HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA 118 



Male. Black, smooth, shining, elongate-subfusiform. Head elongate- 

 conical, nearly as long as the fore lobe of the piothorax ; ante- ocular part 

 about twice the length of the post-ocular. Antennae setulose, rather longer 

 than the head and the prothorax together; first joint very much shorter 

 than the second; third a little longer than the second; fourth as long as 

 the second. Fore lobe of the piothorax twice as long as the hind lobe, 

 with the usual seven furrows, which are well defined. Propectus with a 

 long stout tawny spine extending backward from between the fore coxa?. 

 Scutellum triangular, compressed and slightly ascending at its tip. Legs 

 tawny; spongy furrow of the fore tibiae less than half the length of the 

 latter. Fore wings with a broad short oblique luteous streak at the base of 

 the corium and with a luteous point in the membrane near the base. 

 Length of the body 7 lines. 



Closely allied to P. cordatus. 



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



b. North Bengal. From Lieut. Campbell's collection. 



c. Hindostan. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



68. PlBATES INSCEIPTUS. 



Fcem. Niger, cinereo tomentosus, capile antico anlennis pedibusque rufis ; 

 caput longi-conicum, prothoracis lobo antico aquilongum ; anlennce 

 capile et prothorace ad unum longiores, apices versus picecB ; alee 

 antica atra, luteo bivittatce et bifasciata, apice nigra. 



Female. Black, elongate-subfusiform, with cinereous tomentum. 

 Ante-ocular head mostly red. Rostrum, antenna? and legs red. Head 

 elongate-conical, as long as the fore lobe of the piothorax; ante- 

 ocular part twice as long as the post-ocular. Antenna? longer than 

 the bead and the prothorax together; first joint as long as the ante-ocular 

 head; second more than twice as long as the first ; third piceous, as long 

 as the second ; fourth gone in the specimen described. Fore lobe of the 

 prothorax a little more than twice as long as the hind lobe; furrows 

 extremely slight, except the hind part of the middle one. Spongy furrow 

 of the fore tibiae less than half as long as the latter. Fore wings deep 

 black except towards the tips, with two abbreviated luteous stripes, one 

 costal, the other along the interior border, both interlined with black and 

 connected by two luteous bands, the outer band very much broader than 

 the inner one. Length of the body 9 lines. 



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



69. PlEATES POSTICUS. 



Mas. Niger ; caput longi-conicum, antice fulvum, prothoracis lobo 

 antico brevius ; rostrum, antenna, prothoracis lobus posticus, spina 

 pectoralis, connexivum, pedes et corium fulva ; antenna capite el pro- 

 thorace ad unum paullo longiores ; scutellum piceum aut ferru- 

 gineum ; abdomen basi fulvum ; corium nonntinquam nigro 

 unimaculalum ; membrana nigricans, nigro lale unifasciala, apice 

 albida. 



