HEMIPTERA HETER6PTEBA. 405 



Scutellum long:, rouuiled al the tip. Legs railier long and slender ; tibiae 

 furrowed; tarsi tliiee-joinled. Fore win;,'s railier small; membrane with 

 longitudinal veins, not extending to the tip of the abdomen. 



Tlie large head and other characters sufficiently distinguish this genus 

 from Eysarcoris. 



1. Sala colorata. 



Rufa aut nigra, suhtits Jlava aut viridis ; caput viridi hivitlatum ; thorax 

 fiavo margino.lus, univillatus et unifasciutus ; sculellum ftavn trivil- 

 talum ; pectus rufo plagialum ; venter vittis duabus dentalis fascils- 

 que tribus abbrevialis nigris ; pedes nigri, femoribus testaceis npice 

 nigris ; alee anlicce margine interrupto viltaque abbreviata fuscis, 

 membrana fusca cinereo marginata. 



Red or black, yellow or pale green benealh. Head black, with two 

 pale green stripes above and benealh. Rostrum black; its slie;ttl)s pale 

 green towards the base. Antennfe black. Thorax bordered with pale yel- 

 low ; a stripe and a band of the same hue. Scutellum with three pale 

 yellow stiipes, which are connected at the tip. Pectus with three red 

 patches on each side. Abdomen beneath with a black dentate stripe on 

 each side and with three short black bands. Legs black; coxx and femora 

 testaceous, the latter with black tips. Fore winp;s with an abbreviated yel- 

 low stripe and with a yellow border, which is interrupted on the hind side 

 and is dilated at the tip ; membrane brown, bordered with cinereous. 

 Length of the body 5 — 5^ lines. 



a, b, E. Africa. Presented by Earl Russell. 



Genus 76. BOEA. 



Corpus ellipticum, breve, latum, punctatum. Caput parvum, subtri- 

 gonum ; latera reflexa. Oculi prominuli. Rostrum coxas mcdias attingens. 

 Antennae quadriarticulaia;, gracillimae, corporis dimidio longiores ; articu- 

 lus lus frontem attingens. Thoracis anguli postici valde rotundati. Pectus 

 nou carinatum. Abdomen spina nulla ventrali. Pedes graciles ; tarsi 

 triarticulati. 



Body elliptical, short, broad, finely punctured. Head small, nearly 

 triangular; sides reflexed. Eyes prominent. Ocelli nearer to the eyes 

 than to each other. Rostrum extending to the middle coxaj. Antennae 

 four-jointed, very slender, more than half the length of the body ; first joint 

 extending to the front of the head ; third shorter than the second, longer 

 than the fourth. Hind angles of the thorax much rounded, not prominent. 

 Scutellum of the usual form. Pectus not keeled. Abdomen with no spine. 

 Legs slender ; tarsi three-jointed. Membrane of the fure wings with lon- 

 gitudinal veins. 



Type D. purpurascens. This genus has most affinity to Strachia. 



I. BoEA PURPURASCENS. 



Fulra, suhlus pallidc flava ; caput luteum ; thorax dense punctatus, Intro 

 lu'iigina/ns, laleribus rejlcxis ; sculellum subattenualuni ; uUc anlicce 

 puipurascenles ; incntbruna cincreu. 



