HEMIFTERA HETEROPTERA. ^5 



eye. Antennae about one-fourth of the length of the body; first and 

 second joints about equal in length ; third longer. Prothorax divided into 

 two equal lobes by a transverse farrow ; sides rounded ; fore angles rather 

 prominent. Abdomen with a ferruginous band on the hind border of each 

 segment. Legs short; femora thickened. Fore wings extending to three- 

 fourths of the length of the abdomen, which extends broadly on each side 

 of them ; membrane cinereous. Length of the body 3^ lines. 



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



South Africa. 



14. Mezira Caffra. 



Brachyrhynchus caffer, Stal, Ofv, Vet. Ak. Forh. 1855, 38 — Mezira caffra, 

 Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 35. 



a. Cape. Presented by M. A. Serville. 



15. Mezira morio. 



Brachyrhynchus morio, Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent. v. 134 — Mezira morio, St.al, 

 Hem. Afr. iii. 35. 



Cape. 



16. Mezira tenuicornis. 



Aneurus tenuicornis, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. 3me Ser. viii. 958 — Mezira tenui- 

 cornis, Stal, Hem. Afr. iii. 36. 



Madagascar. 



17. Mezira. biloba. 



Aneuvus bilobus, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. 3me Sir. viii. 958 — Mezira biloba, 

 Slal, Hem. Afr. iii. 36. 



Madagascar. 



18. Mezira subfasciata. 



Mas. Picea, opaca, subfusiformis, sublus ferruginea ; capitis cornu 

 frontale porreclum, antice incisum, anlennarum articulo \o longius ; 

 antenna sat validce, capite prothoraceque ad unum paullo breviores, 

 articulo 3o Ion go ; prothorax transverse subsulcatus, margine postico 

 rufescente ; alee anticce abdominis apicem fere altingentes, fascia 

 basin versus albida, margine cinereo fusco-venoso. 



Male. Piceous, dull, flat, subfusiform, ferruginous beneath. Head 

 with a frontal porrect cone, which is notched on the fore border and is 

 longer than the first joint of the antenna?. Eyes slightly prominent. 

 Rostrum not extending beyond the head. Antenna? rather stout, a little 

 shorter than the head and the prothorax together; third joint longer than 

 the others. Prothorax narrower in front, with hardly rounded sides and 

 with a slight transverse middle furrow ; hind border reddish. Legs 

 piceous, short, rather stout. Fore wings extending nearly to the tip of the 

 abdomen ; membrane brown, with a cinereous browu-veined border and 

 with a whitish band near the base. Length of the body 3 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



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