HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 117 



Female. Ferruginous, narrow, nearly linear. Head elongate-conical, 

 longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular part thrice as long 

 as the post-ocular. Antennae setulose, shorter than the head and the 

 prothorax together; first joint testaceous, hardly more than half as long 

 as the second; third a liule shorter than the second; fourth testaceous, 

 hardly shorter than the third. Fore lobe of the prothorax about twice 

 as long as the hind lobe, the furrows slight. Scutellum equilaterally 

 triangular. Propectus with a long stout retracted spine. Abdomen luteous 

 above, except at the tip; connexivum yellowish beneath where the disk is 

 yellowish and keeled towards the base. Legs yellowish; spongy furrow 

 of the fore tibia; not more than one-third as long as the latter. Fore 

 wings brown; corium yellowish at the base and along the adjoining part 

 of the costa ; a yellowish spot on the interior border before the middle ; 

 membrane cinereous about the tip. Hind wings pellucid. Length of the 

 body 8 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



72. Pirates basigee. 



Fcem. Luleus, fere linearis; caput longi-conicum, prolhoracis lobo 

 antico paullo longius, nigra bivittalum ; antennce capite et prolhorace 

 ad unum paullo breviores, piceo unifascialce, prolhoracis lobus anlicus 

 sulcis nigro tnarginatis ; lobus posticus pectusque nigra, hujus spina 

 lutea; scutellum nigrum; venter niger, maculis lateralibus vitlaque 

 luteis ; aloe anliccz nigra, corii basi maculaque luteis, membrana basi 

 pallide cinerea. Var. (3. — Prothoracis sulci nigro vix marginati ; 

 membrana apice cinereo. Var. y. — Caput et prolhoracis lobus anticus 

 fulva. 



Female. Luteous, narrow, convex, smooth, shining, nearly linear. 

 Head elongate-conical, a little longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax, 

 black about the ocelli and with a black stripe on each side; ante-ocular 

 part about four times as long as the post-ocular. Antennae a little shorter 

 than the head and the prothorax together; second joint piceous, a little 

 longer than the first; third as long as the first, piceous at the base; fourth 

 a little shorter than the third. Fore lobe of the prothorax twice as long as 

 the hind lobe, with seven distinct furrows, which, excepting the second pair, 

 are bordered with black. Hind lobe and pectus black, the latter with a 

 luteous spine, the former with a furrow on each side. Scutellum black, 

 nearly equilaterally triangular. Abdomen black, beneath with luteous 

 spots along each side, and with a luteous stripe which does not extend to 

 the tip. Spongy furrow of the fore tibia? a little less than half as long 

 as the latter. Fore wings black ; corium luteous about the base of the 

 costa and with a luteous spot on the inner border near the base; membrane 

 pale cinereous at the base. Var. £. — Head not black about the ocelli. 

 Furrows of the fore lobe of the prothorax hardly bordered with black. 

 Membrane dark cinereous at the tip. Var. y. — Head and fore lobe of the 

 prothorax tawny. Membrane as in Var. (3. Var. £.- Fore lobe of the 

 prothorax black, tawny on each side. Membrane as in Var. (3. Length of 

 the body 8^ — 9£ lines. 



a, b. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



c. Amoy. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



d. Hindostan. From the collection of the Entomological Society. 



