contracted in front, where there is a transverse furrow. Scutellum with a 

 long filiform capitate appendage. Legs long, slender. Wings blackish, 

 slightly hyaline. Length of the body 2^ lines. 



a. Wagiou. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



4. Helopeltis uraconiformis. 



Niger; rostrum coxas posticus attingens, articulo \o rufescente ; antennce 

 corpore multo longiores, articulo \o subclavalo ; prothorax et scutellum 

 rufa, hujus spina nigra capilala erecta ; abdamen basi albidum ; 

 pedes rufescentes, femoribus subnodulosis nigro trifasciatis ; alee 

 anticce basi albida. 



Black, slender, smooth, shining. Head transverse, very short. Eyes 

 prominent. Rostrum extending to the hind coxae ; first joint reddish. 

 Antennae very slender, much longer than the body; first joint subclavate; 

 second much longer than the first; third a little shorter than the first. 

 Prothorax and scutellum red, the latter with a slender black erect capitate 

 horn. Abdomen whitish at the base. Legs reddish, long, slender; femora 

 slightly nodulose, black towards the tips and with two black bands. Wings 



