354 CATALOGUE OF 



8. VCLSIREA FORMOSA, C. H. 272. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



I. Venezuela. From Mr. Birscheirs collection. 



9. VULSIREA SUPERBA. 



Purpurea, vage punctata, suhlus rvfa ; capitis lalera suhrejlexa ; antennce 

 nigra: ; thorax transverse impressus, angulis posticis subaculis ; pec- 

 tus suhcarinatum, purpureo marginatum ; connexivum riifo macula- 

 tiim ; venter macula subapicali nigra, spina coxas medias fere attin- 

 gente ; pedes lasi ruji ; memhrana alba nigro unimaculata. 



Purple, elliptical, thinly and rouglily punctured. Sides of the head 

 slightly reflexed ; lobes of equal length. Rostrum black, extending to the 

 hind coxae ; middle part red. Antenna; black, rather slender, more than 

 half the length of the body; first joint extending a little beyond the front 

 of the head ; second as long as the first ; third nearly (our times the length 

 of the second; fourth as long as the third; fifth shorter than the fourth. 

 Thorax transversely impressed on each side in front; hind angles slightly 

 acute and prominent. Pectus bright red, slightly keeled, irregularly bor- 

 dered with purple. Abdomen with red spots along the connexivum, which 

 extends a little beyond the fore wings ; under side bright red, with a black 

 subapical spot; ventral spine extending nearly to the middle coxae. Legs 

 rather stout; femora towards the base and coxre bright red ; tibiae furrowed. 

 Fore wings finely punctured ; membrane while, with a black subapical 

 spot. Length of the body 6 lines. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Australia. 



10. VULSIREA DISPAR, C. H. 272. 



a. Australia. Presented by the Entomological Club. 

 h. Sydney. From Mr. Argent's collection. 

 c. ? 



Country unknown. 



11. VuLSIUEA TRANSVERSALIS. 



Cimex transversalis, H..Sch. IVanz. Ins. vi. 66, pi. 102, f. 630. 



Genus 38. EHAPHIGASTER, C. H. 274. 



Europe. 



1. Rhaphigaster prasinus. 



Pentatoma unicolor, Hope, Cat. Hem. 38— Pentatoma subsericea, Hope, 

 Cat. Hem. 38— Pentatoma Leii, Hope, Cat. Hem. 38 — Pentatoma 

 Iripnncligera, Hope, Cat. Hern. 38 — Pentatoma proxima, Hope, Cat. 

 Hem. 38 — Pentatoma chinensis, Hope, Cat. Hem. 38 — Pentatoma 

 chloris, Hope, Cat. Hem. 38 — Pentatoma propinqua, Hope, Cat. Hem. 

 38 — Pentatoma approximata, Reiche et Fairm. Voi/. Abyss. Ent. 443 



