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West Indies. 



15. ElTSCHISTOS PALLIPES, C.H.204. 



a, b. Jamaica. From jNlr. Gosse's collection. 



c, d. Jamaica. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



16. EuscHiSTUs CROCiPES, C. H. 204. 



a — c. Situth America. From Mr. Children's collection. 



d. St. Domingo. From Mr. Hearue's collection. 



17. EUSCHISTUS ACUMINATUS. 



Testaceus,scite punctatus ; antenncc pallide testacea: ; thorax fuscia lituris 

 diiabus kamalis spinisque nigris ; sculellum nigro yuUalum apice 

 fiavo-album ; alee anticcB nigra uniguilalce. 



Testaceous, nearly oval, minutely punctured, partly and slij^btly 

 greenish beneaih. Head conical ; lobes of equal length ; later.al lolies 

 much rounded in front. Rostrum with a black tip, extending to the hind 

 coxse. Antenns paler than the body and rather more ih^n half its length; 

 first joint nut extending to the front; second a liille longer than the first; 

 third nearly twice the length of the second ; fourth a little longer than ihe 

 third ; fifih rather shorter than the fourth. Thorax with a black book- 

 shaped mark on each side in front and with a black band between the 

 spines; this baud is dentate on the fore side and diffuse on the hind side ; 

 spines black, stout, prominent, slightly ascending. Scutellum with some 

 black dots on the fore border and on the fore part of each side; tip 

 yellowish white. Legs paler than the body. Fore wings with a black dot 

 in the disk ; membrane cinereous. Length of the body 5^ lines. 



The band of the thorax, the more acute spines aud the fore wings 

 without pale points distinguish it from E. apicalis. 



a, b. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



18. EUSCHISTUS REDUCTUS. 



Stramineus, rufescente conspersus ; caput nigricante marginatum ; antennm 

 graciles, corporis dimidio vix longiores ; thorax lateribus subserratis, 

 spinis lalis acutin nigro marginctis ; abdomen dorso ochraceo, punclis 

 ventraiibus marginalibus nigris ; alec anticce membruna subreticuluta. 



Straw-colour, elliptical, minutely and irregularly punctured ; punctures 

 reddish ; under side and legs paler. Head conical, with two blackish very 

 slender marginal lines; lobes of equal length. Rostrum with a black tip, 

 extending to the middle coxae. Autennse slender, hardly more than half 

 the length of the body ; first joint extending nearly to the front of tiie 

 head; second much shorter than the third ; third and fifth a little shorter 

 than the fourth. Thorax slightly serrated on each side in front ; spines 

 broad, acute, prominent, bordered with black. Scutellum smooth at the 

 tip. Abdomen ochraceous above; underside with black marginal poinls 

 on the sutures of the segments. Legs slender. Membrane of the fore 

 wings pale cinereous; veius brown, slightly reticulated. Length of the 

 body 4 lines. 



